On January 4, Beijing time, the 21st round of the Premier League, Manchester United lost 0-1 at home to Wolves. Ronaldo started as captain and celebrated the 1100th game of his career, scoring with a header, but the goal was blown! Failed to score the first goal in the first game of the new year.
In the final game of 2021, Ronaldo broke through Burnley's goal to lock in last year's personal total of 47 goals. In the first game of 2022, his opponent is Wolves. As early as August 27, 2003, the 18-year-old Xiao Luo started for Manchester United for the first time, playing for this team.
That season's home and away games were Ronaldo's only two previous encounters with Wolves, resulting in 1 win and 1 loss, without goals or assists. 18 years later, the deceased reunited, and the 36-year-old president was no longer a fledgling hairy boy, but one of the greatest stars in history.
In this game, Ronaldo started and captained the field for the second time in his Career, the first time on 19 March 2008, nearly 14 years ago. At the same time, this is also the 1100th game of his career, which is another milestone!
In the 26th minute, Ronaldo turned around and fired a low left-footed shot from the top of the arc that was confiscated by Wolves goalkeeper José Sa, his first shot of the game, the first time on target. In the 68th minute, B Fei's free kick from the right was met by Ronaldo's header! Unfortunately, he was offside and the goal was invalid. A minute later, United counter-attacked with a long pass and a low shot from the left side of the president's penalty area was deflected wide.
In the 82nd minute, Portugal international Moutinho scored a shot to finally break the deadlock, 0-1! At the critical moment, Ronaldo failed to step forward again and save the team, only 2 shots on goal and 1 shot on target in the whole game, and did not get more support from his teammates on the field, and failed to score in the first game of 2022. In the end, United could only swallow the bitter fruit of the 1-0 defeat.
On February 5 this year, C Luo will turn 37 years old. Until then, United have three more games: the FA Cup against Aston Villa, the Premier League against Villa, and west Ham United – how many more goals can the president score? We'll see!