Rooney is now his country’s most capped outfield player, ahead of David Beckham, and is just nine games away from equalling goalkeeper Peter Shilton’s record of 125 England caps.
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Bohunicky said he was speechless, adding: “I can not describe my feelings”. We won, so it’ll stay with me.
“I’m not really superstitious, but I’m going to keep it”. If it wins, it wins, if it loses, we get criticised. “I wonder how far it will take us”.
Adam Lallana may have struck the victor but Sam Allardyce credits a “lucky penny” for England’s win over Slovakia. Having forced his way into Roy Hodgson’s starting line-up before Euro 2016, the one criticism of the 28-year-old Liverpool defender had been his lack of a finishing touch in front of goal, and he admitted after the match that he had grown desperate to end his worldwide goal drought.
“Not a chance”, said Lallana earlier this month after scoring in Liverpool’s 4-3 win over Arsenal. “He’s been a goalscorer all his life and I want him still to score goals, but he reads a game as he reads it”.
“It’s not for me to say where he’s going to play”.
England’s forward Wayne Rooney (center) is tackled by Slovakia’s midfielder Marek Hamsik (left) and Slovakia’s midfielder Jan Gregus during the World Cup 2018 football qualification match between Slovakia and England in Trnava on Monday.
Eight of the 11 players picked by Allardyce in Trnava started the shock 2-1 defeat to Iceland in the round of 16 stage in France, a result which cost previous manager Roy Hodgson his job.
Slovakia put very little pressure on England, having just one shot throughout the whole 90 minutes, which was not even on target.
“It was hard to break them down. but we got what we deserved”. “I opened the door and found the jersey of Sterling with the captain’s armband of Rooney”.
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While making it to the finals in Russian Federation shouldn’t be a problem, given the recent failings of England bosses at major tournaments, you sense Allardyce will need more than a lucky penny to steer this group of players to glory. I played in that role and helped us win the game.
