England vs Czech Republic: Matej Vydra says Leicester star and World Cup hero Harry Maguire is Three Lions’ weak link

England vs Czech Republic: Matej Vydra says Leicester star and World Cup hero Harry Maguire is Three Lions’ weak link
Matej Vydra says his team-mates will target Harry Maguire when the Czech Republic take on England in the opening Euro 2020 qualifier this Friday – with talkSPORT bringing you full commentary of the action LIVE from Wembley.Vydra, the Burnley forward, knows how to best Maguire as the centre-back was identified as Leicester’s weak link before the Clarets faced the Foxes in the Premier League last week.Though Leicester triumphed 2-1, they had to play nearly the entire match with only 10 men as Maguire was dismissed inside the opening five minutes.5

Maguire was rightfully dismissed in the early stages of Leicester’s win

Maguire was caught out high up the pitch as Johann Berg Gudmundsson broke through on goal, and he brought the Iceland international down very clumsily.5

Maguire was caught out as Gudmundsson broke through

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But he eventually caught up with the winger

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However, he was always behind Gudmundsson and could do nothing but take him out from behind

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Gudmundsson was left on the floor after the clumsy challenge, and Maguire was shown red

The decision to show Maguire a red card was clear as day, and Vydra has revealed Burnley discussed the defender’s key weakness before last Saturday’s clash. And, with Vydra due to come up against Maguire again when the Czech Republic visit Wembley, he claims England’s backline does not match up with the quality of the Three Lions’ attack.Vydra said: “[Harry] Kane is top, [Marcus] Rashford as well, [Raheem] Sterling is in a great form. The attack is very strong.“Defence, I don’t say it’s not strong as well, but it’s not as strong as the attack.“For example, Maguire. We talked about him at Burnley before we played against Leicester.

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“In some moments it seems he doesn’t know what’s happening behind him, that’s why he got a red card after five minutes in the match against Burnley.”Vydra also made it clear he and his international team-mates will not be afraid to ‘kick’ the England players when they come up against Gareth Southgate’s side.“They would surely like to hold the ball and play a possession game,” Vydra added, “so we have to be close to them.“Don’t be afraid to kick them three or four times – then they may change the plan and play just one or two touches.”

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