Rice ready for England's 'do or die' clash with Spain

Declan Rice previews England's Euro 2024 final against Spain

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00:00I think all finals are always tight, always tense.

00:04It's about being locked in for 90 minutes, 120 minutes,

00:07staying focused, sticking to the process.

00:11The lads know that, you know, this is go time.

00:13This is, you know, do or die,

00:14and we don't want to leave anything in the changing room.

00:16We're ready to change, you know, our lives

00:18and change everyone's lives and the country, you know, forever.

00:21So, yeah, we're really hungry for it.

00:24Going into international tournaments,

00:25what I've learned is you need to have that mentality

00:27that you can't go all out all the time.

00:29You know, you can't be front foot all the time

00:31because you're coming up against top teams,

00:33top nations, the country's best players.

00:35In the first couple of games,

00:36that's what people were expecting from us

00:38because of the individuals that we've got to go full throttle,

00:41go out there and try and blitz teams.

00:43And sometimes it's a bit unrealistic

00:44because the opposition have really top players as well.

00:47And, you know, as the tournament's gone on,

00:49I think if you look at tournaments over the years,

00:50when top teams have won,

00:52they've always been defensively solid,

00:54not leaked many goals, not leaked many chances.

00:56In these type of tournaments,

00:57which I've seen from a lot of the top nations

00:59is you get a lot of the ball.

01:00Not a lot of teams are really pressing as much as well

01:02because, you know, no one really wants to be opened up.

01:04Like I said, that is tournament football.