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England national football team
European Championship | Round of 16
Jun 27, 2016 at 8pm UK
 
Iceland national football team

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Wayne Rooney: 'Roy Hodgson was right to rest me against Slovakia'

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England captain Wayne Rooney agrees with boss Roy Hodgson's decision to rest him in their side's Euro 2016 Group B goalless draw against Slovakia last Monday.

England captain Wayne Rooney has claimed that manager Roy Hodgson was right to rest him in their Euro 2016 group game against Slovakia.

Alongside the Manchester United forward, the Three Lions boss also dropped Kyle Walker, Danny Rose, Dele Alli, Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane for Monday's final Group B game, which ended as a goalless draw.

He added: "I respect Roy's decision. As a player, you want to play, but going into the last-16 game against Iceland I'll be a lot fresher.

"I think it's a decision that Roy had to make in terms of keeping players fresh and believing in the squad he has got.

"I agree with it. The players that came in were good enough to win the game but you have to give credit to the opposition because they defended very well."

England face Group F runners-up Iceland on Monday for a place in the quarter-finals, while Wales meet Northern Ireland on Saturday.

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Q Germany Germany32107
Q Switzerland Switzerland31205
3 Hungary Hungary31023
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Group B

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Q Spain Spain33009
Q Italy Italy31114
3 Croatia Croatia30212
4 Albania national flag Albania30121

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Q England flag England31205
Q Denmark Denmark30303
Q Slovenia Slovenia30303
4 Serbia Serbia30212

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Q Austria Austria32016
Q France France31205
Q Netherlands Netherlands31114
4 Poland Poland30121

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Q Belgium Belgium31114
Q Slovakia Slovakia31114
4 Ukraine Ukraine31114

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Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Turkey Turkey32016
Q Georgia Georgia31114
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