Wayne Rooney went back on her words after criticizing Nuno Espirito Santo before Nottingham Forest beats Brighton in penalties in the quarter -finals of the FA Cup.
In the pre-match accumulation, Rooney was not impressed by Espirito Santo’s decision to rotate his departure XI despite the importance of the game, declaring that he was “ shocked ” by the selection of the team of the Portuguese manager.
ESPIRITO SANTO made three changes to the team that beat Ipswich before the international break, banking CALLUM HUDSON-ODOI and Anthony ELANGA.
However, after the forest managed to beat Brighton 4-3 in penalties after a breakdown after 120 minutes, Rooney retracted his reprobation.
The “surprises of the season” of the Premier League have reserved their place in the semi-finals of the FA Cup for the first time since 1991, and have come closer to the victory of their first piece of silverware since they won the competition in 1959.
“You have to give a credit to Nuno,” said Rooney after full time.
Wayne Rooney retracted her criticisms of the Nottingham forest director, Nuno Espirito Santo,
Rooney granted the Portuguese boss credit in full time, after having his team selection castigate in the pre-match accumulation
Forest beat Brighton 4-3 on penalties after the end of the 0-0 match after 120 minutes of action
“We said before the match, we thought he had made a mistake of some players, but when they go, you have to give them credit.”
Speaking about the selection of the Espirito Santo team before the match, Rooney said: “I am shocked.
“I think the FA Cup is such a prestigious tournament and resting the players in the quarter-finals when you have an excellent opportunity to go to the semi-finals. They try to get into football in the Champions League, which is good.
“But as a player, you want to play, you want to take momentum, you want to keep trying to win games. To leave the players aside … If I was a fan, I would go.
“You want to win silverware and it is an excellent opportunity. Leaving players away when they are not guaranteed to win the match on Tuesday is more belief for me.
Rooney was dismissed by Plymouth in December after supervising only four victories in 23 league games.
Since then, he has made regular appearances as an expert on BBC and Amazon Prime.
The reports, on the other hand, emerged last month that Rooney was in talks to join Match of the Day as an occasional Pundit next season.