Chapter 120: Losing Points
'Neither Wayne Rooney nor Ruud van Nistelrooy can score.
"Are you still upset?" Dong Fangzhuo patted Ronaldo's shoulder, knowing that he was still in a bad mood.
On December 13, the name of the winner of the "Ballon d'Or" of French football was announced, and it was Shevchenko. But on December 11, the winner of another annual award was announced.
The 19-year-old Rooney won the 2004 Ballon d'Or from Torino Sport, also known as the "European Golden Boy" because it is only awarded to players under the age of 21 from all over Europe.
Rooney was elected after beating opponents such as Manchester United teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, Atletico Madrid goalscorer Fernando Torres, Inter Milan's Martins and Anderlecht's Vincent Kompany. Last year's winner was Van der Vaart from Ajax.
The selection of the "Golden Boy Award" was selected by 30 well-known media outlets across Europe, and the maximum score of each player was 10 points, and Rooney was given a perfect score by Italy's "Milan Sport" and "Roma Sport". The most interesting thing is that Spain's "Marca" and "As" newspapers actually gave Rooney a score of 0, perhaps because of Rooney's poor performance in the Spain vs England friendly match not long ago. Even so, Rooney's final total score of 233 is still 40 points higher than the second-place Cristiano Ronaldo.
was snatched of the Ballon d'Or by Rooney, and Ronaldo, who was very jealous, was naturally very unhappy.
"No, I'm just telling the truth." Ronaldo is still hard-mouthed, how can Dong Fangzhuo not know what he is thinking, he has been fighting Messi all his career, he will not tolerate himself being second, it is estimated that when I see Rooney recently, I will think that I am second instead of first......
"A Golden Boy Award is nothing, Shevchenko's Golden Globe Award is the highest honor, and you will get it later."
Golden Globe Award, Ronaldo's eyes flashed with dazzling light. Losing to Wayne Rooney made him unhappy, but when it comes to the Ballon d'Or, it seems to have stimulated him to aim higher.
Isn't the ultimate personal honor for professional footballers the Ballon d'Or?
"I'll get it."
Cristiano Ronaldo has reaffirmed his faith.
This made Dong Fangzhuo very envious, at least Ronaldo had such competitive capital from the beginning, but he didn't think so for the time being, he just wants to be an excellent professional player now, and there is too much distance from a goal like Ronaldo.
Rebirth didn't give him much of an advantage, and he needed to be down-to-earth step by step to achieve his dream.
Rooney's Golden Boy Award actually had a big impact on him, but it was not as negative as Ronaldo's, but positive. This made him feel even more urgent, because the masters were taking off, and he was still just an ugly duckling......
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"With their worst defeat in Europe in two years, the Red Devils have left Istanbul, the capital of Turkey. However, the defeat did not stop Manchester United from progressing in the Champions League and even the final in the city again in May next year. ”
On the contrary, Manchester United also qualified after losing to Maccabi of Israel by the same score two years ago, but were eliminated early in the knockout stage by Real Madrid. This time, the defeat allowed the Red Devils to avoid the Spanish giants. When everyone is questioning Ferguson's use of personnel in the forward line, have you ever considered that he is actually looking to the future? ”
There is still someone who supports Ferguson, and that person is Lineker, but he also agrees that Manchester United are too unstable at the moment.
'It's a bit unlikely that Manchester United will be able to catch up with a dog-solid Chelsea because they're so inconsistent.
But Ronaldo's pre-match words seemed to curse Manchester United and Wayne Rooney, and he shot a little frantically in this game......
Ruud van Nistelrooy alongside Wayne Rooney, who has just won the title of European Under-21 Player.
In the 7th minute, after Manchester United continued to cooperate on the left, Ryan Giggs passed back, and Rooney fired high from 25 yards in the middle. In the 9th minute, Giggs's cross from the left was cleared, and Ronaldo's powerful shot from 25 yards on the right was blocked by Legwinski.
In the 12th minute, Ronaldo's low right-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area was calmly confiscated by Van der Sar. One minute later, Diop's powerful left-footed shot from 30 yards down the middle went just wide.
