{"id":296373,"date":"2023-10-19T19:27:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=296373"},"modified":"2023-10-19T19:27:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:27:40","slug":"cole-claims-ollie-watkins-took-his-england-chance-against-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/cole-claims-ollie-watkins-took-his-england-chance-against-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Cole claims Ollie Watkins took his England chance against Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Joe Cole claims Ollie Watkins took his England chance against Australia&#8230; but warns the striker faces competition from Toney and Wilson for a spot as Harry Kane&#8217;s Euros back-up<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ollie Watkins scored the only goal in England&#8217;s 1-0 friendly win over Australia\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Joe Cole praised the Aston Villa star&#8217;s performance in a much changed side\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Joe Cole has praised Ollie Watkins performance in England&#8217;s narrow 1-0 win over Australia, but warned the matchwinner still faces a battle to secure a spot at Euro 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Watkins scored the only goal of the match at Wembley, with the Aston Villa striker turning in Jack Grealish&#8217;s cross shot in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old also had two chances in the first half, including seeing a shot cleared off the line after rounding Australia goalkeeper Mat Ryan.<\/p>\n<p>Cole, speaking on Channel 4, claimed Watkins&#8217; goal was a reward for his overall display in a much changed England side.<\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea and England star suggested Watkins still has a way to go to secure a spot with Euro 2024, with Callum Wilson and Ivan Toney also vying to be Harry Kane&#8217;s deputy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/13\/22\/76540201-12629449-image-a-16_1697233495398.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ollie Watkins scored the only goal in England&#8217;s 1-0 win over Australia on Friday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/13\/22\/76540203-12629449-image-a-17_1697233498360.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Watkins turned in at the back post in the second half following a cross shot from Jack Grealish<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/13\/22\/76540227-12629449-image-a-18_1697233521514.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Joe Cole praised Watkins performance but insisted he faces competition for a Euro 2024 spot<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He has done himself no harm. he looked comfortable and was running the channels well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We mixed the team up massively and as a striker you are looking for combinations, moving left and right and he did that. He got his reward.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Him,\u00a0Callum Wilson, Ivan Toney, those three are jostling behind the number one in Harry Kane.\u00a0Maybe\u00a0Gareth Southgate\u00a0will take two of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There is a long time to go. Toney has to come back, Wilson has the Champions League\u00a0and could do something extraordinary. We have such competition for places.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12629449\/Joe-Cole-Ollie-Watkins-England-Australia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Cole claims Ollie Watkins took his England chance against Australia&#8230; but warns the striker faces competition from Toney and <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cole claims Ollie Watkins took his England chance against Australia - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/cole-claims-ollie-watkins-took-his-england-chance-against-australia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cole claims Ollie Watkins took his England chance against Australia - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Joe Cole claims Ollie Watkins took his England chance against Australia&#8230; 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