Wayne Rooney ya bayyana cewa wasan Jude Bellingham a kan Mexico a filin wasa na Azteca ya tuna da biyu daga cikin manyan wasan daidaikun manyan 'yan wasa a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila — jaruntakar Steven Gerrard a wasan karshe na UEFA Champions League na 2005 da wasan almara na Roy Keane a kan Juventus a shekarar 1999.

Bellingham, dan shekara 23, ya bayar da gudunmawa mai ban sha'awa yayin da England ta Thomas Tuchel ta doke Mexico 3-2 duk da kammala da 'yan wasa 10, inda ya zira kwallaye biyu a cikin dakika 98 don taimaka wajen lashe wuri a zagaye na kusa da na karshe na Kofin Duniya. England za ta fuskanci Norway yanzu yayin da take neman babbar kyautar ƙasa da ƙasa ta farko tun da ta lashe Kofin Duniya a shekarar 1966.

Yana magana a podcast dinsa na BBC, Rooney — tsohon dan wasan gaba na England wanda ya taka leda a Manchester United da Everton — ya ce koyaushe yana imani cewa lokacin mai muhimmanci na Bellingham zai zo. "Na ce Jude Bellingham zai yi wasa da za mu bukata ya ja mu ta," Rooney ya ce.

Ya yi kwatancen da wasan 'yan wasa na tsakiya biyu mafi yabo a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na kulob na Ingila. "Duba Steven Gerrard a kan AC Milan a wasan karshe na Champions League na 2005. Roy Keane a kan Juventus don Manchester United. Sun ja tawagar su ta cikin waɗancan wasannin. Na ji kamar wasan Bellingham ne tare da waɗannan kwallaye biyu — lokacin kwallaye, sha'awarsa, ƙoƙarinsa, yunwarsa."

Gerrard ya zura kwallo ta farko yayin da Liverpool ta koma daga 3-0 a rabi-lokaci don doke AC Milan a bugun fanareti a Istanbul. Keane, a nasa bangaren, ya zura kwallo a cikin dawowar ban mamaki na United a kan Juventus, ya juya raunin 3-1 na jimillar wasanni biyu — wasan da ya fi ban mamaki saboda katin rawaya ya riga ya hana shi shiga wasan karshe a wannan shekarar.

Gudummawar Bellingham ba ta tsaya a kwallayensa biyu ba. Tauraron Real Madrid ya kuma yi saurin damtsewa na kusa da ƙarshen wasan a kan mai tsaron ƙofar Mexico Cesar Montes kafin hutun rabi-lokaci, ya hana abin da ya bayyana a matsayin kwallo tabbatacciya wanda zai yi 2-2.

"A wasu lokuta a tsaro ba koyaushe yake a matsayin da ya dace ba, amma sha'awarsa ta koma da sanya wannan damtsewar na minti na ƙarshe da taimakawa 'yan uwansa aikinsu yayin da wataƙila ba su cikin mafi kyawun wasansu ya kasance komai," Rooney ya ƙara da cewa.

Rooney ya ba dan wasan tsakiya na Real Madrid cikakkiyar alama 10 cikin 10, yana ambaton matsin lamba da "tarkon" da ya kewaye wasan. "Na ji kamar wannan ita ce wasanni da ya dace a ba shi 10 cikin 10," ya ce.