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Wilshere comments on Marseille fan violence

2016-06-13 21:49:00 from:SNTV

Jack Wilshere on Monday (13th June) commented on the fan violence in Marseille and looked ahead to England's second game in Euro 2016 Group B against Wales on Thursday (16th June).

SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Wilshere, England midfielder

(asked if he and the squad were aware of violence in Marseille):

"Obviously before the game we was aware because every single player has a Twitter account and it was all over that. But as soon as we got to the stadium we felt the fans fantastic support. For me they were brilliant, they helped us to perform the way we did. Obviously the trouble in the game you weren't aware of it. After the game we were made aware of it."

SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Wilshere, England midfielder

(asked if the players had any safety concerns for family or friends):

"I think every player has got a family member or family members at the stadium obviously there might have been a little bit of concern but after the game we all spoke to them and everyone was safe."

SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Wilshere, England midfielder

(asked for his reaction after UEFA said England could be disqualified if there is further problems with fans):

"We let the people in the right positions deal with that kind of thing. We just need to concentrate on the football. And the fans as I said before in the stadium were brilliant and if we can just concentrate on them doing that then we'll be alright."

SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Wilshere, England midfielder (asked about Wales' team):

"We know Wales well. A lot of their players play in the Premier League and we've played against them previously so we know them well and we know what their threat is, they want to hit us on the counter attack and obviously we know the threat of Gareth Bale. We've got to concentrate on ourselves and replicate the performance from last night (Saturday) and I'm confident we can win the game."

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