The Manchester City forward knows Roy Hodgson’s squad can utilize the friendlies to step up a gear after a stroll through the Euro 2016 qualifying programmeOn Calle Gerona,the main strip in Benidorm, they were preparing for the annual British Fancy Dress Day. It is the busiest day in town all year, and with up to 20000 people taking part,a giant free paella in the square and police cordons to seal off the roads for the culmination of Benidorm’s fiesta week, ultimately finishing with what is known locally as Hangover Friday.absent from the seafront, and it was a little less raucous at the spa hotel where every England player has his own private garden. Benidorm isn’t the normal spot England might select,having initially expected a game in Madrid or Valencia, but the Spanish authorities knew the festival would mean a sellout and the priority for Roy Hodgson was to arrange a game that, and for the first time in a long time,would test his team against authentic category-A opponents.
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Source: theguardian.com