England and Manchester United striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 in the final of the European Championships on Sunday night. He also viewed the Three Lions Euro campaign as a
‘great experience’ for their young squad.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984 on a penalty shoot in the semi-final to book a place in the finals, and will have a chance to create history by winning an unprecedented third major title in a row.
Spain won Euro 2008 by beating http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757.
As the Red Fury prepare for their final show down against the Azzurri, Welbeck thinks that they will go into the match as heavy favourites, given their better experience of handling pressure in major events.
While talking to reporters, he said: “It's hard to look beyond http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011. They have the experience of winning big tournaments — they've won the last two. And they have fantastic players who know how to play big games.”
The Manchester United player, who featured in his first major tournament for England, was able to win a place in Roy Hodgson’s starting eleven throughout the competition.
With a handful of other young players also finding their way in England’s squad, the 21-year old felt that their Euro campaign served as a great experience for all the newcomers, and was glad to be able to secure a place in the starting eleven.
Talking of the Three Lions quarterfinal defeat to Italy, Welbeck admitted that the entire team were wrenched after their shoot-out loss, as they believed they could have gone even further in the event.
Ashley Young and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749, as they missed their respective penalty kicks in a 4-2 loss on the tiebreaker.
However, the striker felt that shoot-outs were like a lottery in which any team can win, and mentioned that no one was apportioning the blame of their defeat on Young and Cole.
He added, “Obviously they were really low, but so was everyone and all the lads rallied round them. We win as a team and lose as a team and penalties are just a lottery.”
He went on to say that during the training sessions, all of them had been dispatching the spot-kicks on regular basis, but were unfortunate not to have done that on the grand stage.
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