The Manchester United star claims that leading the country is one of the biggest honours he had in his life and that he would love to skipper the team on a more regular basis.
Backed by their burgeoning talents, the Three Lions made swift work of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/San-Marino-c2998 at Wembley and managed to come out with a 5-0 win after completely dominating during the ninety minutes.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-Welbeck-c10233 and his United teammate Rooney were arguably the leading lights and scored a brace a piece.
While Welbeck is slowly finding his feet on the International arena, his fellow countryman was also the captain and managed to cement his place in English folklore.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c13019 star became his nation’s all-time 5th highest scorer and that figure is likely to change if he continues this way.
Although the 26-year-old hasn’t really lit up whilst donning the iconic white jersey, he still remains at the forefront of the attack and proved his worth after an incident-free game as captain.
With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895 having retired from International duty, Rooney remains a prime candidate to be handed the captaincy on a regular basis, something which the player himself claims would
be a great honour.
"If you can get the opportunity to captain your country, it's something which I think - as a player - you need to grab with both hands. In the future, hopefully that'll happen. But, at the minute, Steven's our captain and he'll lead by example for us."
He also added that skippering the 1966 World Cup winners was an exhilarating feeling, especially because he did for the first time in London.
"To actually lead a team out, you look up, you see the crowd and - the atmosphere - it's quite a feeling. To captain your country at Wembley is the greatest honour you can have. It's something that, as a young boy, you dream of and to actually do it is a
great honour for me something which I'll take and cherish for the rest of my life,” Rooney was quoted as saying to the media.
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