Roy Hodgson keeps feet on the ground despite England’s impressive progress

Roy Hodgson is excited about England’s potential but is refusing to get carried away with back-to-back wins over Euro 2016 favourites France and Germany.

Impressive progress has been made since their embarrassing World Cup exit, going through qualification for this summer’s tournament with a 100% record and losing just one of 17 matches after returning from Brazil.

It is a fine run they will look to continue against Holland tonight — a friendly England approach buoyed by November’s win at home to France and Saturday’s remarkable 3-2 comeback win in the world champions’ backyard.