I just wanted to play football, but I became a Hollywood god

Today, the two starting centers are: No. 10 Wayne Rooney, and No. 14 Javier Fernandez.

Rooney is definitely a world-class legendary superstar.

Rooney comes from a boxing family. Rooney's great-grandfather is a famous former world boxing champion. Rooney himself was influenced by his family environment since he was a child and loves boxing. However, he eventually chose football, which he loved more, but even playing football In addition to football, Rooney still practices boxing in his spare time, practicing both boxing and kicking.

In such a growth process, Rooney also developed his extremely aggressive offensive characteristics and his amazing strength. Rooney's very famous moves are the flying fairy and the meteor pendulum, as well as the boxing-style celebration after scoring a goal. action.

Rooney, who made his debut in the Everton first team at the age of 16, was, in the words of Everton coach Moyes at the time, a "little tank".

Rooney was born in a blue-collar working-class family in Liverpool. His parents are die-hard Everton fans.

Rooney began receiving formal football training at the age of 9. However, the football school he attended at the time was very amateur and did not have very detailed age stratification. Therefore, Rooney always had to play with boys who were taller than him and several years older than him. Play football together.

However, his innate physical condition and extremely aggressive personality allowed Rooney to quickly gain a foothold among this group of big kids.

When there are disputes on the small court, Rooney can always stand up with his small stature and big energy and convince others with his virtue.

Many older children were beaten until they cried, and Rooney also mocked them as sissies.

Rooney's confrontational nature and kicking talent quickly attracted the attention of Everton scouts. Everton's scouts believe that even if this little fat guy is not good at playing football in the future, he will at least help the Everton team in fights. You won’t suffer a loss.

——At that time, football hooligan culture was still relatively popular.

Therefore, when Rooney was 9 years old, he directly entered the Everton Club's youth training camp and became the youngest player in the youth training camp.

In 02, when Rooney was 16 years old, head coach Moyes promoted Rooney to the first team.

In the opening game of the 2002-03 Premier League season, Rooney made his first official appearance for Everton in Everton's 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur, becoming the second youngest player in Everton's history. of players.

On October 10, Rooney scored his first official goal for Everton in the League Cup against West Ham, making Rooney the youngest goal scorer in Everton's history. ball player.

On October 2002, 10, Rooney came on as a substitute in the Premier League match between Everton and Arsenal and became famous!

At that time, Arsenal, led by Arsene Wenger, had been unbeaten for 30 consecutive games and occupied the top spot in the Premier League standings, gaining momentum.

As soon as Rooney came on the field, he first violently sprinted to the midfield, turned around and stopped the ball, and then took off directly from an unmarked place 35 meters away from the goal, and made a powerful and heavy arcing wave!

In the end, Everton beat Arsenal 2:1!

Rooney scored a goal as soon as he came on the field, and ended Wenger's 30-game winning streak, making Arsenal's winning streak go away, leaving Arsenal with no choice but to start over!

这粒进球使得年仅16岁零360天的鲁尼成为英超最年轻的进球者（后被米尔纳以16岁357天和瓦汉以16岁271天先后打破）。

It was also from 02 that Rooney's legend began.

At this time, Rooney was 178cm tall and weighed 85kg. He was a typical human tank!

There are many tank-type centers in the Premier League, but most of them are stand-up forwards who rely on midfielders to pass the ball and then use their bodies to block positions - such as Drogba.

However, Rooney is not a stand-up forward. Rooney needs speed, footwork, and coordination awareness.

Rooney can play as a center forward, as a forward, as a shadow forward, and even as a central midfielder. When Ronaldo was at the height of his powers at Manchester United, Rooney could still assume the role of a green leaf and assist Ronaldo.

And when the dashing Berbatov was introduced to Manchester United at a high price, Rooney was able to prove with his own strength that he was by no means the one sitting on the bench.

Rooney has a strong body, an impact like a monster, an innate sense of smell in front of goal, a signature powerful shot, and an extremely fiery temper. These characteristics are the most typical representatives of British stars.

Rooney is both the "bad boy" on the court and the "new king of England."

The nickname "New King of England" is not a self-titled one, but is officially recognized by the club.

Rooney's playing style has inherited some of the legacy of the George Clinton era. It is an orthodox English center playing style, and has a tendency to surpass his predecessors.

Rooney has repeatedly saved the team from fire and water at critical moments in key games, so he is also called "King" by Red Devils fans. Over time, the official website of Manchester United also officially certified Rooney's title as "England new king".

It is unique in the history of Manchester United to be officially recognized as the new king by the extremely arrogant Manchester United club.

Of course, before Rooney became a star at Manchester United, Everton's Moyes regarded Rooney as the star of hope for reviving Everton.

Moreover, Rooney's whole family are die-hard Everton fans, so Rooney was determined to hang up his boots at Everton at that time.

After Rooney became famous with one goal in 02, Everton gave Rooney the club's highest weekly salary of 1.3 pounds.

You know, Rooney was only 17 years old at the time, and his father, a blue-collar worker, only made 280 pounds a week, not even a fraction of Rooney's weekly salary.

However, such the highest salary in the team still failed to retain Rooney.

Although Rooney loves Everton, Manchester United's call from Ferguson is even more tempting.

2004年9月1日，曼彻斯特联足球俱乐部官方正式宣布成功购入埃弗顿锋线鲁尼，转会费达到2700万英镑，而鲁尼与曼联签下了一份直到2010年6月30日的为期6年的合约，周薪约在5万英镑左右。

Compared with a weekly salary of 1.3 pounds and a weekly salary of 5 pounds, there is a 4 times difference. What is there not to love about?

Manchester United has given too much!

Of course, Rooney told reporters that he went to Manchester United purely to study at a higher club and then repay Everton after completing his studies.

After officially joining Manchester United, Rooney's first game at Manchester United was against Fenerbahce in the Champions League group stage.

In this first game, Rooney used a devastating impact to ravage Fenerbahce's defense. He completed a hat trick in his debut and helped Manchester United beat Fenerbahce 6:2. This was Rooney's first appearance in the Champions League. The first hat trick in the game, and Rooney, who was only 18 years old, became the youngest hat trick player in the history of the Champions League.

On October 10 of the same season, in the Premier League match between Manchester United and Arsenal, Rooney contributed an assist and a goal, helping Manchester United defeat Arsenal 24:2, ending Arsenal's 0-game unbeaten record. .

This record is also the longest unbeaten record in Arsenal's history. The second longest unbeaten record is 30 games, which was also ended by Rooney.

This also caused Wenger's heart to bleed when he saw Rooney later... (End of this chapter)