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Article: Rooney sets new England standard
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 30, 2009
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ENGLAND 4 Heskey (7) 1-0; Rooney (70) 2-0; Lampard (82) 3-0;
Rooney (90) 4-0. SLOVAKIA 0
At this rate Wayne Rooney should break every significant England
record from caps to goals, and he should do it before he turns 30.
He will play more games than Peter Shilton, he will score more goals
than Bobby Charlton and when he is finished he might well have
raised the standard so high that it is another 50 years before
anyone is good enough to beat it.
Never more than since he starred at Euro 2004 has Rooney looked
more ready to take the international game by the scruff of the neck
and change Englands dismal record. On Wednesday against Ukraine he