The Manchester United forward is set to captain his country at Wembley today and claims that he will keep his feisty rage under wraps in order to avoid any further controversy.
For http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 this year has been one to forget. The attacker was ruled out of his country’s first two games following a ban on him last year.
During the qualifier against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Montenegro-c2959, Rooney kicked an opponent and was sent off on the spot. Controversy ensues and eventually UEFA slapped a three game ban on him, although it was later reduced to two.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032, obviously looking to make his return.
And when he did finally feature, he proved to be England’s savior and was hailed as a hero by many. But the 1966 World Cup winners were unable to match http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 in the quarter-final and thus exited after being humiliated on penalties.
Now in today’s World Cup qualifier with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895.
With a history of violent behavior, the decision has been met by some reluctance, although the player himself has vowed to put that kind of behavior behind him.
Speaking to reporters, the front-man said that he will try to control himself on the pitch as he was the skipper and would instead try to cast a positive image amongst his teammates.
"I don't think I'm going to change my attitude because I'm wearing the armband. I'm quite vocal on the pitch and my determination can hopefully help the team. But I don't want to be making the wrong type of headlines and missing games I don't want to be
missing.”
He also admitted that he was regretting the way he lashed out last October and that he could take it away if he could.
"What happened in Montenegro was stupid. I regretted it as soon as I'd done it. It won't be happening again, I can promise,” Rooney was quoted as saying.
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