Chapter 120 Absolutely Losing Points

"Rooney and Van Nistelrooy couldn't score."

"Are you still upset?" Dong Fangzhuo patted Ronaldo on the shoulder, knowing that he was still in a bad mood.

On December 13, "French Football" "Golden Globe" announced the winner's name, that is Shevchenko. But on December 11, the winner of another annual award has been announced.

The 19-year-old Rooney won the 2004 "Golden Globe Award" issued by "Turin Sports News". Since the award is only awarded to players under the age of 21 in Europe, it is also known as the "European Golden Boy Award".

Rooney was elected after beating Manchester United teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, Atletico Madrid striker Torres, Inter Milan's Martins and Anderlecht's Kompany. Last year's winner was van der Vaart from Ajax.

The selection of the "Golden Boy Award" is selected by 30 well-known media in Europe. The highest score for each player is 10 points. Italy's "Gazzetta dello Sport" and "Corriere dello Sport" both gave Rooney full marks. The most interesting thing is that Spain's "Marca" and "Aspen" newspapers actually gave Rooney 0 points, perhaps because of Rooney's poor performance in the recent Spain VS England friendly match. Even so, Rooney's final total score was 233, still 40 points higher than the second place C. Ronaldo.

Being robbed of the Golden Globe by Rooney, Ronaldo, who is very jealous, is naturally very upset.

"No, I'm just telling the truth." Ronaldo is still talking hard. How could Dong Fangzhuo not know what he was thinking? He has been fighting Messi all his career, and he will not tolerate himself being second. It is estimated that he recently saw Wayne Rooney thinks he's second not first...

"A Golden Boy Award is nothing, Shevchenko's Golden Globe is the highest honor, you will get it later."

At the Golden Globe Awards, Ronaldo's eyes shone with dazzling light. Losing to Rooney made him very unhappy, but when it comes to the Ballon d'Or, it seems to have stimulated him to move towards higher goals.

Isn't the ultimate personal honor of a professional player the Golden Globe?

"I'll get it."

Ronaldo once again strengthened his faith.

This made Dong Fangzhuo very envious. At least Ronaldo had such competitive capital from the very beginning, but he didn't think so for the time being. He just wanted to be an excellent professional player now, and he was too far away from the goal of Ronaldo. distance.

Rebirth did not bring him much advantage, he needed to realize his dream step by step.

Rooney's Golden Boy Award actually had a great impact on him, but it was positive instead of Ronaldo's negative emotions. This made him feel more urgent, because the masters are taking off, but he is still just an ugly duckling...

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"The Red Devils leave Istanbul, the Turkish capital, with their worst defeat in European competition for two full years. However, this defeat will not prevent Manchester United's progress in the Champions League and even the final in May next year. .”

"On the contrary, Manchester United also advanced after defeating Maccabi Israel with the same score two years ago, but they were eliminated by Real Madrid early in the knockout stage. This time, the defeat allowed the Red Devils to avoid the Spanish giants. Everyone is questioning When Ferguson employs people up front, has he considered that he is looking at the future?"

There are still people who support Ferguson, and this person is Lineker, but he also agrees that the current Manchester United is too unstable.

"It's a bit unlikely that Manchester United will catch up to Chelsea, who are so stable, because they are really too inconsistent."

But Ronaldo's words before the game seemed to curse Manchester United and Rooney, and he also shot a little crazy in this game...

Van Nistelrooy is partnered up front with Rooney, who has just won the European Under-21 Player of the Year award.

In the 7th minute, after Manchester United continued to cooperate from the left, Giggs passed back, and Rooney shot high from 25 yards in the middle. In the 9th minute, Giggs made a pass from the left and was cleared.

Ronaldo's shot from 25 yards from the right was blocked by Legwinski from the bottom line.

In the 12th minute, Ronaldo's low shot from the right side of the penalty area was confiscated by Van der Sar calmly. One minute later, Diop's left-footed shot from 30 yards in the middle went slightly wide.

