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France's Evra: Ukraine will play 'more football' than England

Patrice Evra suggests that the Ukraine side will take it up to France a bit more than England did in their next Euro2012 fixture.

The Manchester United defender was part of the French side which were held to a 1-1 draw by the Three Lions on Monday and the full-back suggests their next outing will be a more free-flowing affair against co-hosts Ukraine on Friday.

"England were really strong and that is the way (manager) Roy Hodgson likes his teams to play," said Evra.

"When he was at Fulham and Switzerland, that was the way he set teams up and that is what we expected.

"We watched recent games and noticed that England were more organised. They want to play like that. That was the tactic, that was the plan.

"They didn't plan to go forward, to score a lot of goals, and in the end they got the draw.

"Everyone has just been talking about France and England but I think now, the difficult games, they are coming.

"We play against Ukraine at their home and it is not going to be easy.

"But I think maybe Ukraine will play more football [than England] and maybe we will get more space."

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