Red Devils captain is impressed with the approach of the Portuguese coach after his arrival at Old Trafford.
Rooney gave him a compliment after friendly match with his former club Everton, which ended on Wednesday night with a draw 0:0. For Mourinho, it was the first and last match at the home stadium of Manchester United before the first major match in Community Shield with reigning champion League Leicester City.
Mourinho’s two predecessors, Sir Alex Ferguson and David Moyes sat in the audience and after the match showed Rooney recognition for his 12 years at the Manchester club. However, according to the striker, Mourinho still has to adopt the same confrontational style as Fergie.
“He’s not someone who is going to come in – at the moment, he hasn’t anyway – and start throwing things. You never know when the season starts. He’s competitive and wants to win every game, whether it’s a friendly tonight or the Shield on Sunday. “He obviously gets his message across. He wants to win but he’s not a real big shouter. He expects a lot from his players and just from him talking, he has got that aura about him where you know exactly the message he’s getting across to you,” said Rooney
Ferguson earned his reputation through wild stories about how he often used to throw stuff in the locker room if he did not like the game played on the field. Mourinho does not have the same approach, but Rooney but says he has the same winning spirit as Ferguson. He wants to win every match, whether it is friendly or not. Same goes for every Manchester United player. Unfortunately, United did not win against Everton, but Rooney and his family will remember this match.58,597 people attended the match and helped Rooney raise £ 5,000,000 pounds intended for charity.
Rooney and his new competition in the attack in the form of Ibrahimovic played together less than 60 minutes and showed some potential. According to the English player, it was a good performance given the fact it was only the second match for many players who played in the Euro 2016.
In the first half, the Red Devils showed some positive things and created some chances, but in the second half there was a change of six players in the beginning and the game has deteriorated. Mourinho used all of his 22 players 90 minutes. Nevertheless, Rooney is positive as mistakes and shortcomings, are good lessons for the future.
And that future is already on this Sunday match at Wembley against Leicester City, which can be seen as the first real start. Mourinho’s balance in four Community Shield matches is 1 win, 2 draws, and 2 losses. The possible win on Sunday would be for Portuguese “The Special One” one more reason to smile.
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