England want to build on Lionesses' legacy - Rice

England midfielder Declan Rice says nan men's squad tin return inspiration from nan Lionesses to go a federation of winners successful Sunday's Euro 2024 last against Spain.

England's women ended nan country's 56-year hold for a awesome title - since nan men's triumph successful nan 1966 World Cup - pinch a melodramatic final triumph complete Germany astatine Euro 2022.

Having reached consecutive European Championship finals, Gareth Southgate's broadside will beryllium hoping to emulate their female counterparts successful nan showpiece successful Berlin - and banish achy memories of their Wembley conclusion by Italy astatine Euro 2020.

"We saw erstwhile nan women's squad won it, what it meant to them and nan nation," said Arsenal midfielder Rice, who has been a champion successful England's broadside during nan tournament.

"I spot immoderate of nan girls astatine Arsenal and that's what we want. We want to triumph and make nan federation proud.

"We are backmost successful different final, which is history itself, but now we are aiming to do 1 more.

"We don't want to support talking astir it and getting to finals and beryllium happy pinch that.

"We now want to beryllium a state wherever we win. We want to proceed to turn and, for nan young players coming in, we want to beryllium a really large force."

Rice was portion of nan England broadside which mislaid connected penalties to Italy successful their first Euros last 3 years ago.

The 25-year-old says nan Three Lions were "naive" successful beforehand of their location crowd astatine Wembley, but are hopeless to flooded 2008 and 2012 winners Spain.

"Seeing Italy locomotion up to assistance nan trophy astatine your location stadium lives pinch you arsenic a shot player," added Rice.

"We cognize that successful nan past last we astir apt conscionable sat disconnected and didn't onslaught arsenic overmuch arsenic we should have. There are not galore times you spell back-to-back successful finals but this group of players are truthful hungry.

"We cognize it's going to beryllium reliable and cognize you can't place Spain, who person been a apical federation for truthful galore years. But I've ne'er seen a group truthful motivated, successful training, and really we talk pinch each different astir nan place.

"Everyone is truthful driven to triumph this game."

Rice's sentiment was echoed by defender Kyle Walker, who says England will beryllium amended for their erstwhile acquisition and nether little unit successful a last played connected overseas soil.

"The emotion of Wembley was wholly different, pinch miles and miles of group chanting you and cheering you connected arsenic you time off St George's Park," Walker told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"We're connected a different turf now and possibly that mightiness activity to our benefit, wherever there's not truthful overmuch unit connected us.

"But arsenic group and players, who person knowledgeable these finals before, we person to present connected nan large occasions."