In the 14th minute, Van Nistelrooy made a cross from the left, and Gary Neville's volley from the right 25 yards also went over the crossbar.

In the 24th minute, before Gary Neville crossed the penalty area, C Ronaldo's shot was blocked by Lehman. Manchester United almost took the lead in the 29th minute. Giggs passed in front of the goal and was cleared by Pierce. Ronaldo volleyed with his right foot from 20 yards in the middle. The ball hit the post and popped out.

But Manchester United was still unlucky in the 32nd minute. Scholes made a clever pass from the center to the left. Rooney broke into the penalty area and hit the near corner post with his left foot 10 yards from the left rib.

Manchester United finally took the lead controversially in the 33rd minute. Cristiano Ronaldo made a cross from the right, and Rosenho first blocked the ball in the middle. Ruud van Nistelrooy tackled Bocanegra from behind on the left side of the penalty area. For a foul, Ruud van Nistelrooy dribbled the ball past Rosenio and then shot from a small angle on the left side of the small penalty area. This was his seventh Premier League goal this season. But the protest of the Fulham players was dismissed by the referee, and the Craven Villa Stadium was booed.

In the 38th minute, Rooney made a direct pass to the left side of the penalty area, Scholes passed back to the penalty area, Ronaldo shot with his right foot from 22 yards in the middle, Van der Sar flew to save and confiscated the ball.

In the 41st minute, Ronaldo broke into the penalty area and shot high with his right foot.

In the 45th minute, Ronaldo broke into the penalty area and fell uncoordinatedly on the right side. He attracted boos from the home fans. In stoppage time, C Ronaldo's shot from the right side of the penalty area slipped out.

Throughout the first half, Ronaldo got more chances to shoot than Ruud van Nistelrooy and Rooney combined, but he just couldn't make it. He was a little anxious and even flopped at the last moment...

The second half restarted, and Fulham almost equalized the score in the 52nd minute. Andy Cole leaned on Ferdinand on the left side of the penalty area and retreated to the edge of the penalty area to shoot with his right foot. The ball hit the far corner post and popped out.

In rare opportunities, Fulham still played very tenaciously. Then Manchester United began to fall into a passive position. Fulham, who strengthened the frontcourt pressing, controlled the situation, but Manchester United still survived many opportunities.

Perhaps Ferguson was apologetic, and he did not make any adjustments to the striker.

Van Nistelrooy also rewarded him with a brave performance. In the 80th minute, he received a yellow card for a malicious shoveling foul.

The distance from the end is getting closer and closer, but the game is getting more and more intense. Fulham is going crazy.

In the 83rd minute, Collins John replaced Malblanc. The Dutchman, who had just played, quickly fell in the penalty area in the fight with Heinze, but the referee Dawn refused to award a penalty, which caused dissatisfaction among the home team fans.

In the 85th minute, Edwin van der Sar kicked off with a big kick, McBride headed into the penalty area with a header from the edge of the penalty area, and Andy Cole headed back from 8 yards in front of the goal and then slammed into the goal, and the ball went wide.

Fulham finally equalized in the 87th minute. Senegalese midfielder Diop volleyed from the outside of his right foot from 28 yards in the middle. The ball rubbed the inside of the post and went into the net.

Absolutely flat!

Time is running out for Manchester United.

At this time, Ferguson remembered Dong Fangzhuo on the bench, but it was too late. Dong Fangzhuo is not a savior, and it is impossible to save Manchester United every time he comes off the bench.

1:1 level.

Dong Fangzhuo played a game without any sense of presence for a few minutes. Under the indiscriminate bombardment, Manchester United only got a draw.

After this campaign, Manchester United trailed leaders Chelsea by 6 points and ranked third in the standings.

The loss of these two points is quite maddening.

"so terrible!"

Ferguson wanted to slap his own mouth.

However, there is no problem in this game. Whether it is Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy or Ronaldo, they all played very well, but the goal is too bad...

The problem of scoring goals is still the worst problem.

And there is not much time left for him, because he will return to play Crystal Palace at home soon...

"It's all cursed by your mouth!"

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