Jordan Henderson and Jamie Vardy train for England

Published on: 09 July 2018

England's injury concerns over Jordan Henderson and Jamie Vardy have eased after all 23 players trained on Monday.

Sky Sports News understands Henderson responded well to treatment for a tight hamstring following England's quarter-final win over Sweden on Saturday and he took a full part in the private training session.

He is expected to be fine to play in the semi-final with Croatia on Wednesday.

Henderson has started all but one of England's games - the 1-0 defeat to Belgium when Southgate made eight changes to his starting XI in the final Group G match.

Vardy was an unused substitute in the victory over Sweden following a groin injury which prevented him taking the fifth penalty in England's shoot-out win over Colombia in the last 16.

The Leicester City striker is still a doubt to play against Croatia.

England manager Gareth Southgate gave the players a day off from full training on Sunday.

Southgate admitted after the win over Sweden there was a natural "accumulation of fatigue" over the course of a tournament.

"That's why we took the decision we did against Belgium (to rest players) more than anything," he said.

Source: Skysports

 

 

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