Can Rooney score this goal against Barcelona?
The scene is May 1991, Feyenoord stadium in Rotterdam. The European Cup Winners’ Cup final is about to kick off. Manchester United and Barcelona line up against each other, with United boasting the core of the side which would go on to challenge for the league title next season and then win the Premier League the season after that.
Manchester United would go on to win the match, thanks to a Mark Hughes special (and some calamitous defending by Barcelona, including the keeper’s gaffe that gifted Sparky a goal).
You can see that goal in the video below:
Sparky is a United legend, Rooney is one in the making. Despite an indifferent season in terms goalscoring Manchester United have been indebted to Rooney’s efforts on the pitch, running opposition defences ragged and creating countless opportunities for his United teammates.
And now Manchester go toe to toe with Barcelona again in the Champions League semifinals – with the first leg to be played at Camp Nou, getting an away goal will be a big help for the English Champions to take control of this tie. Everyone will expect Cristiano Ronaldo to show up and score, but my money (as always) is on Rooney popping in with an incredible finish. There are few bigger stages than the Camp Nou hosting a Champions League semifinal, and with history in mind (91, 99 and while we’re at it, the 07 drubbing at San Siro), you can count on this United side giving another professional performance.
Rooney to score against Barcelona? Might be worth a punt…
Hat tip to Ollie @ Pies.
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Sweet strike if ever there was one. Sadly, Rooney at the moment would probably pick the ball up in that position and try and run it into the goal, allow a defender to catch him and fluff the chance. He needs to get his confidence and composure back as he had a few years ago. He still gets himself into good positions around the edge of the box, but doesn’t seem so willing to hit them anymore, he’s more then capable.
April 11th, 2008 @ 09:18Rooney should be practising by scoring the ball accurately into the net.Lately he took his shot at goal lazily and easy which resulted the misses and sometimes directly towards the goalkeeper. He must not miss chances when goal scoring is concern as a striker.He made so much mistakes by not scoring accurately and this a sign of his downfall. Wake up Rooney and dont let MU down due to your poor perfomances.
April 20th, 2008 @ 14:50