429: Ronaldo’s first close contact with Manchester United
This game has attracted a lot of attention. The main reason is that Ronaldo is going to play against his old club Manchester United.
He had also played against Manchester United before when he was at Real Madrid.
However, now he is playing against Manchester United as a Premier League team. This is the first time in his career!
This is also the first time Ronaldo has played against his old club Manchester United after returning to the Premier League, which is naturally worth looking forward to.
Now fans from all over the world are paying attention to this game. They all want to see what kind of state Ronaldo will be in when facing his old club Manchester United? They also want to see the fans of Manchester United.
What do you think about this?
In the minds of Manchester United fans, Ronaldo should still be the legendary superstar of their club, right?
Facing Ronaldo in the game, Manchester United fans should cheer for the Portuguese, right?
However, Ronaldo is now a Crystal Palace player after all.
Although Manchester United is not a sworn enemy with Crystal Palace like Liverpool and Everton, the two teams are also competitors.
At this time, will they cheer for Ronaldo?
Everyone is looking forward to this game, looking forward to Ronaldo massacring his old club.
But at this moment, when the players from both sides followed the referee team into the stadium, the fans at the scene and in front of the TV discovered that Ronaldo did not appear in the starting lineup for this game at all.
He was sitting on the bench.
Everyone was a little stunned.
How can this be?
c. Isn't Ronaldo the absolute main force of Crystal Palace? Why didn't he start in such an important game? What on earth is Crystal Palace doing? What on earth is Tong Yi, a Chinese soft rice guy doing?
Everyone can’t understand Tong Yi’s operation!
Manchester United's head coach Mourinho was also a little surprised. He immediately turned to the sidelines and looked at Tong Yi. He also wanted to find out what Tong Yi was thinking? Was he looking down on our Manchester United team?
, or do you simply want to rotate and prepare for the opening game of the Premier League three days later?
Yes, just 3 days later, the 2017-2018 Premier League season will start.
However, Crystal Palace's opponent in the first round of the new season is newly promoted Huddersfield. Their opponent is not strong, so there should be no need for rotation. After all, the next game will be rotated, and Crystal Palace can easily win!
Moreover, the new season has just begun. Aren’t the players in Crystal Palace fully fit and in the best condition? Do they need to rotate now?
There’s no need for it at all!
Do you, Tong Yi, really look down on our Manchester United team?
Mourinho stared at Tong Yi, if you really think so, then your Crystal Palace game will be over, and the winner must be our Manchester United team.
Fans on both sides expressed some surprise. Why wasn't Ronaldo allowed to start?
We need Ronaldo !
"Wow, what a surprise. Crystal Palace didn't let Cristiano Ronaldo start the game. I don't know what Huaxia Tong's considerations were. However, Giroud is also a very strong player. Even if Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't
In the starting lineup, Crystal Palace is still very strong. If Manchester United underestimates Crystal Palace because of this, the Manchester United people will suffer. Giroud is not much worse than Ronaldo!" Mortensen also felt a little bit when he saw Ronaldo not starting.
Shocked. Of course, he also believed that this would not affect the strength of Crystal Palace.
However, Manchester United fans probably don't quite believe it.
Giroud is indeed very powerful, but compared with Ronaldo, he is still far behind. In their opinion, if Ronaldo does not start this game, their Manchester United team will definitely win!
The European Super Cup champion belongs to our Manchester United team!
Long live Manchester United!
At this time, the players from both sides came to the stadium and the game was about to start.
Today’s starting lineups for both sides are as follows:
Home team Crystal Palace, head coach Tong Yi, formation 4213
goalkeeper Maignan
The back four from left to right is Theo, Upamecano, Van Dijk and Achraf.
Double defensive midfielder Casemiro and Kante
Single attacking midfielder De Bruyne
The front three from left to right Salah, Giroud and Gnabry
Visiting team Manchester United, head coach Mourinho, formation 352
De Gea
Three central defenders from left to right: De Ligt, Smalling and Lindelof
Five midfielders from left to right Lingard, Pogba, Matic, Herrera and Valencia
Double forward Mkhitaryan and Morata
"From the perspective of the Crystal Palace starting lineup, Crystal Palace has indeed rotated. After all, many of the main players are not in the starting lineup. But from another perspective, it is the gap between the main players and the substitutes in the Crystal Palace formation.
The positioning is not so clear. Everyone is the main force and they are just here to share the playing time. The strength gap between the Crystal Palace players is not very big, so I can understand this rotation at this time!" said the media reporters.
Shearer, the man who knows Crystal Palace best, said this.
As soon as he said this, all the fans at the scene shook their heads. They all disagreed with Shearer's statement.
There was no explanation from Shearer's side because the game had already started.
The referee Gianluca Rocchi from Italy blew the whistle to start the game.
Rocchi began his refereeing career in 2000, and began coaching Serie A in 2004. He officially became an international referee in 2008, and later officiated the 2012 London Olympics and the just past 2017 Russian Confederations Cup.
This referee is also the one promoted by UEFA and FIFA this year.
Chief referee.
