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It is not just the goals, although five in England's past three World Cup qualifiers is spectacular enough. No, Wayne Rooney's resurgence as a match-winner for his country could be measured beyond the uplifting statistics. In the evening chill of Minsk, it was there to be seen in the jaunty way he skipped away from tackles to set up Steven Gerrard's goal and in the sharply angled through-ball to Theo Walcott that should have set up another soon afterwards. And it was definitely there as he tried to weave past three defenders, a dribble that came to nothing, but which underscored the return of a player, who, with his shaven head, looks about 40, but has remembered what it is like to be young, gifted and carefree. It is amazing to think that only a month ago, on his way out of the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona after England's... [read full story]
