The Manchester United striker has reiterated his desire to play in the last four of the European Championships, with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 having crashed out at this point many times in the past decade.
Roy Hodgson’s men have taken most of the footballing fraternity by storm after topping their group with a team that was considered their worst in decades.
However the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 proved to be much tougher opponents, but the English still had an answer to their questions, wrapping up the three points with a scintillating 3-2 win. Star forward Wayne Rooney missed the opening two games, but was in the starting line-up at the
Donbass Arena against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032.
As co-hosts, the Ukrainians had the support of the home fans and looked sharp in the opening exchanges. But both the sides were unable to get on the score sheet in the first half and went into the break with the scoreline level.
Rooney, though, showed the world what he could do on the pitch, as he netted the opener three minutes after play resumed. It was smooth sailing after that for England but a controversial ghost goal threatened to cut to their lead late on.
The Yellow-Blues thought they had scored when John Terry’s seemingly cleared the ball after it had crossed the line, but despite the presence of the 5th official, Ukraine were robbed of chance to go out with a bang.
Luckily for England, they made it to the quarter-finals, where they face a resilient http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 side, who should be a much sterner test of their credentials.
As the game draws closer, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 has made no secret of his desire to play in the semi-finals, citing his belief that the team have what it takes to qualify for the next round.
"I hope there is the belief we can go past the quarter-finals this time. It will be a difficult game against Italy and it will be quite evenly matched in terms of the way we play. It can go either way but we're looking forward to it. We're feeling confident
and we've got players in the team who can score goals,” he said.
Hodgson’s troops take on the tactically astute Italians at the NSK Olimpijs'kyj on the 24th of June.
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