remember when Sven Yan Erikson saved Wayne Rooney it was after the 2006 World Cup and going into the tournament England had High Hopes with Sven as their coach for the last time England made it to the quarterfinals where they faced Portugal a team with a young Cristiano Ronaldo in the 61st minute things got heated when Rooney and carvalo clashed Rooney ended up stepping on Calio and with Cristiano encouraging the referee Rooney was Center Cristiano even winked at the bench and later he scored the final penalty that knocked England out of the World Cup so how did Sven protect Rooney in his final press conference as England manager s talked about how Rooney was the Golden Boy of English football he begged the media not to kill Wayne Rooney in the Press after the incident showing that he cared for his players until the very end Sven was a true gentleman