has warned are the "kings of killing matches" but insisted will "run through brick walls" to win . Gareth Southgate's side are aiming to lift their first major trophy for 58 years on Sunday in Berlin but face arguably the most impressive team at the tournament so far, given Spain have won every game on their run to the final, including defeating hosts and during the knockout rounds. England secured a dramatic semifinal win against courtesy of ' 90th-minute winner, coming at the end of a game where they had almost 60% possession.
Asked if England needed to repeat that feat against a Spain team that contains 's and his ability to retain the ball under pressure, Rice said: "Yeah, definitely. Before the game, we looked at the Dutch in midfield and they've got top players. PSV's player of the year, I think won Dutch player of the year, I played against him at and there was a lot of talk about how well they keep the ball.
"I never feel like we get that love and that credit about how well we actually keep the ball. We have been doing that really well of late, even against [in the quarterfinals] we kept the ball really well in the final third. "Against Spain, it is going to be needed.
We're going to need to take touches, take the sting out of the game because Spain if you look over the years are the kings of killing football matches and passing the ball so we need to use all our experience and everything we've got to try and control. "We are players [Rice and Rodri] who get constantl.