England manager Roy Hodgson defended his decision to deploy Jamie Vardy in a wide role after the Leicester City striker struck the winner in a 2-1 success against Turkey.

Vardy scored 24 goals from a central role to fire Leicester to Premier League glory this season, only to find himself lining up on the left flank in a 4-3-3 formation in Sunday's Euro 2016 warm-up match at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium. Predict EURO 2016 on [url]Naijabet.com[/url]

But after being moved into the centre, he won a second-half penalty, which strike partner Harry Kane squandered, before netting a close-range winner in the 83rd minute to take his tally to three goals in three England games.

"We need to be able to play both systems," said Hodgson, whose team will also play Australia and Portugal prior to Euro 2016.

"I don't believe that asking a player like Vardy, or (Danny) Welbeck in the past, to play as a forward on the left or the right side is anything which should cause them any particular problems.

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