I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

On the evening of December 7th, Beijing time, the 2017 European Golden Globe Awards Ceremony organized by "French Football" magazine was held at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. In the end, England superstar Wayne Rooney, who played for Manchester United, defeated Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar and other superstars, and won the second Ballon d'Or in his career. This award is also the most important individual award in world football in 2017.

The Manchester United captain shared his feelings on winning the award. He said: "Of course, I will feel very happy. This is a fantastic moment in my career. It is something I look forward to every season. We won Champions League, Premier League and Carabao Cup, I also won the Champions League and Premier League top scorer, the trophy I won last season helped me to win this award."

In the 2016-2017 season, the Red Devils successfully defended the UEFA Champions League, breaking the curse that has never been defended since the restructuring of the UEFA Champions League, and won the Premier League and the League Cup, winning at least three major tournament trophies for three consecutive seasons. In addition, they also won the Community Shield, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup, and won six championships for two consecutive seasons.

Wayne Rooney performed very well last season. The captain of Manchester United played 45 games on behalf of the Red Devils, scored 48 goals and sent 17 assists, helping the Red Devils win the Champions League, Premier League, League Cup, Community Shield, European Super Cup and Club World Cup6 Xiang Guiguan, the Champions League and the Premier League scored consecutive decisive goals in key stages. At the national team level, Rooney led England to the 2018 World Cup with his outstanding performance and scored 7 goals.

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However, Rooney's biggest competitors, Ronaldo and Messi, were not inferior to Rooney in their personal performance last season.

The Portuguese striker represented Real Madrid in 46 games and scored 42 goals and sent 9 assists. At the national team level, Ronaldo led the team to the 2018 World Cup with his outstanding performance and scored 15 goals.

Messi is the top scorer in La Liga, and scored 52 goals in 59 games in 2017, averaging nearly 1 goal per game. In addition, in the Argentine national team, when the team needed it most, he also stepped forward to help the Argentine team get tickets for the World Cup. In terms of assists, he has contributed a total of 15 assists this year. Whether in Barcelona or the Argentine national team, he has an important influence.

These statistics look very beautiful, but in the end they failed to help Ronaldo and Messi win the Golden Globe. Obviously, the lack of the important trophy of the Champions League has become the biggest obstacle for Ronaldo and Messi to win the Golden Globe.

It is in terms of collective honor that Rooney has found a way to catch up with Ronaldo and Messi in the number of Ballon d'Or awards. Compared with Manchester United's six championships this season, Cristiano Ronaldo, who only won La Liga and the Spanish Super Cup, and Messi, who only won the Copa del Rey, undoubtedly lost too many points.

Without a big trophy, there would be no Golden Globe Award. Although Ronaldo and Messi performed brilliantly individually, they could only watch Rooney win the trophy again.

Football embodies its brutality and fairness.

However, although Rooney successfully defended the Ballon d'Or and World Player of the Year, he is still only a chaser in terms of the number of awards for these two important honors. Because Ronaldo has won awards in three years, and Messi has won five times.

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At 0:30 on December 11, 2017, Beijing time, the last game of the 16th round of the Premier League, which is also the focus of this round, started at Old Trafford. The top Manchester United played against the second Manchester City.

It's a real Mars-to-Earth race!

The two teams are currently the best performing teams in the Premier League and the entire world.

In the UEFA Champions League group stage that has ended, both teams have advanced to the knockout round as the top of the group. Manchester United has won six consecutive victories in the group. Manchester City is not far behind, with 5 wins and 1 loss. The performance is also amazing.

In the Premier League, the two teams had 14 wins and 1 tie in the first 15 rounds, and scored 43 points. Manchester United only beat their rivals in the same city with the advantage of goal difference, and seized the top spot in the standings.

And today, the two teams will usher in a face-to-face collision. And with the almost invincible state shown by the two teams this season, this game is likely to determine the final championship of this season!

The current state of the two teams is very good. After Manchester City was tied by Everton in the second round of the Premier League, they started the runaway mode in the Premier League and have won 13 consecutive victories. This is the winning streak that can be ranked in the top five in the history of the Premier League.

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Guardiola's Manchester City is really scary. Let's take a look at who they won in the first 16 rounds. They crushed Manchester United 5-0 at home and beat the Blues Manchester City 1-0 away. These games not only achieved results, but also crushed the scene. In addition, they also swept Crystal Palace 5:0 at home, Stoke City 7:2, and Watford 5:0 away. It can be said that whether it is a strong team or a weak team, Manchester City can cut melons and vegetables. win the game.

Manchester United is not inferior, or even worse, which can be seen from their ability to overwhelm Manchester City in the standings with goal difference.

Compared with Manchester City's often massacre with a goal difference of 5 goals, Manchester United has only one game with a goal difference of more than 5 goals in a single game. But they showed different qualities from Manchester City: stability and resilience!