In the 14th minute, Ruud van Nistelrooy crossed from the left and Gary Neville's volley from 25 yards on the right also went over the crossbar.
In the 24th minute, before Gary Neville's cross into the box, Cristiano Ronaldo's shot was blocked by Rehrman. In the 26th minute, Smith received a throw-in from the right side of the penalty area and shot from a small angle, and the ball slid past the goal. United almost took the lead in the 29th minute when Ryan Giggs' cross was cleared by Pierce and Ronaldo's right-footed volley from 20 yards down the middle bounced off the post.
However, United were still unlucky in the 32nd minute, when Paul Scholes cleverly crossed to the left and Rooney burst into the box and fired a powerful left-footed shot at the near post from 10 yards out.
United finally took a controversial lead in the 33rd minute, Cristiano Ronaldo's cross from the right was first blocked in the middle, Ruud van Nistelrooy tackled Bocanegra from behind on the left side of the box, referee Dawn did not award a foul, and Ruud van Nistelrooy dribbled past Rossenho and stabbed home from a tight angle on the left side of the six-yard box for his seventh Premier League goal of the season. However, the Fulham players' protest was dismissed by the referee and the Craven Villa stadium was booed.
In the 38th minute, Rooney passed directly to the left side of the penalty area, before Scholes returned to the penalty area, Ronaldo shot with his right foot from 22 yards in the middle, and Van der Sar flew to save and confiscated the ball.
In the 41st minute, Ronaldo burst into the right side of the penalty area and shot high with his right foot.
In the 45th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo burst into the right side of the penalty area and fell very uncoordinatedly, and he drew boos from the home fans. In stoppage time, Cristiano Ronaldo's powerful shot from the right side of the penalty area slid out of the goal.
Throughout the first half, Ronaldo got more shots on goal than Ruud van Nistelrooy and Rooney combined, but he just couldn't shoot, and he was a little anxious and even faked a fall at the last moment......
The second half restarted and Fulham came close to levelling in the 52nd minute when Andy Cole leaned on the left side of the box and Ferdinand fell back to the edge of the box with a right-footed shot that hit the far corner post and bounced off.
On the few occasions at which Fulham played tenaciously. Then Manchester United began to fall into passivity, and Fulham, who stepped up the front court, controlled the game, but Manchester United still had a lot of chances.
Perhaps the lord was apologetic, but he didn't make any adjustments to the front line.
Ruud van Nistelrooy rewarded him with a brave performance, receiving a yellow card for a foul in the 80th minute.
As we got closer to the end, the game was getting more and more intense, and Fulham went crazy.
In the 83rd minute, Collins John replaced Malbranck. The Dutchman, who had just come on his game, soon fell in the box in a scramble with Heinze, but referee Dawn refused to award a penalty, which caused further displeasure among the home fans.
In the 85th minute, Van der Sar kicked off with a big kick, McBride's header from the edge of the box was crossed into the box, and Andy Cole hit the goal with a back-to-back header from eight yards in front of the goal, and the ball was deflected.
Fulham finally equalised in the 87th minute when Senegalese midfielder Diop volleyed in the outside of his right foot from 28 yards and the ball grazed the inside of the post and into the net.
Absolutely flat!
Time is running out for United.
At this time, Ferguson remembered Dong Fangzhuo on the bench, but it was really too late, Dong Fangzhuo was not a savior, and it was impossible to save Manchester United every time he came on the bench.
1:1 draw.
Dong Fangzhuo played a few minutes of non-existent games, and under the indiscriminate bombardment, Manchester United only won a draw.
After this campaign, Manchester United are six points behind leaders Chelsea and sit third in the table.
It's maddening to lose these two points.
"Too bad!"
Ferguson was tempted to smack his own mouth.
However, there was nothing wrong with this game, whether it was Wayne Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy or Cristiano Ronaldo, they all played well, but the goals were too bad......
The problem of scoring goals is still the worst problem.
There is not much time left for him because he will soon be back at home to Crystal Palace......
"It's all your mouth!"
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