Wayne Rooney looks more like the next captain of Manchester United with each passing week. It has been he, not the customary Nemanja Vidic or Patrice Evra, who has stopped to account for many of the unjustifiable performances of the last eight months and it was he who detailed the Bayern Munich fault line which gives the club a chance to achieve what he admits would be his biggest result in Europe, if United can progress to a Champions League semi final, six days from now. They play a high line and with a little more composure we can exploit that, Rooney said as he reflected yesterday on Tuesdays 1-1 draw. You can see there are chances against them. There is another weakness to exploit, idealistic though it would be to suggest that United can go to the Allianz Arena in expectation of the win, or 2-2 draw, that they will need. The weakness to the aerial ball, explored elsewhere on these pages, is one that Germans themselves seem aware of, judging by Jerome Boatengs disclosure that United corner kicks were something the European champions had tried to prepare for. We know theyre good at corners and we didnt defend well in that situation [when they scored from one], Boateng said. They have good, quick players. Rooney will travel with a sense of indignation about Pep Guardiolas gesture which implied he had simulated a dive to get Bastian Schweinsteiger sent off at Old Trafford. There were clearly words between the two in the moments before the German left the field. I don’t really want to say what he said, but I think it’s a foul, Rooney said. It could have gone either way. He could have hurt me, hes gone in with his studs and the referee has booked him so it’s not my decision. It’s not nice to see anyone sent off and I didn’t try to get him sent off. The referee has made a decision. I’ve tried to stop myself getting hurt and the referee has had a decision to make.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 17:21:24 +0000
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