Football: The strongest post-zero generation

In the latest squad announced by the England national team, there is a person's name, which has attracted a lot of attention.

Wayne Rooney!

England's top goalscorer, who played alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, played for his country when he was 17 years old and was once known as the youngest England international.

If Rooney plays against Costa Rica, he will complete his 120th match.

However, as the game draws closer, the debate over whether Wayne Rooney should be selected for the new England national team has been heated in various British media.

Former England goalkeeper Hilton has made it clear that Southgate's decision to recruit Wayne Rooney into the national team again was an absolutely wrong decision. As a result, many people echoed it.

After all, Wayne Rooney had already announced his retirement from the national team last year, so the debate about Southgate using this game as Rooney's national team curtain call has begun to appear frequently.

But in the eyes of the vast majority of England fans, especially older ones, Southgate's decision this time is full of humanity and absolutely correct, which is also recognized by many current England internationals.

England's current international Jordan Pickford praised Wayne Rooney, saying that he is England's best striker in all time, and even at the end of his career, he has maintained a pretty good form.

At the same time, Kane, England's main striker, also expressed the same opinion as Pickford, believing that Rooney deserves the opportunity to complete his 120th national team appearance.

In the opinion of manager Gareth Southgate, his decision to recruit Wayne Rooney has no problems at all and will be supported by other internationals in the team.

However, Southgate also gave a precautionary shot to those who are concerned about the matter, while also leaving a way out for himself, as he later said that Rooney will not receive any extra care in this game.

At the same time, Southgate also made it clear that he would not let Rooney enter the starting line-up, and the No. 10 shirt he had been wearing before belonged to Li Qing.

As for whether Rooney will get the position of captain on the field after he comes on, it depends on the decision of the other players, and he will not interfere with this.

Southgate's statement naturally made many fans who were looking forward to this game because of Rooney feel very dissatisfied.

Because the current No. 10 jersey of the England national team belongs to Liverpool's talented player Li Qing most of the time.

The Liverpool player, who is in full swing, proved that he is worthy of the jersey with this number with his performance, but in the eyes of fans, it is just a friendly match, and it is a curtain call match for the old-timers of the national team in the same position as himself

And as we all know, although coach Southgate has the right to do this, but when the players are not aware of this, they can completely let Li Qing concede the ball by knocking on the side.

After all, since Southgate withstood so much pressure and called Rooney to the national team again, why couldn't he do things more perfectly?

Is it so difficult to let a generation of legends wear the No. 10 jersey of the three regiments for the last time and write an end to this legendary story?

But just when there were different opinions, news came from Liverpool that Li Qing had cold symptoms during the team's physical examination and could not participate in the match with Costa Rica on the 15th.

After learning the news, fans in England and Liverpool were shocked and immediately expressed their condolences and inquiries to this talented player in various ways.

In this way, the ownership of England's No. 10 jersey has been perfectly resolved, but it is a pity for fans that Li Qing and Rooney, who are both talented goalscorers in the past two days, cannot appear on the field at the same time.

But what everyone didn't know was that before the friendly match between England and Costa Rica began, a young man wearing a mask and brown glasses and a beautiful girl who also wore glasses entered the stadium box early.

As soon as Tong Shenbing entered the box, he took off his glasses, and couldn't help but complain to Li Qing, who followed him into the door: "Why are you so sneaky, such a big box, just the two of us are too boring!"

Li Qing flashed into the box, locked the door casually, and smiled at his girlfriend with a flattering face: "Auntie, be quiet, I'm an injured person now, if people know that I and you are here, it will be troublesome!"

"You're obviously fine, why are you pretending to be sick?" Tong Shenbing looked unhappy, "There are still games where you don't play, I don't understand why you ran so far to watch!"

"Isn't this for our two-person world!" Li Qing licked his face and leaned in front of Tong Shenbing, "Your husband and I are also international players, since you choose to be my wife, of course you have to accompany me to watch the game!"

"Who's your wife, ah......"

In the box, Li Qing and Tong Shenbing were laughing, and the banners outside the box had been raised, and the staff began to prepare for the game.

Because this friendly match is a farewell commemorative match for Rooney, all proceeds from the match will be donated to the Rooney Charity Foundation.

In this game, Rooney did not have a trick, but many of England's absolute main players, including Kane, Sterling and Walker, did not start.

The newcomers of Denko and Wilson started for England for the first time, and teenager Jadon Sancho also started for England for the first time, and the whole of England's starting line-up made no more than 50 appearances for England combined.

So in this game, Southgate is obviously just for training and testing newcomers, but the performance of these newcomers on the field is indeed eye-catching enough.

From the very beginning of the game, England's youngsters began to put pressure on their opponents, and if it wasn't for the goalkeeper's bravery, England would have been able to score two goals in the first ten minutes.

However, hard work paid off, as England's youngsters battled for more than 20 minutes before Manchester United's Jesse Lingard broke the deadlock, before Li Qing's team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold fired a low shot into the far corner after receiving Jadon Sancho's ball.

Li Qing in the box hugged his girlfriend happily after seeing his teammates score.

In the subsequent game, basically under the control of the England team, Rooney came on as a substitute in the second half, and the whole stadium was boiling, seeing the fans outside with a tsunami, Tong Shenbing smiled at Li Qing playfully: "I finally know why you are pretending to be sick." "

Li Qing raised his eyebrows and looked at his girlfriend in surprise, Tong Shen Bing nodded his boyfriend's nose with a smile, "You don't want the person who appears on the stage now to steal your limelight." "

Hearing Tong Shenbing's words, Li Qing smiled dumbly, shook his head and said, "His era is over, and my era has come!"

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