Charlie Cresswell is ready to be England Under-21s' man in the mask, just two months after fearing his dreams of European glory were over. Leeds defender Cresswell suffered a fractured eye socket in April while on loan at Millwall after an aerial challenge with West Brom's Daryl Dike.
But a protective mask means Cresswell can line up for the young Lions when they begin their European Championship campaign against the Czech Republic in Georgia on Thursday.
"When I pulled it out on the first day, the England boys were all calling me Batman," said the 20-year-old. "I'm not going to sit here and lie and say I wasn't worried I was going to miss it, because I was. It was a nasty one. I had surgery and I had double vision.
