This time, we have the benefit of that experience. We can still play with freedom, but with the knowledge we belong at this level.
Players such as Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey, Ben Davies and Joe Allen, who went to France last time, have not just played at a major finals, they have had a really successful time there.
Off the pitch, it is the same – we are ready. When we went to France, the Football Association of Wales went into the unknown. Logistically, everything was new.
Now they know what works and what doesn’t, right down to the last detail, which will be a massive help to the group of young players we have got now, who are in this situation for the first time.
Those senior players have got a big role to play in guiding them, but I think we have got stacks of character right through the squad and coaching team.
