With both the European giants set to clash against each other in the quarterfinals of the European Championships, England’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 thinks that Italy are similar to the Three Lions in many tactical aspects, therefore they
will pose a challenge to them...
Rooney has come out and made it clear that Italy will pose a threat to England in their quarterfinal at the European Championships. England have done well to reach the last eight of the EURO 2012 under Roy Hodgson as they won two
of their three group stage matches.
Their only blip came against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 in the very first match of their tournament campaign, a match that they drew 1-1 against Les Blues. Hodgson has drilled discipline into the Three Lions as their positional sense has improved
under the former West Bromwich Albion manager. Roy has done well to gain confidence in the England camps and the players have submitted to his authority which has been with his predecessors in the past.
Not only that, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 man has also made some good decisions as far as his first team line up is concerned as he immediately started Rooney when the Manchester United man returned to action after his two match ban.
Rooney did score against Ukraine to give http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 a win and thus he played a central part in setting up the tie against Italy.
Rooney said, "It'll be a tough game, they're quite similar to us in the way they play. They've got match winners in [Mario] Balotelli, [Antonio] Cassano and [Andrea] Pirlo. They've got some great players, and it's going to be a
really tough game.”
He added, "I'd say its 50-50 going into the game, so we'll have to make sure we get everything right in order for us to win it. I think getting through the group was always our aim, to top it is great for the lads and it gives
us a lot of confidence as well.”
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Republic-of-Ireland-c2987 side in their last group stage encounter, therefore they might also find it hard to score against England who kept a clean
sheet against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032.
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