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'Rooney wasn't going to shine at Euros'

July 20, 2012
By ESPN staff
Sir Alex Ferguson has said he was not surprised that Wayne Rooney failed to shine at Euro 2012, saying the forward's weeks without competitive football before the game against Ukraine had been too much.

Rooney was suspended for the first two group games of the tournament in Poland and Ukraine, meaning he had not played competitively for more than a month.

Ferguson said that made it impossible for the Manchester United forward to produce his best form, adding that he thought ...

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