Roy Hodgson is leaning towards picking Theo Walcott for Tuesday evening's decisive Group D fixture against Ukraine, with the England manager urging his players to seize the initiative against the co-hosts to force passage into the quarter-finals.
The management have yet to determine their selection definitively but have discussed at length promoting Walcott, who is recovered from the tight hamstring which prevented him training fully on June 17, to the starting lineup following his impressive cameo as a substitute against Sweden. The Arsenal winger scored England’s equaliser and set up their winner having been introduced on the hour mark, with Hodgson now keen to exploit a perceived lack of pace across Ukraine’s backline.
