Rooney Akui Selebrasi Saltonya Digagas oleh Putranya
Rooney: My Son Kai Asked Me to Celebrate with a Cartwheel Against Scotland
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
WAYNE ROONEY mengungkapkan penggagas selebrasi dengan cara salto saat Inggris menundukkan Skotlandia dengan skor 3-1 adalah gagasan putranya, Kai.
Dalam sebuah posting di Instagram belum lama ini, striker Manchester United ini mengungkapkan bahwa putranya yang berusia lima tahun itu memintanya untuk berakrobatik apabia berhasil mencetak gol di Celtic Park.
Rooney kemudian mengunggah video dari Kai melakukan jungkir balik di terowongan Wembley sebelum kemenangan 3-1 'The Three Lions' melawan Slovenia, menambahkan bahwa anaknya telah berlatih secara teratur.
Dan meskipun kapten Inggris ini merayakan serangan pertamanya melawan tim asuhan Gordon Strachan dalam gaya yang lebih tradisional, ia mendengarkan keinginan anaknya setelah mengalahkan Craig Gordon di akhir babak kedua, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
Rooney menulis di Instagram: "Banyak orang bertanya mengapa saya melakukan salto di udara untuk selebrasi gol melawan Skotlandia. Itu karena anak saya Kai telah berlatih serius dan meminta saya untuk menirukannya, di sini ia melakukan salah satu di terowongan sebelum laga Inggris melawan Slovenia.
Dalam klip berdurasi 14 detik, Kai yang mengenakan jersey timnas Inggris bertuliskan 'Daddy 100' di punggungnya, dia tampak melakukan salto saat ia dan adiknya Klay bersiap untuk untuk menemani ayah mereka ke stadion Wembley.
WAYNE ROONEY has revealed the inspiration behind his cartwheel goal celebration in England's 3-1 win against Scotland - his son Kai.
In an Instagram post on recently, the Manchester United striker explained that his five-year-old boy asked him to pull off the acrobatic manoeuvre if he found the back of the net at Celtic Park.
Rooney uploaded a video of Kai doing cartwheels in the Wembley tunnel prior to the Three Lions' 3-1 victory against Slovenia, adding that his son had been doing them on a regular basis.
And although the England skipper celebrated his first strike against Gordon Strachan's side in more traditional style, he listened to his son's wishes after beating Craig Gordon late in the second half.
Rooney wrote on Instagram: 'Lots of people asking why I did a cartwheel to celebrate my goal against Scotland. It was because my son Kai has been doing them a lot lately and asked me to do one, here he is doing one in the tunnel before the @england Slovenia game!'
In the 14-second clip Kai, who is wearing a full England strip with 'Daddy 100' on the back, can be seeing doing a cartwheel as he and his younger brother Klay prepare to accompany their father onto the Wembley pitch.