No, he appeared in this year's European Super Cup, and he was the referee.
As soon as the game started, fans from both sides burst into cheers, cheering for their respective teams.
The first team to kick off is Manchester United. Compared with last season, Manchester United has also undergone some changes. The biggest change is naturally the introduction of Morata and De Ligt, which has greatly strengthened the team's strength.
This is the reason why Manchester United fans are so excited and excited. They feel that their Manchester United team is very strong this season and will win the Premier League championship and the Champions League championship!
Many Manchester United fans even regard their Manchester United team as the Inter Milan of 2010. They are about to win the Triple Crown in the hands of Mourinho.
Just thinking about it makes Manchester United fans very excited and excited.
This is really great!
At this time, Manchester United's attack came near the Crystal Palace penalty area. Lingard on the wing received the football and directly passed a curve ball towards Morata in the penalty area.
It's a pity that the ball he gave was not a high ball, but a low ball!
This made Morata feel a little uncomfortable!
But, to be honest, this pass was passed very well and very accurately. It even passed Van Dijk at the front point. Morata in the middle should have easily stretched his legs to touch the football and complete the push.
Shot.
Unexpectedly, Morata missed the kick, and the football passed directly in front of the goal and rolled out of the bottom line on the other side.
Suddenly the whole audience was filled with regret!
Manchester United fans are really, really sorry. What a great opportunity this is!
Just now, even the fans of Manchester United were preparing to cheer and celebrate the goal. They all thought that Morata should be able to score easily with this goal. Who knew that such an accident would happen?
Even Mourinho on the sidelines was stunned, thinking that this goal would definitely be scored.
Who knew that this would happen in the end?
Morat himself was in disbelief. He held his head in his hands and kept regretting, shouting "Hell!"
The players and fans of Crystal Palace were shocked. It was so dangerous.
Lingard's passing is really good. It is said that his idol is Ronaldo, and he even briefly learned football skills from Ronaldo when he was young.
I performed very well today.
At least it is performing very well so far, which makes Manchester United fans full of expectations. Maybe in this game, their Lingard will perform better and better!
Maignan directly kicked the football away, and the football shot quickly into the Manchester United half.
Giroud jumped high and successfully grabbed the ball directly from Smalling's head. The Manchester United fans were shocked. Could Smallin even fight for it?
Giroud shook his head directly Crossed the ball and sent the football to the feet of Salah on the wing.
Salah did not hold the ball forward, but made a diagonal push, pushing the football to Theo who was advancing from the wing. Theo rushed up quickly, directly kicked the ball and passed... Fake, he smashed the ball.
He directly dunked past Manchester United's wing-back Valencia who was retreating from the wing. He immediately cut inside with the ball and entered the Manchester United penalty area.
Danger, Manchester United is in danger!
The fans of the Manchester United team at the scene felt their hearts almost jumping out of their throats.
Danger!
Special Olympics saw Giroud rushing up the middle to ask for the ball, and he also saw Salah raising his hands to ask for the ball. But he didn't hesitate at all, didn't pass the ball at all, and just swung it.
Leg blast.
With a bang, Special Olympics shot from a small angle, the ball speed was very fast, like a bolt of lightning.
The football shot quickly towards the Manchester United goal. Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea in front of the goal immediately pounced out to block the near corner!
The Manchester United fans at the scene immediately gave De Gea a thumbs up. Although our Manchester United team has poor defense, we have De Gea. Crystal Palace cannot score this goal!
With a snap, De Gea hit the football directly with his palm, and the football immediately changed direction and hit the bottom line.
Beautiful! All the Manchester United fans at the scene gave De Gea applause and secretly wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads. Their defense was indeed like paper. Especially Valencia on the wing.
, which made the young Special Olympics break through too easily.
The little guy Theo is too fast, and newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. The quality of this explosive shot is very high. If it were not for De Gea guarding the goal, this goal would undoubtedly have been scored. Even if it was
De Gea was also a little scared because he was not 100% sure. Fortunately, luck was on their side and he threw the football.
Then De Gea glanced at Valencia indifferently, without any yelling or cursing at all.
It seems that De Gea is used to it. He knows that roaring is useless, so he just lets it go!
However, Valencia still raised his hand to admit his mistake to De Gea, indicating that the goal was his fault.
Corner kick, Crystal Palace got a corner kick opportunity. Giroud immediately walked into the Manchester United penalty area. Suddenly the Manchester United players felt the pressure. They all knew how powerful Giroud was. When this guy walked in, he was in trouble.
Yes!
Dericht and Lindelof both walked towards Giroud, intending to guard Giroud.
It can be seen that their defense against Giroud is also very strict. They will not give Giroud a chance to easily header, they must defend to the death!
However, at this time, Crystal Palace did not drive the corner kick directly into the Manchester United penalty area. Instead, it drove directly to the front of the penalty area. De Bruyne, who was ambushing outside, did not stop the ball and directly volleyed the ball. Boom.
With a sound, the football shot quickly toward the Manchester United goal.
It's dangerous!
This goal was even more dangerous than Theo's shot just now, and the Manchester United fans froze in breath.