World Cup 2022 Special: Wayne Rooney's World Cups
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🗓️ 19 November 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Jonathan Northcroft sits down with England’s all-time record goalscorer, Wayne Rooney. They discuss the three World Cups he played in, what was going on behind the scenes in each England camp and how he looks back on his time with the national team.
2006 - A broken metatarsal, THAT red card against Portugal and a World Cup debut for a 20 year old Rooney in Germany (00:00)
2010 - Fabio Capello lead England and Rooney into the next World Cup in South Africa, but another disappointing showing ended with Rooney ranting at the fans after elimination against Germany (17:30)
2014 - Wayne’s first World Cup goal came in his third finals in Brazil, but a dismal performance from England left them bottom of the group and on the plane home (32:36)
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| 0:54.4 | Hello and welcome to the game World Cup 22. As we approach the start of the tournament on Sunday, |
| 1:02.2 | our very own Jonathan Northcroft has sat down for a special bonus edition alongside England's |
| 1:07.4 | record goal scorer, Wayne Rooney. I guess we've got to start with you on that |
| 1:17.1 | task, and you've told the story many times. I was interested to know what the chain of events |
| 1:24.2 | was, from doing the injury to the bit that we know about, which is the wrangle of a when you were |
| 1:29.8 | fit or not. Did you go off, but in one minute did you? No, when in Manchester, so we got to |
| 1:35.7 | bus. Bus or train? Yeah. Or flight, I actually can't remember. In the back to Manchester, |
| 1:42.0 | so when it's the last bit of Manchester, we've done it actually first, and sometimes you don't |
| 1:48.0 | see it on their face when you could see straightaway, right name, biggest work. So, |
| 1:53.2 | new straightaway, and then bonus can, obviously, to see exactly what it was, if there's any |
| 1:57.6 | ligament damage and stuff, which thankfully it wasn't, it was just a clear break. So, really, |
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