Wednesday 25 May 2016 09:11, UK
Wales manager Chris Coleman is wary of the threat Jamie Vardy will pose in their Euro 2016 showdown with England.
Coleman said in March that England would offer no tactical surprises when the two countries meet in Lens on June 16.
Vardy has since scored in England's last three games and Coleman accepts Leicester's prolific striker, who scored 24 Premier League goals to help the Foxes win the title for the first time in their history, has provided his Roy Hodgson with another attacking dimension.
"Vardy is a good player. I was a defender myself and you don't want to be running back to your own goal the whole time," said Coleman.
"He's like Craig Bellamy, all he wanted to do was run in behind.
"I don't care if you are the best defender on the planet and are quick, you don't want [Vardy] running behind you all the time.
"But where he comes from [non-league], and how he plays his football, he is very much old school. It's hard not to like him."
Coleman ended speculation over his post-Euro 2016 future on Monday week when he signed a two-year contract extension to take in the 2018 World Cup campaign.
Hodgson's own future will be resolved after the tournament, with the 68-year-old's offer of a new contract depending largely on how England have played.
And Coleman feels the weight of expectation on England puts Hodgson under greater pressure than his fellow Group B managers.
"England will be thinking quarter-finals and semi-finals," said Coleman.
"If he doesn't get there... Roy is a realistic man. The pressure on Roy is different to the pressure on us, Russia or Slovakia.
"Look at England as a team and they have strength in every department, they have strength in depth. Yes, they'll be fancied, but there is great pressure on them.
"Roy is perfect for it with his experience, his personality. He is very calm, that will work well for the players.
"He doesn't get excited, he's been to tournaments and that will stand him in him in good stead."
