Pirated Ronaldo

Chapter 289 An Unconvinced One Comes First
The overall quality of Aston Villa's players is a whole level lower than Manchester United's last opponent, Everton.

A very direct judgment is that Villa's starting lineup has more young players, and the number of players from the world's top teams is far lower than Everton's second-tier Premier League teams.

To use an image metaphor, almost all the players of the Manchester United team are of the international level of a first-class football power, while the Villa team is just a team composed of a group of non-national or second- and third-rate national players.

However, in comparison, Villa's defense still has a certain level.

The reason is that in the transfer market, defensive players are obviously not as valuable as offensive players. In order to compete with big-name clubs, the most common way for small and medium-sized clubs is to strive to build a high-quality defense line, and then focus on the characteristics of the team. Carefully select a passable striker, other than that, you can only expect miracles to happen, such as a talented player suddenly popping up in your youth team, or just buying a high-growth offensive player.

The core of the Villa team is the talented player trained by the youth academy, 24-year-old Gareth Barry.

This season's Villa team is built around Gareth Barry. However, Gareth Barry has not yet reached the most mature stage at this time. Although he scored 7 goals last season , but he alone can't provoke the team's burden. In addition, Gareth Barry was a defender when he debuted. His defense is stronger than offense. Therefore, the Villa team as a whole is a defensive team. Offensive team.

Villa's defense line, in addition to the central defender No. 4 Olof Meerberg is the captain of the Swedish national team, No. 14 Djemba is the Cameroon international, No. 18 Aaron Hughes is the Northern Ireland international, and No. 15 Ulises de la Cruz is an Ecuador international - a back four composed of all second-rate football powers!

In fact, there is a big difference between the national football team of a second-rate football power and the national football team of a first-rate football country in terms of reputation, but there may not be a huge gap in personal strength.

For example, No. 18 Aaron Hughes, the 25-year-old player is already the pinnacle of the Northern Ireland national team's defense line, and is almost designated as the next national team captain. He and the 28-year-old Swedish national team captain Olof ?Melberg two people, one high and one fast, formed a central defender partner, and they guarded Manchester United striker Luis Saha without temper.

"Manchester United's offense, Rooney, who played as a left winger today, is still the most active player on the field. Manchester United's left wing has always been strong, and the absence of winger Ryan Giggs did not let Villa's right wing defense The pressure is off!... It turns out that wherever Rooney is on, that's where Manchester United's strength lies!"

"No. 24 Stephen Davis tackled Rooney! Rooney didn't fall down, he still passed the ball!"

"Number 9 Luis Saha! The French striker has received the pass!... Aston Villa's centre-back No. 18 Aaron Hughes clung to him... the Northern Ireland international is tall and slender, he is a Newcastle youth One of the best players trained by the training camp in recent years, he served as the main defense force for Newcastle United for 6 seasons. This player is only 25 years and 9 months old, but he has rich experience. In the confrontation with Luis Saha Don't let the wind fall."

"Louis Saha turned around with the ball! No. 4 Olof Meerberg arrived... double-teamed! The ball was destroyed by Aaron Hughes' big foot!"

While the commentator at Old Trafford praised Rooney's performance, he also regretted the tenacious resistance of Villa's back line.

After the absence of Ryan Giggs, Rooney became the first weapon of the Manchester United team to attack the city. Because of his excellent stopping and dribbling skills, all teammates are very relieved of him. On the contrary, for Ronan On the side with more, the trust level is much lower.

Ronando tried his best to suppress his unwillingness. His teammates were worried about him and were more willing to pass the ball to Rooney.

"Calm down, there is always a chance! I am a killer, let the little fat man shine, he is the cannon fodder, and I am the real protagonist!"

Some comments from the English media are reasonable to say. Players like Ronaldo are often not taken seriously due to their rough footwork skills, but this is like a disguise, because their impact and speed are the same. fatal.

The nickname given to Ronando by the media is "Sneak Attacker"-hiding in the dark, taking advantage of the opponent's negligence, and killing him with one blow!However, when heavily marked by opponents, he is ineffective.

However, the English media only paid attention to the appearance and failed to see the essence. Ronando's skills are not gorgeous, but they are very practical. It is not correct to say that "Ronando will be finished if he is closely guarded". With successful possession of the ball, he is no less threatening than Rooney. This is a fact that many people do not recognize.

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In Villa's double midfielder configuration, the player on the left midfielder is a very immature young man.

No. 15 Peter Whittingham, 21 years old, he is also a player who was born in the youth training camp of the Villa team. He was selected for the England U21 team. He was loaned to the British Championship team Derby County for training last season. The team gets a chance to play.

