Euro 2012: England striker Wayne Rooney ready for Ukraine test

Wayne Rooney insists he has no problems with his attitude or temperament ahead of a potentially hostile Euro 2012 atmosphere against Ukraine on Tuesday.

The England striker, 26, has completed a suspension following a dismissal in qualifying which excluded him from his country's first two games.
"What happened was a mistake and I've paid the price," he told reporters.
"I'm happy and ready to play. I've been looking forward to it and now I'm available to play I'm excited." 

Rooney was initially banned for the entire group stage following his straight red card for violent conduct against Montenegro in October.

The suspension was reduced to two games on appeal, and the Manchester United forward admitted that at one stage he feared for his Euro 2012 involvement.
"When it was a three-game ban I thought I'd probably wouldn't be here," Rooney admitted. "I'm happy that I am here."
He told BBC Radio 5 live: "It is obviously something I regret and I understand I made a mistake, but I had to move on and understand I have got a two-game ban.
"The red card I got was obviously silly, but it was something that happened and I had to forget about it and take my punishment."
In a conversation with BBC Sport's Gabby Logan, Rooney also conceded that being forced to watch England's draw against France and then the frenetic win over Sweden had been hard.
"It is more difficult than playing, as when you are playing you feel you can do something to put it right if it is not going right," he explained. "When you are sat in the stands, there is nothing you can do.
"You are basically a fan for the game and that is what it has felt like.
"I now understand why the fans say it is so difficult to watch."
England need just a point from their final Group D game against Ukraine in Donetsk on Tuesday to reach the knock-out stage. The co-hosts, meanwhile, require a win to reach the quarter-finals.
In a Donbass Arena expected to be dominated by noisy home support, Rooney maintained that England will be able to remain cool and collected.
"We've been to a lot of stadiums around the world and we've had to deal with a big atmosphere on a lot of occasions," he said.

Rooney for England in numbers

• Senior caps: 74
• Goals: 28
• Games won %: 60.8
• Games drawn %: 21.6
• Games lost %: 17.6
• Cautions: 10
• Dismissals: 2

"We're big enough and experienced enough to deal with that."

Rooney's colleague at United, 21-year-old striker Danny Welbeck, has lead the England line in both of the opening fixtures and scored against Sweden on Friday, as did Liverpool striker Andy Carroll.
England manager Roy Hodgson has already indicated that he will select Rooney on Tuesday, with another attacker expected to miss out.
Rooney, however, was full of praise for his goalscoring colleagues.
"I know Danny very well having played with him at club level," he said.
"Andy has done very well. He's a big old-fashioned number nine who can hold the ball up and score goals.
"We mustn't forget Jermain [Defoe, the fourth striker in the squad], who's as natural a goalscorer as you'll ever see.
"We are four good strikers. We've got a big belief in ourselves. We're good enough certainly to go through the group stages."