• England will let referees deal with any racist chanting
• Hart: 'We cannot take the rules into our own hands'
England's players will leave it to match officials to deal with any racist chanting during Euro 2012 and will not walk off the pitch, according to Joe Hart.
Players were warned this week they will be booked if they walk off after experiencing racism during the tournament. Uefa's president Michel Platini confirmed that the rule preventing players from leaving the field without the referee's permission would stand – even if they are the victims of abuse from the stands in Poland and Ukraine.
The Italy striker Mario Balotelli, a team-mate of Hart's at Manchester City, has previously threatened to walk off if he suffers racist abuse.
Hart said: "Our advice is to get on with it and see how the referee and Uefa deal with it. It's not for us to do.
"Hopefully the referee and Uefa will take it into their own hands if that problem does occur. Fingers crossed we won't have to deal with anything like that. It's down to the referee. We can't take rules into our own hands. If the referee feels it's right for us to walk off then we'll follow him."
Hart, who starts the tournament as England's established first-choice goalkeeper, was quick to play down suggestions that expectations of the team should be low.
A rash of injuries to key players including Frank Lampard, Gareth Barry and Gary Cahill have hampered the buildup for the manager, Roy Hodgson, who only came into the job last month, following Fabio Capello's departure in February.
While hopes at home may be as low as they have been for many years, Hart said that is not the case within the England camp ahead of their first match against France in Donetsk on Monday.
"We're all hungry guys," said Hart. "We're all successful at football, and that's what we want, we want success. We don't want to go there thinking people won't mind if we lose, we can go home, we can go on holiday and no-one will care.
"We have high expectations otherwise there's no point us being here. We've come to win, we've come to do well, we've come to represent our country, and we want to make people proud."
Hart said he has no concerns over England's strength in central defence, even with Rio Ferdinand left at home. His City colleague Joleon Lescott is set to slot in alongside John Terry in the back four.
Hart predicted Lescott would "fit in nicely" and said of the defenders available to Hodgson: "Whoever's picked to play for England seems to do a great job. I've been really happy thus far in training and in the game against Belgium. So I couldn't be happier."
Asked about the mood within the ranks, Hart said: "It feels good. We've got a good atmosphere with the lads. There's a few new faces but it doesn't feel that way. They don't feel alienated. We're all proud Englishmen looking to do well in this tournament."
Hodgson has been "very calm" and open to players approaching him with their thoughts, Hart said.
"We respect that Roy Hodgson's manager but he's been quite open in saying he'd like feedback from us. It's not feedback in that we're going to dictate what he does. It's nice to know he likes to listen to what the boys are feeling and where they want to go with things. We can only suggest but he's the manager and what he says goes." Read More
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