England beat San Marino 5 - 0 in World Cup 2014 Qualifier

Both Rooney and Welback scored twice as England beat San Marino 5 - 0 in the World Cup 2014 Qualifier last night. England were very dominent in the game with 86% ball possession. Many of the youngsters featured in the starting line up, palyers like Jonjo Shelvey and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had a very good game. Jonjo Shelvey made his debut and looked very impressive in the midfield.   

            

          England 5 - 0 San Marino (Rooney (p) 35', 70', Welbeck 37', 72', Chamberlain 77')

Wayne Rooney led a very young squad of which many are from Manchester United and Arsenal, he was very happy with the result and seemed to enjoy the football with the youngsters. Wayne Rooney's double last night made him the 5th highest all time top scorer for England with 31 goals. Rooney said  "To be in England's top 5 goalscorers of all time is something I'm extremely proud of. Hopefully there are many more goals to come." Also adding to that he said  "I'm still only 26, I've got a long way to go, so hopefully I can score a lot more."

             England vs San Marino 5-0 All Goals & Highlights on  http://youtu.be/OaMGica5cWI 

posted on 12 Oct, 2012 by John Paul Komaravalli

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Rooney to Captain England against their match vs San Marino

Wayne Rooney will be leading the English side for their World Cup qualifier match against San Marino this Friday. With John Terry announcing his retirement from the National side, Rooney has been given the chance to captain the England National side. Rooney said "I speak to the young players & offer advice. Hopefully I can bring the best out of them & they can bring the best out of me." These words bring out the 

zeal from Rooney to help younger players and grow together as a team. He also said  "I always remember Sir Alex saying what a big help Cantona was to all those young ones at United."  

Rooney to captain England

With Rolando and Messi captaining their National sides for big tournaments, Rooney always missed out with much senior players like Beckham, Terry and Gerrard being offered the captaincy. Rooney now has his chance of proving his inspirational skills on the field for their National side. Rooney always gives his everything to the team and many managers wanted a player like Rooney in their own squad.

Rooney has always been criticized for his poor performance for the National side, but it takes time, Roy Hodgson gave full charge to Rooney to go out and bring in the best in him for the England side. Rooney now takes on  Alan Shearer's record for his most goals for the England national side.

Rooney on England captaincy: "It’s a great honour to captain the team and, hopefully, it will be a successful night for us." 

posted on 11 Oct, 2012 by John Paul Komaravalli

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