Rooney's failure

Wayne Rooney's coaching career may start with a resounding failure. In his first season in charge of a team, the former Manchester United and England star is dangerously close to making his first relegation. His Derby County, a classic of British football, seriously flirts with the Premier Two (the third division of English football). At the moment, the 'rams' are 21st with four points of advantage over the two teams in relegation positions that can still be saved in the absence of two days before the end of the Championship: Rotherham, who also have two games less, and the Sheffield Wednesday, whom he faces on the last day of the championship.

And it is that the dynamics of the Derby is disastrous. They have lost the last five league games with a balance of four goals for and ten against. His next game is also against a Swansea that is classified for the promotion playoffs but still aspires to be third to have the advantage of the field factor in their confrontations. If Rooney's team loses and Sheffield beat Nottingham next weekend, the last day will be lived as a final due to the permanence between them.

In the event of a final tie with one of your two rivals for permanence, the criterion for breaking the tie is the overall goal difference, which is very even at the moment: Rooney's team has a record of -21 goals, the same as Sheffield, who have scored the most goals, and Rotherham of -15. The picture looks bad, of course.