Mido slams the “stupid” decision to make Henderson a penalty kick in England’s match against Romania

Ahmed Mido Hossam described the decision to allow Jordan Henderson to accept England’s penalty kick against Romania as “stupid”.

In this highly competitive international friendly match, Marcus Rashford gave the Three Lions the lead in the 68th minute from the penalty spot.

Ten minutes later, after Vlad Chirichs fouled Dominic Calvert-Lewin in the penalty area, referee Thiago Martins pointed this out again, and Gareth Southgate The players got the opportunity to expand their advantages.

Everton’s Calvert Lewin initially received the ball just to let the Liverpool captain seize the opportunity to replace Calvin Phillips in the second half.

This decision proved to be a bad decision, because Henderson’s kick was saved by Romanian goalkeeper Florinita.

The former Marseille and Tottenham Hotspur forward was enraged by the mistake and he criticized on social media for allowing the 30-year-old player who has been absent for several months to accept a penalty kick.

“What a stupid decision to make Henderson accept the penalty! If he should be involved, he has been away from the big debate about him for four months! Why? Let someone else take it!” Mido wrote Twitter.

While expressing his disappointment with the penalty error, Henderson hopes to rebound more strongly in the next game.

“I have missed a greater punishment than this, don’t worry!” He told the media.

“But of course I am disappointed. I feel more sad for Dome because he let me have it, but unfortunately I can’t find the goal.

“To be honest, I’m not too surprised, I’m more worried about going back there and I’m glad to be back.”

Since his debut in the England senior team in 2010, Henderson has participated in 58 international games, although he has not been able to find a goal.

106 days ago, in the Reds Merseyside derby loss to Everton, he returned to the game due to an injury.

At the end of the friendly match, the England team will begin their final preparations for the opening match of the European Cup in 2020.

Southgate’s team, which is in Group D with Croatia, Scotland and the Czech Republic, will begin their match against the Checkers at Wembley Stadium on June 13.