In the first 15 rounds of the Premier League, except for a 2:2 draw and a 2:1 narrow victory for Manchester United, the rest of the games had a minimum goal difference of 2 goals!

Among them, there were 3 games with a goal difference of 2 goals, 3 games with a goal difference of 3 goals, 6 games with a goal difference of 4 goals, and the last game was a 6:0 slaughter of Swansea.

In the face of difficulties and powerful opponents, Manchester United can always explode with strong combat effectiveness, turn defeat into victory, and even crush opponents. For example, beat Manchester United 2:1, beat Tottenham 4:1, beat Manchester City 4:2, and swept Arsenal 5:1.

To put it bluntly, the Premier League is currently divided into two levels, one level for Manchester United and Manchester City, and another level for other teams.

Even looking at Europe, the Manchester City duo may be one of the strongest teams, enough to wrestle with Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and Bayern.

Naples coach Sarri said: "No matter in terms of player strength or tactical style, today's Manchester United and Manchester City are unmatched, and they are currently the strongest in Europe."

It can be said that the entire Premier League is currently living in the shadow of the Manchester City duo!

As for whether the Premier League overlord Red Devils Manchester United is stronger, or the newly-emerged Blue Moon Manchester City is stronger, this game will determine a result.

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United held a Ballon d'Or ceremony for Wayne Rooney ahead of the game against Manchester City. At this ceremony, Rooney showed the two European Ballon d'Ors and two World Footballer of the Year awards he won in the last two years, a total of four trophies to more than 70,000 fans.

This is also a kind of pressure on Manchester City!

However, this Manchester City team has become stable under the leadership of Guardiola, and this pressure from Manchester United has not played much role.

This is a real needle-to-mouth battle. Both Ye Su and Guardiola have formed a 433 attacking formation. The two super teams currently ranked among the top five clubs in the world in value are truly star-studded.

For Manchester United, the starting eleven are goalkeeper Romero, the back line Luke Shaw, Maguire, Van Dijk and Valencia, and the midfield three are Kante, De Bruyne and Bruno Fernandez , the striker is the partner of Rooney, Harry Kane and Vardy.

According to the valuation of the German transfer market, the value of Manchester United's starting XI is as high as 580 million pounds!

Manchester City's starting lineup is even more luxurious. Starting XI, goalkeeper Ederson, back four Delph, Otamendi, Kompany and Kyle Walker, three midfielders David Silva, Fernandinho and Pogba, striker The trident is Sane, Jesus and Sterling.

Manchester City's starting lineup is estimated to be as high as 620 million pounds in the German transfer market!

This is a super war worth up to 1.2 billion pounds!

Even, those sitting on the benches of both sides are full of powerful soldiers. For Manchester United, the 7 people on the bench are Dean Henderson, Coulibaly, Ashley Young, Mata, Fellaini, Rashford and Mbappe. It was Bravo, Danilo, Gundogan, Aguero, Mangala, Bernardo Silva and the teenager Zinchenko.

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Among the noises at Old Trafford, the visiting team Manchester City turned from the beginning and launched a rush attack. This is determined by Guardiola's tactics. Manchester City, which plays tikitaka football, is absolutely second to none in the Premier League. Even Manchester United can't compare with Manchester City in terms of ball control. .

However, as the overlord of the Premier League, Manchester United is by no means a weakling. Manchester City's possession of the ball does not have absolute pressure on them.

In the first ten minutes, both sides failed to get a chance to shoot, but Manchester City frequently scored into the penalty area. Manchester United had five successful steals and four fouls, and got a yellow card, which shows the intensity of the game.

But in the eleventh minute, Manchester City finally ushered in a godsend opportunity. Pogba made a free kick from the right, David Silva returned the pass, Kompany headed the ball, and Jesus headed the ball three meters in front of the goal.

Maguire, who defended Jesus, failed to grab a favorable position, but he was stuck between the Brazilian striker and the goal, blocked Jesus' header in front of the goal line, and made a big foot clearance.

This time to resolve the crisis in front of the goal, the Manchester United players gave him warm applause, and stepped forward to give him high fives.

When defending a free kick, Rooney was left in the frontcourt to counterattack. As an offensive ace, his contribution to defense can only be pressing and oppressing in the frontcourt. But he also clearly realized that it would not work to continue like this. Although he doesn't have specific statistics, he feels that Manchester United's possession rate in the first fifteen minutes of the game was frighteningly low. Maybe not even a quarter, because the whole process is passive and beaten.

"You have to make a threatening counterattack!" Rooney thought to himself.

At this time, the head coach Ye Su on the sidelines was also shouting at the players, signaling that the team should not retreat all the time and must attack, especially from the wing.