The Polish defender is a stickler for detail and marginal gains, and hopes it will pay off against Leicester at Wembley
Jamie Vardy’s pre-match diet consists of a couple of cans of Red Bull but one of the Southampton defenders tasked with keeping the striker quiet at Wembley on Sunday relies on another fuel to give him wings: maté tea, a traditional South American drink. “It’s a very good thing, which hydrates you before the game and it also kind of wakes you up,” says Jan Bednarek. “You feel more energised, you feel fresher and it is a nice routine to relax. I drink it with Prowsey [James Ward-Prowse]. I used to drink it with Pierre [-Emile Højbjerg] and I think he still does even though he is at Spurs.”
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