Intro:
Manchester City and England midfielder James Milner says the domestic and European trophies English players won with Manchester City, Chelsea, and Liverpool this season will only boost the performance of England at Euro 2012.
Script:
SOUNDBITE (English): James Milner, Manchester City and England:
(Will the recent successes of Manchester City and Chelsea have a beneficial effect on their players in the squad, and the squad as a whole?):
"Yeah hopefully. I think our players go into the tournament on a high and in higher confidence and that is what you want. And winning is a habit. You want to get into those habits of winning trophies and getting that winning mentality. And like you say, if you have had the taste and had a good season, you know even the players that are with clubs who have not won the Premier League or the Champions League but have had good seasons individually, or positive seasons with the clubs, it is only a good thing for us as a team going out there to Poland."
SOUNDBITE (English): James Milner, Manchester City and England:
"You know playing against different teams, different styles of football, I am sure there will be changes before the tournament, going into the tournament, of teams. And every player will contribute. And it is important that we do have a good squad of players which we do and a great bunch of lads as well which is obviously important when you are away from home for a long time. And tournament football as it is, it is important that you have that and I think we have got a really good squad of players."
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1992 | Denmark | Germany | Netherlands / Sweden |
1988 | Netherlands | Soviet Union | Italy / West Germany |
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1980 | West Germany | Belgium | Czechoslovakia |
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