Tapes featuring Wayne Rooney are being played ad nauseum for the Slovenian national team to motivate them. Their dislike stems from a dubious penalty that Rooney won against them in a friendly in September.
In 2006 Cristiano Ronaldo needled his Man Utd team mate into a furious reaction which led to Rooney’s ejection. The Slovenians hope to exact revenge in a similar way on someone with a fragile temperament.
“I’ll have additional motivation for that match,” Cesar told Slovenian TV. “Everybody knows that Rooney deliberately tried to injure me. He should be ashamed of himself. We will try to wind him up and make it an unpleasant experience for him and his team-mates.”