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Europa League nights will benefit Liverpool midfielder Lallana at Euro2016

Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana claims that experiencing playing in big Europa League games last season will help him deal with Euro2016.

The Three Lions will kick off their campaign with their opening Group B game against Russia in Marseille on Saturday and Lallana is expecting the significant matches he played in Europe last season will benefit him greatly in France.

The 28-year-old said: "Those Europa League nights with Liverpool will definitely help going into the tournament. Those big one-off games are very much what the Euros are going to be about.

"There's a lot of pressure, a lot riding on it but you learn you have to treat it like a normal game, don't get too up for it and treat it with the right respect.

"You can't get overly worked up or you can do impulsive things, it's important to be in the right frame of mind.

"I have some great memories of those nights – the comeback (from 3-1 down) against Dortmund was massive and remarkable, the United games were special too.

"It was just bitterly disappointing that we played as we did in the second half of the final."

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