Carry on England says Joe
- Fri 16 Nov 2007, 11:15AM
- Posted byLeon Collins
It's not just England's senior stars that are in action tonight – Stuart Pearce's Young Lions have an important Euro 2009 Qualifier in Milton Keynes against the Bulgarian Under 21s.
England's Under 21s head into tonight's 6pm kick-off at stadium:mk top of Qualifying Group 3 with a flawless record of four wins from four and nine goals for with none against.
And the man likely to have the responsibility of keeping that clean sheet record up is our very own number one of the moment, Joe Hart.
Last week's televised Man of the Match performance at Portsmouth has given Joe further confidence to excel on the international front heading into a double-header of crunch games.
He told thefa.com: "It's definitely helped me now I'm in the first team at City and with the Under 21s, so it's evidence that it's had a positive effect on me.
"I learnt a massive amount from the European Championship Finals in Holland last summer.
“I've never been involved in anything like it. There were some big names in front of me and it was a great experience and something I'd like to experience again.”
With a 100% winning record behind them as England attempt to qualify for the 2009 Euros, Hart added: "The boys are on fire but it doesn't really surprise me, especially with the team that we've got.
"In most games I've had hardly anything to do, the lads have won the games in the first 20 minutes, being two or three goals ahead.
"It does make it easier when you're playing that well, but everybody is ready to dig in and hopefully we can get the results against Bulgaria on Friday and Portugal on Tuesday.
"If we win those two games, it will definitely give us a stranglehold on the group. Every game is huge. Portugal will be a hard game; we haven't faced them yet and they're one of the main contenders for the group.
"Hopefully we can get a good result against Bulgaria and then go to Portugal and see what happens."
