Kapten Inggris Wayne Rooney Masih Jadi Penentu Serangan Inggris
England Captain Wayne Rooney is Still Three Lions` King of the Jungle
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
KALAU Anda bertanya pada Wayne Rooney tentang posisi favorit untuk membela negaranya di Piala Eropa maka jawabannya mungkin akan membuat Anda terkejut.
Fakta bahwa ia tidak lagi memiliki kecepatan sebagai penyerang tengah hal itu cukup jelas dan Rooney telah menerima itu. Namun mungkin kebanyakan orang akan mengharapkan dia lebih suka bermain dengan nomor punggung 10, bertugas sebagai striker utama, di mana ia masih bisa berharap untuk mencetak gol.
Rooney, meskipun, adalah pemain cerdas dengan kemampuan strategis daripada yang digambarkan selama ini maka Anda akan Anda percaya dan itu yang menyebabkan dia bertahan sebagai pemain penting dalam tim. bolanya. Dia juga pemain sepak bola yang paling cerdas di Inggris, dalam arti bahwa ia melihat permainan dalam fokus yang lebih luas dari hampir semua orang.
Semua pesepakbola terbaik Inggris dari era modern seperti Glenn Hoddle, Paul Gascoigne dan Paul Scholes memiliki kemampuan itu dan hal selalu menjadi kekuatan terbesarnya.
Dan sepertinya Rooney tahu di mana dia ingin bermain, dengan pilihan: di lini tengah, di belakang No 10. Mungkin tidak cukup sedalam gerakan Scholes dulu pada akhir karirnya, ketika ia menjadi hal yang paling dekat bahwa Inggris pernah memiliki pemain sekelas Andrea Pirlo, tapi cukup dalam pergerakannya sehingga ia bisa menerima bola secara teratur dan mendikte tempo permainan.
Ini adalah pandangan tentang Rooney sebelum final Piala FA, ketika penampilannya di posisi itu mulai membuatnya pesaing serius bagi lini tengah ketiga timnas Inggris. Itu pendapat yang terlontar setelah hampir dua bulan bermain di posisi itu untuk Manchester United. Ada waktunya, ketika di bawah kendali Sir Alex Ferguson, ketika posisi Rooney di lini tengah dipandang sebagai penurunan jabatan, mungkin olehnya juga, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
IF YOU had asked Wayne Rooney his favourite position prior to the European Championship his answer might have surprised you.
The fact that he no longer had the explosive pace to play at centre-forward was fairly clear and Rooney had accepted that. But perhaps most people would have expected him to prefer playing at No10, feeding off the main striker, where he could still get forward to score.
Rooney, though, is a more much more strategic thinker than popular caricature would have you believe and had an eye on the longevity of his football career. He is also England’s most intelligent footballer, in the sense that he sees the game in wider focus than almost anyone.
All the best English players of the modern era such as Glenn Hoddle, Paul Gascoigne and Paul Scholes had that ability and it has always been his greatest strength.
And as such Rooney knew where he wanted to play, given the choice: in midfield, behind the No10. Maybe not quite as deep as Scholes used to be at the end of his career, when he became the closest thing that England have ever had to an Andrea Pirlo, but deep enough that he could receive the ball regularly and dictate the tempo of the game.
This was Rooney’s view prior to the FA Cup final, when his performance in that position begun to make him a serious contender for England’s midfield three. It was an opinion voiced after almost two months of playing in that position for Manchester United. There was a time, under Sir Alex Ferguson, when Rooney’s forays in midfield were viewed as a demotion, possibly by the player as well. No longer.