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The new football season did not get off to a very good start 开场不利 for Manchester United and England striker 前锋 Wayne Rooney.
During his team's first match this season, a goalless draw 零分平局 against Reading, Rooney injured his left foot.
He has a hairline fracture 轻微骨折 which means he faces 面临着 at least six weeks out from playing. After the game yesterday, United manager Alex Ferguson said, "It was a painful blow 剧痛 and Wayne could not really stand on his foot." A painful blow means that when his foot was hit, it hurt a lot.
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 It was a painful blow and Wayne could not really stand on his foot.
Alex Ferguson, Manchester United Manager
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Manchester United published a statement on the team website pronouncing, "The result of Rooney's scan 扫描 has worsened a frustrating opening day of the season and as yet there is no timescale 时间表 of his recovery."
The team weren't happy that no goals were scored in the first match of the season, and the fact that star player Rooney has a serious injury has made things worse.
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The result of Rooney's scan has worsened a frustrating opening day of the season and as yet there is no timescale of his recovery.
Manchester United website
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In addition, the nature of the injury 伤势 means they do not really know for definite how long it will take to heal 康复. Timescale means length of time so if there is no timescale, it means the length of time isn't known.
Not only is this bad news for Manchester United, it's also bad news for the England team. England still have five Euro 2008 qualifiers 资格赛 remaining, the first of those is coming up on 22nd August against Germany.
Former England captain 前英格兰队队长 Alan Shearer said, "It's really disappointing news. It was a nothing tackle 攻击力量并不大 to be honest. But it is devastating 致命的 news for England and Steve McClaren if he is going to be out for that amount of time."
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It's really disappointing news. It was a nothing tackle to be honest. But it is devastating news for England and Steve McClaren if he is going to be out for that amount of time.
Alan Shearer, former England captain
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"A nothing tackle" means it wasn't particularly aggressive 咄咄逼人的 so it's a surprise his injury is so serious. "Devastating news" means very upsetting and shocking news.
This is the third time an injury to Rooney's foot has caused major disruption 干扰. The first time was during the Euro 2004 competition and the second was in the run-up to 在…前夕的 England's performance in the World Cup in 2006.