Among the Villa players, Peter Whittingham is the youngest player besides Abanglaho.

Although Peter Whittingham is not well-known in English football, he is a well-known star-level player in Birmingham. When Manchester United launched an attack just now, Ronando's chances were not worse than Rooney, but Paul Scholes chose to pass the ball to Rooney instead of Ronaldo, all of which were seen by Peter Whittingham.

"Hey! Portuguese boy, your teammates don't seem to trust you!"

Peter Whittingham has a pair of obvious protruding ears, coupled with a big mouth and a relatively thin body, it looks a bit like a weakened version of Zhu Bajie. This appearance makes Ronando feel funny when he looks at it. But this guy teased Ronando with a strong mocking tone.

"Heh! Take care of your own business, just don't be beaten and cry by me later!" Ronando replied casually.

"Hmph! You won't succeed! You're finished, the newspapers have analyzed all your secrets! You're not as useful as Abu!"

Peter Whittingham was obviously more resistant to stimulation than Ronando. When he was irritated by Ronando's words of "beating and crying", he got a little angry and shouted aggressively in a low voice.

This is a common problem of many talented young players, proud! …In England, due to the sound league mechanism, young players have the opportunity to make their mark in competitions at all levels since they were young. Sometimes, they are often more arrogant, and only after they suffer a loss in the contest with adult players can they clearly realize their own shortcomings.

This is exactly the case with Peter Whittingham.

Even the students of Villa's youth training camp are a huge group. Peter Whittingham can stand out from so many peers, and is regarded as a key training object by the club. He is first sent out to exercise and then let him join The first team, which shows that his talent is very good, otherwise, he would not have such a chance at all.

In fact, in Villa's youth training camp, Peter Whittingham's status is higher than Abanglahor's, just because Abanglahord is a striker who is easy to shine and scored 40 goals in a season , so suddenly the fame overshadowed the others.

Peter Whittingham felt unconvinced from the bottom of his heart about the "Ronando-Abanglaho dispute".

In Peter Whittingham's view, he should be a better young man than Abanglaho, so by the same token, he should be better than Ronando!

Keep a close eye on Ronando in the matchup defense, let everyone realize that among the excellent products of Villa's youth training camp, there are not only Gareth Barry and Abanglahor, but also Peter Whittingham Tom - that's what the 21-year-old young defensive midfielder was thinking about today, so when Ronando uttered the word "beat and cry" in a casual tone, Peter Whittingham even ate Ronaldo. Nando has his mind set!

It should be said that it is definitely not a good thing for a defensive player to be so irritable...

Just a few minutes later, when Villa's attack failed and it was Manchester United's turn to attack, Peter Whittingham waited for the opportunity to "bully" Ronaldo.

This time, it was Kieran Richardson, No. 23 left midfielder, who took the initiative to pass the ball to Ronando, and the pass was a big-foot transfer. Kieran Richardson saw that Villa were on the left The road was relatively empty, and on a whim, a big foot sent a long pass of 20 meters across the court!
"Stupid Richardson! Do you think that's Rooney on the right?"

"What the hell! A good offensive opportunity is going to be wasted!"

"The guy who has no brains knows that the Portuguese kid can't catch the long pass. Isn't this sending the ball to the opponent?"

Seeing Kieran Richardson pass the ball like this, all Manchester United teammates cursed secretly in their hearts, even Kieran Richardson himself came to his senses and slapped himself on the forehead anxiously... ...Paul Scholes in the center and Rooney in the left were both entangled by Villa players just now. Kieran Richardson glanced at the pitch and saw that Ronando's side was empty, so he subconsciously passed the ball Yes, it was only then that I remembered something was wrong.

something wrong?Something is wrong!

"Whoosh!"

No. 15 Peter Whittingham saw the pass, jumped up quickly, got stuck between Ronando and the direction the ball came from, and was stuck in defense!
"Huh!" Ronando snorted coldly, raised his eyebrows, is this really a pig with a green onion in his nose, and he really thinks of himself as an elephant?Even Peter Whittingham, with his small stature, wants to use blocking to prevent Ronando from receiving the ball?
In other words, Peter Whittingham is definitely not a player who is good at strength. He is 180cm tall and weighs only 63KG. He is a defensive player who mainly runs. If the pass is a low ball, Peter Whitting Ham still has a chance to take advantage of the blocking position and take the lead to destroy the ball. However, Kieran Richardson's pass is obviously a high ball. Grab it back!
(End of this chapter)