England striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 believes that the Three Lions are prepared to take on any team in the competition after qualifying for the last eight, and against all the odds they have all of a sudden emerged as one of the tournament favourites.
Roy Hodgson’s men eked out a 1-0 win against the co-hosts http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 suffering a surprise 2-0 defeat at the
hands of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 in the last quarterfinal, scheduled to be played on Sunday.
As the Three Lions gear up for the absorbing clash against Italy, Rooney believes his side had gathered form at just about the right time, and given their impressive tactical playing style and the presence of multiple goal scorers in the squad, they will
be a difficult team to beat in the competition.
He told the reporters in an interview, “I don't think there is any team that would fancy playing us, we're difficult to break down and we've got the players who can score goals, so it's going well at the minute.”
The 26-year old striker, who failed to net a single goal for his country during the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, fired a close-range header at the beginning of the second half against Ukraine, to crush the hopes of the home fans.
Even though Rooney let out his exuberance over finally ending his international goal drought, he attributed England’s success to team’s hard work and their strong nerves of playing in front of a capacity home crowd.
He added, “I thought the whole team were fantastic, we defended really well and stuck in there at times against a difficult crowd, I thought our fans were brilliant as well and we deserved the win.”
When asked how relieved he was to see his side avoid an arduous clash with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011, Rooney responded by saying that they don’t shy away from any challenges and are prepared to take on any team.
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