Rooney Dipuji van Gaal setelah Dua Kali Jebol Gawang AS Roma
Van Gaal hails `Unbelievable` Rooney
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Denver (B2B) - Louis van Gaal menyanjung kecerdasan Wayne Rooney setelah penyerang Manchester United itu mencetak dua gol dan satu gol dibuat oleh Juan Mata ketika mengalahkan Roma 3-2 dalam laga persahabatan, 26 Juli lalu waktu setempat.
Setelah berbicara pada Jumat (25/7) tentang filosofinya melatih pemain "bukan pada kaki, tetapi pada otak", pelatih Belanda itu menunjuk umpan 40 yard Rooney yang berhasil diselesaikan Mata dan membuat United unggul 2-0.
"Umpan dari Rooney ke Mata sungguh tak dapat dipercaya, umpan itu," kata Van Gaal seperti dilansir ESPN. "Dia melakukannya dengan otaknya dan Mata berlari dengan otaknya di momen yang tepat."
Wayne Rooney mencetak dua gol menit ke 36 dan 45, dan satu gol dicetak oleh Juan Mata menit ke 39. Sementara Roma baru bisa membalas di paruh babak kedua. Miralem Pjanic mencetak gol menit 75, satu gol lagi dicetak oleh Francesco Totti menit 89 lewat titik putih.
Denver - Louis van Gaal has hailed "unbelievable" Wayne Rooney after the Manchester United striker scored two goals and made another for Juan Mata in their 3-2 win against Roma.
After speaking on Friday about his philosophy of training his players "not in the legs, but in the brain," Van Gaal pointed to Rooney's 40-yard ball to set up Mata's lobbed finish, which put United 2-0 ahead in their second pre-season tour game in Denver.
"The pass of Rooney to Mata - it was unbelievable, that pass," Van Gaal said. "He did it with his brain and Mata was running with his brain at the right moment."
Rooney was at the heart of a first-half performance that saw United overcome some shaky defensive moments to race into a 3-0 lead by the break. The striker opened the scoring with a magnificent curling strike from 30 yards and, following Mata's goal, converted a penalty after Danny Welbeck was fouled by Urby Emanuelson.
