英格蘭隊長貝克漢姆歡迎魯尼回歸，但他警告説，魯尼需要時間恢復最佳狀態。在2比0擊敗特多的比賽之後，貝克漢姆對記者説，“魯尼很有能力，但他現在是恢復健康的時候，而且他只上場踢了20分鐘比賽。世界盃需要像魯尼這樣的球員，你想看到最好的球員和最好的比賽，我們現在已經有了。我們很希望魯尼能夠找回狀態，但我們需要更有耐心。”

　　英格蘭主教練埃裏克森説，“魯尼今天第一次上場，這很重要，因為如果他是在下場或者更晚一場比賽中亮相的話，我們就只能等到5天或者10天的時間了。”他還表示很高興關於魯尼的討論終於結束了。

　　鏈結：http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-worldenglandrooneytime&prov=reuters&type=lgns

　　原文：World-Give Rooney time to find best, says Beckham

　　By Justin Palmer

　　NUREMBERG, June 15 (Reuters) - England captain David Beckham hailed Wayne Rooney's return on Thursday but warned the striker needed time to produce his best.

　　"As soon as he came on people expect him to go past four players and stick one in the top corner," Beckham told reporters after England's 2-0 Group B victory over Trinidad & Tobago.

　　"He's more than capable of doing but it is about him getting his fitness now and he has helped that with the more than 20 minutes that he played."

　　Rooney's battle to recover from a broken foot sustained on April 29 has dominated England's World Cup preparations.

　　The 20-year-old was cleared to play hours before the start of the clash and made his appearance as a 58th minute substitute at a time when England were running out of ideas against a resolute Trinidad defence.

　　The Manchester United striker did not contribute directly to either of England's two late goals, scored by Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard, but his presence and ability to find space lifted Sven-Goran Eriksson's side.

　　"The World Cup needs a player like Wayne, you want to see the best players perform at the best competitions and we've got that now," added Beckham.

　　"We are lucky he has come back very quickly but we still have to be very patient with him."

　　Beckham said Rooney had celebrated like a "little kid" when informed he could play while Eriksson stated Rooney would get "better and better".

　　"Of course, he's not 100 percent in form, but you can't expect that," said the Swede.

　　"It was very important that today he got the first match, 30 minutes more or less. Because if he had got that in the next match or the match after, we'd have lost five days or 10 days."

　　As for the media circus, he added: "I'm relieved that the saga of Rooney is over. It has been talked about every day, every press conference -- and not just press conferences with me but also with the players. Really, all of us in the camp are fed up with it."

　　Updated on Thursday, Jun 15, 2006 4:02 pm EDT

　　作者-李雪，二外英語系

責編：盧爽