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England performance just the start for Chelsea whizkid Hudson-Odoi

Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi promises that he can show much more quality in the coming weeks and months.

Fans were delighted with his performance for the England under-21s in their 5-1 win against Austria.

He scored a great brace and was a threat throughout the game.

And the youngster thinks that he is just getting up to speed after fully recovering from the Achilles injury he suffered in April.

"I thought to myself as soon as I come back that I just need to get up to speed and get my fitness back," he told reporters.

"I think once that happens gradually my dribbling and everything will come back to what it was.

"Now I am feeling a bit more confident to get on the ball and do my stuff. As the games go on I will get fitter, get more opportunities to dribble at players and I already feel better now.

"I definitely think I can improve. I am not a perfect player. No one is a perfect player, I think that every day when I go onto a pitch I want to try my best, work hard and keep improving. I say to myself, keep going, keep working hard and hopefully more opportunities will come.

"I wouldn't say it is my pre-season, I think it is back to normal. I think when I was training it was like my pre-season getting back to fitness.

"Now, I am back in the mix, training and playing. Now everything is back to normal so I need to keep working hard and hopefully get fitter."

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