“We got to the hotel about five o’clock,” said Rooney. “I laid down on my bed to watch the TV and fell asleep and didn’t find out what the draw was until 10 o’clock. It was a good draw. The US are a good team, I saw them beat Spain in the Confederations Cup. That will be the difficult game, but we should win against the other two [Slovenia and Algeria]. Of course we need to respect them. I don’t know too much about Algeria but I’m sure the manager will have loads of information for us before the game.

We played Slovenia two months ago and won 2-1, so it will be a tough game. But it could have been worse.”