international success is hard work.
Late-blooming England striker Jamie Vardy is hoping his hard
work and training will pay off as he looks to consolidate a
position in Roy Hodgson's squad ahead of Euro 2016.
Vardy saw 10 minutes of action and set up Raheem Sterling's
goal as England accounted for Estonia 2-0 in qualifying on
Friday.
The 28-year-old's cameo should be extended to a start on
Monday against Lithuania, but Vardy is not resting on his
laurels.
"No one can take their place or their England shirt for granted,"
he said.
"If I want to be in that squad I need to keep banging in the goals
to make sure I stay in the manager's plans."
Playing for England is the surprising culmination of years of
hard work for Leicester City star Vardy, who was playing for
non-League outfit Stocksbridge Park Steels just five years ago.
Vardy added: "It was another step-up that I didn't see coming.
"Training with England is just a different gravy again.
Movement-wise, finishing-wise, you can learn such a lot from
watching the very best in action.”
"The secret’s just lots and lots of hard work and the motivation
is that this is exactly what I want to be doing. It's putting it into
practice on the training field, making sure that it’s there on
match day."
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