歷時兩個月的傷病休整，在踢滿第一場90分鐘的比賽後，魯尼説道“坦率的説，最後30分鐘得感覺比之前的1小時要好，希望這對我接下來的比賽會有幫助。我不知道我離我的最好狀態還有多遠，但我現在感覺很好。我需要一個進球，希望它能儘早到來。”
鏈結：http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=372565&cc=5739
原文：
'All I need is a goal', insists Rooney
Wayne Rooney believes he could soon be back to his best after helping England reach the World Cup quarter-finals with his first 90-minute performance for two months and claimed: 'All I need is a goal.'
The Manchester United star was used as the lone striker in the single-goal victory over Ecuador in Stuttgart and came through with flying colours to help set up a last-eight meeting with Portugal.
The plus point was Rooney actually looked stronger the longer the game went on in the strength-sapping heat and he appears to have put his broken metatarsal completely behind him.
England need Rooney firing on cylinders if they are to mount a realistic chance to lift the trophy after another stuttering performance.
He said: 'It was difficult playing on my own up front but I had good support from the midfielders and it worked for us in the end. Overall I think it was a decent performance and we deserved the result.
'Does playing 90 minutes give me more confidence? If I am being honest, I felt better in the final 30 minutes than the first hour so it is a positive thing for me.
'Hopefully it will help me for the next game. I don't know how far I am away from being back to my very best but I feel good. I have done well in the two games I've played in.
'All I need is a goal and hopefully that can come sooner rather than later.'
Rooney would dearly love to earn England revenge over Portugal for their Euro 2004 exit after being forced out of the quarter-final in the first half with a similar injury to the one he has recently encountered.
And he is confident Sven-Goran Eriksson's side will raise their game against the better teams in the tournament.
He said: 'The main thing is we got through to the quarter-finals. It was a difficult game against Ecuador and the main thing was the result.
'We've got Portugal next and I hope and know we can raise our game.
'We haven't really played to our best yet and we are still in the quarter-finals.
'Against Portugal, we will have to raise our game, I think, to get the right result.'
Rooney added: 'We are aware we are not that far away from the final but we know this is where the competition gets really tough and we will have to be at our very best.
'But I don't think we have struggled so far. We have played four games and have three wins and a draw. I don't think the performances have been as bad as people have made them out to be.
'It is going alright and we have got the results we needed.'
作者--楊瓊華
責編：佟杉杉