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When things don’t go their way, humans tend to direct blame towards the person or event having the greatest negative impact on the unfavorable result in question. This seems to be magnified in sports. Take the 2006 World Cup, where the talent-laden English squad exited the tournam ent at the hands of Portugal; a defeat the circumstances of which were nothing short of catastrophic to its fans. In the aftermath of the quarter-finals loss, the press had a field day hurling d aggers at Wayne Rooney, insisting that the star striker and reigning golden boy had cost England its chance at football greatness. His red-card ejection in the 62nd minute forced his teammates to fini sh the contest without his lethal offensive skills and at a one man disadvantage. Dart boards in pubs throu ghout the United Kingdom were soon draped with Rooney’s portrait, where angry patrons lined up to t ake aim. Rooney’s antics were not only disgraceful and self-centered, but they placed a tre mendous burden on his teammates for what amounted to half the match. There’s no need to lose site of this fact. He no doubt realizes the blunder of his ways, and living in Great Britain must harbor a tremendous amount of guilt. That being said, with Rooney and David Beckham out of the lineup Team Eng land played their best soccer of the tournament over the next 60 minutes against arguably one of t he strongest national teams in the world; with little apparent regard for being down a man during this stretch. On offense they were aggressively attacking on every possession with a sense of urgency that was somewhere between absent and non-existent in England’s prior contests. The defense was smothering fo r most of the game, limiting Portugal to a very few shots on goal; none of which seriously threatene d goalkeeper Paul Robinson’s net. If anything, Rooney should be glorified for waking up this team fr om their collective hibernation to finally play at a level on par with their potential. However you spin it, the fact remains that he is 20 years old. In the heat of co mpetition, maturity doesn’t always surface in a sea of raw emotion and testosterone. If Rooney was a 3 4-year-old, grizzled veteran with years of international competition under his belt, then perhaps thi s justification wouldn’t apply. In the wake of these disastrous times, England’s fans should strive for som e accuracy in their assessment of what went wrong. Despite Rooney’s action, there were many opportunit ies for England to win the match both in regulation and during the two overtime periods. Chastise him all you want; rake him over hot coals; give him the tar and feather treatment; lock him up in Mary Queen of Scots’ old Tower of London jail cell to await execution. If de emed necessary to resort to such 16th Century medieval barbarism, then once departed post this epi taph at Rooney’s grave: Here lies
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When things don’t go their way, humans tend to direct blame towards the person orevent having thegreatest negative impact on the unfavorable result in question. This seems to bemagnified in sports.
Take the 2006 World Cup, where the talent-laden English squad exited the tournament at the hands ofPortugal; a defeat the circumstances of which were nothing short of catastrophicto its fans.
In the aftermath of the quarter-finals loss, the press had a field day hurling daggers at WayneRooney, insisting that the star striker and reigning golden boy had cost Englandits chance at football
greatness. His red-card ejection in the 62nd minute forced his teammates to finish the contest without hislethal offensive skills and at a one man disadvantage. Dart boards in pubs throughout the UnitedKingdom were soon draped with Rooney’s portrait, where angry patrons lined up to take aim.Rooney’s antics were not only disgraceful and self-centered, but they placed a tremendous burdenon his teammates for what amounted to half the match. There’s no need to lose siteof this fact. He no
doubt realizes the blunder of his ways, and living in Great Britain must harbora tremendous amount of
guilt. That being said, with Rooney and David Beckham out of the lineup Team England played theirbest soccer of the tournament over the next 60 minutes against arguably one of the strongest nationalteams in the world; with little apparent regard for being down a man during thisstretch. On offense they
were aggressively attacking on every possession with a sense of urgency that wassomewhere between
absent and non-existent in England’s prior contests. The defense was smothering for most of the game,limiting Portugal to a very few shots on goal; none of which seriously threatened goalkeeper PaulRobinson’s net. If anything, Rooney should be glorified for waking up this team fr
om their collectivehibernation to finally play at a level on par with their potential.However you spin it, the fact remains that he is 20 years old. In the heat of competition, maturitydoesn’t always surface in a sea of raw emotion and testosterone. If Rooney was a 34-year-old, grizzledveteran with years of international competition under his belt, then perhaps this justification wouldn’tapply. In the wake of these disastrous times, England’s fans should strive for some accuracy in theirassessment of what went wrong. Despite Rooney’s action, there were many opportunities for England towin the match both in regulation and during the two overtime periods.
Chastise him all you want; rake him over hot coals; give him the tar and feathertreatment; lock him
up in Mary Queen of Scots’ old Tower of London jail cell to await execution. If deemed necessary toresort to such 16th Century medieval barbarism, then once departed post this epitaph at Rooney’s grave:Here lies
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