It was sight to behold and as a proud Englishman, it was fantastic to see the Three Lions get a massive result against Wales to give us three vital points. But there were many talking points from the game, some good and some bad.

England would have learnt a lot from the game and how they need to play against both Slovakia and any opponents therein. Roy Hodgson must take a great deal of credit for the substitutions he made at such a crucial time, but most of all the result gave most of England a lot of optimism for the rest of our games.

But what lessons must Hodgson take from the Wales game going into the match against Slovakia?

Here's FIVE things Roy needs to do going into the game against Marek Hamsik and co...

Things need to be quick from the off

In the game against Russia it wasn't so obvious, but England started extremely slowly against an extremely average Wales team. There was a distinct lack of urgency and direction in parts of the first half where it was clear that the players just didn't know what to do to penetrate a well-packed Wales defence. Against Slovakia, England really need to fly out of the blocks and stamp their authority on the game.

Hart needs to be more assured

He rarely comes in for criticism but Joe Hart was at fault for Gareth Bale's goal. He's almost 'guaranteed' a starting place game-after-game for the Three Lions and he let his concentration slip quite badly in conceding the free-kick. Going into the Slovakia game, Hart really needs to pick himself up and crack on - the country is behind you, Joe.

Power from the bench is a real strength

It was fantastic to see England's strength and depth when things weren't going to plan in the first half, and just how well the trio of Daniel Sturridge, Jamie Vardy and Marcus Rashford did when they came on. Rashford gave a fantastic sense of fearlessness whilst Vardy took his goal expertly. Sturridge gave us a glimpse of what he can really do when fully fit and he could prove to be a key man as the tournament progresses.

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The need to quicken up the tempo

As we saw in the second half, upping the tempo was the key to cracking Wales in half. It's easy to sit and invite pressure onto you when the passing is slow and sluggish but when England upped the ante the gulf in class really showed. You can't deny the Wales team was made up of primarily Championship players and this really started to show when England went up a gear - and this is something Hodgson needs to take into the Slovakia game.

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Confidence is key

The key in any competition is confidence - look at Hungary, Wales and Italy - all of whom bagged 'underdog wins' in some of their opening games. Whilst England are favourites for this tie, confidence is still going to be massive going into the Slovakia game and Roy needs to bottle it up and keep it in a drawer ready for Monday. England are good enough to beat Marek Hamsik and co, they just need to be confident, assertive and play with freedom.

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