Britain can win Euro, claims Rooney

Britain can win Euro, claims Rooney....

                               

Pleasant: England skipper Wayne Rooney has set his sights on winning the European Championship, floated by the conviction that the hole between his group and Europe's mainland footballing world class has limited extensively in the previous couple of years. 

Monday's 0-0 draw with Slovakia guaranteed that England completed second in Group "B" behind Wales, conceivably confounding their course to the last as they are presently in the same side of the draw as World Cup victors Germany, protecting European champions Spain and hosts France. 

English FA administrator Greg Dyke had said before the competition that making the semi-finals or being dispensed with at the quarter-last stage by "a great group" would be viewed as a win, however Rooney has set his sights impressively higher. 

"We are here and we need to win it," England's untouched driving objective scorer told columnists. 

"Whether it happens stays to be seen, however we're not going to say that getting to the quarter finals will be an indication of advancement. I trust we are superior to that." 

Britain lack past the quarter-finals in their last three European Championships and neglected to make it out of the gathering stage at the World Cup in 2014, yet Rooney sees reason for positive thinking this time round. 

"On the off chance that this was four years prior and you were stating you need to play France, Spain and Germany you would have been concerned," he included. 

"I think the crevice has changed, and with ourselves, as well as with any semblance of Wales. The hole to get to those groups is not as large." 

Director Roy Hodgson's men are going for their first real universal title subsequent to the 1966 World Cup, however will need to discover a route past an enlivened Iceland in the round of 16 diversion on Monday. They could confront France for a spot in the last four. 

Hodgson took six strikers to France, however his group have attempted to transform strength into objectives, scoring three times in three gathering amusements and winning stand out. 

Regardless of the group's battles in the last third, Rooney, who has been pulling the strings from a more profound midfield position, said the ability in the side implied he felt less weight to convey. 

"I have constantly gone into a competition thinking on the off chance that I don't play taking care of business I can't see us winning it," said the player who burst on to the universal stage as a 18-year old with four objectives at Euro 2004. 

Rooney has subsequent to neglected to have a telling effect at the mainland title and however he is yet to open his record in France, he is satisfied that the England squad have the ability to facilitate the weight of desire on his shoulders. 

"I have come into this competition and we have a few players equipped for doing mysterious things. We have five or six match victors in our group and I can't say we have dependably had that," he said.