“We’re winning, yes, but there’s a pressure that comes with playing for England and it’s how you handle that pressure.
“I know you’re playing for your country but it’s just another game of football. It’s how you handle that pressure individually and collectively. Everyone’s different.
“We’ve got to focus on ourselves because we’ve got belief in this team and a resilience I don’t think anyone else in the tournament has. We believe in ourselves and I’m sure we’ll get the job done.”
Harvey Elliott is the only other member of the title-winning squad of two years ago.
Former Leeds defender Cresswell, who scored in England’s opening 3-1 win over the Czech Republic, has memories of watching the national side fail at major tournaments and wants to help erase those memories.
“I was brought up with England always a massive part of my childhood. I’d go to the local pub and I’d be watching the first team with all my mates, my dad’s mates, and it would be like a big deal,” said Cresswell, whose father Richard is a former Leeds United, Preston and Sheffield United striker.
“[When England go out] I’m in the pub, got my dad’s mates all crying in the pub, and I’m sat there thinking ‘oh no’.
“But it’s what it’s meant to be like. It’s the sport we love; it’s the country we’re from. It’s so supposed to be like that.
“So for me every time I pull on an England shirt it feels like an honour – a huge honour. I’m immensely proud that I get to do this. For me to go out there and give my everything, it’s the least I can do.”
