Back in it: Elsad Zverotic above) scores for Montenegro as Andrija Delibasic (below) celebrates the equaliser

That was fine until Rooney’s act of madness, until the red mist once again descended and the striker joined David Beckham as the only England players to have received two red cards.

The first was in a World Cup quarter-final Portugal eventually won on penalties and this one does make you wonder if Euro 2004 will be the best England ever saw of Rooney at a major tournament. If injury doesn’t disable him, his temper does and England suffer as a result.

Delibasic’s equaliser, a header scored because of Cahill’s failure to cut out Stefan Savic’s cross, was of no consequence. Sadly the same cannot be said about the red card.

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