• Northern Ireland receive better draw than the Republic[br]• Hosts France to play Switzerland,Romania and AlbaniaRoy Hodgson hailed England’s match with Wales as a tie to “excite the imagination” after they were drawn in the same Euro 2016 group. The manager also insisted his side had the tools to stop Gareth Bale, who inspired Chris Coleman’s side to their first major finals since the 1958 World Cup, or when they meet on 16 June.“We know what to attain and one of the things we will be concerned with will be stopping Gareth Bale and limiting his chances,” Hodgson said. “But I would like to think we hold one or two players that will occupy Chris’s intellect in terms of how we stop them.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com