Wayne Rooney has hailed the new crop of England players and says he is excited to line-up alongside the successors of the golden generation at Euro 2016.
The England captain settled for a place on the bench against Spain on Saturday in Alicante, with manager Roy Hodgson keen to experiment with his youthful squad.
"It is great that the manager has given them these opportunities and a lot of them have taken it. They have shown they are ready for it," Rooney said.
"We have got a really fit team with a lot of energy and we try to use that to our advantage.
"Against France [in Tuesday's win] and even against Spain [in defeat four days earlier], we were very dangerous on the break."
"They are two completely different types of team," he added. "I think it would be unfair to put that sort of pressure on so many younger players.
"It is exciting and since I have been in the squad I don’t think there have been so many young players. It is really exciting."
