Rooney: England Must Appear Aggressive Without So 'Naughty'

London - Wayne Rooney wants England aggressive ahead of the meeting against the Italian national team. However, that is aggressive here does not mean playing "naughty" with tackle-hard tackle.
Britain itself is good-good. In seven international matches which they live since September 2014, the Three Lions successfully won seven victories.
Good record that also impact on their position in the European Cup Qualification 2016 Currently, the team made the Roy Hodgson is leading the standings in Group E. They successfully won five wins from five games, making them a six-point lead over second place, Slovenia.
Rooney also said he was satisfied with the game that demonstrated the UK so far. He labeled the English style of play with the word "aggressive". He also expects the national team will continue to play like that.
"Not that we have to play the 'naughty', but obviously we have to play aggressive," Rooney said according to The Guardian.
"Aggressive not in a bad sense. Not in the sense of a tackle-hard tackle, but in the sense that we immediately tried to get the ball again when they lose."
"We are trying to make the opposing team nervous and make them make mistakes."

With a series of great records, Rooney hopes that the UK has built a scary image. He did not want his national team underestimated by opponents.

"You certainly do not want to enter the field against a team that is a pleasure to meet you."

"I want opponents England thought: 'We know that this will be a difficult game. Against them is going to be hard physical fights. We will survive and trying desperately to retain the ball'."

"That's how I want our opponents think about us," said Rooney.

England will face Italy in Turin on Tuesday (31/3) local time. The last time they met, namely in the 2014 World Cup, Italy won 2-1.(detikSport)