In the 21st round of the Premier League against Wolves, Ronaldo wore the captain's armband for the first time after returning to Manchester United, but this did not change the dismal outcome of Manchester United being held by Wolves at their home and eventually losing 0-1. In a number of statistics, Manchester United are significantly behind their opponents, and it is not at all obvious that this is a Premier League giants with super big names such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Sancho, Varane and De Gea. After the game, many celebrities criticized Manchester United, and the first to bear the brunt of it was naturally the captain of the field, C Ronaldo.
In the last round, Manchester United beat Burnley 3-1 at home, and the forward double Ronaldo and Cavani performed quite well. Among them, C Ronaldo is even more powerful in passing. But this game against the Premier League's 2nd best defensive Wolves, Manchester United's 70 pairs are like a head crashed into the iron wall of the copper wall, 90 minutes of the game, C Ronaldo 2 shot 1 positive, Cavani is only 1 shot 0 positive, almost no threat to wolves.
However, in this case, Lonnick still let the second old man play 90 minutes, and was replaced by a young man who was more active and better. This practice has also caused a lot of controversy. It is clear that Lonnick wants to set a benchmark in the team, and superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is his first choice. However, although the latter also hopes to return Lonnick with a more positive performance, the effect is not good. Because he is 36 years old after all, C Ronaldo's physical fitness cannot support him to maintain pressure on the opponent's goal for 90 minutes.
This was evident in the match against Wolves, the middle team in the Premier League has only conceded 14 goals this season, and the impenetrable defense has caused a headache for the top three teams in the Premier League, and Ronaldo's siege of opponents is even more helpless. And his active passing in the game also slowed down United's attacking speed, and in the first half, one of his back-pass errors almost caused the goal to be conceded, and goalkeeper De Gea was also very angry, and Cristiano Ronaldo also apologized for it.
After the game, manchester evening newspaper, Manchester United celebrity Ince and others all made unspeakable criticism of Ronaldo's performance, and the latter even bluntly said that Ronaldo was not worthy of being the captain. This is a bit excessive, but Ronaldo may really be facing a turning point in his career.
Last season, Manchester United won the double runner-up in the Premier League and europa League, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's tactics, although monotonous, also allowed his players to fully show their strength. Even in the first three rounds of the season, United have won 2 wins and 1 draw, with B Fee's hat-trick, Pogba's assists and Greenwood's 3 goals in 3 games. However, after the arrival of C Ronaldo, the original good chemistry basically disappeared, B Fee and Greenwood were at a loss, and Cavani, who performed well last season, also came to mind. Of course, the pot with poor performance cannot all be buckled on C Luo's head, but he is indeed the most important reason.
An unquestionable fact is that today's C Ronaldo is no longer the superstar who can score everything on the pitch like a probe, as the saying goes, people are not able to take the bones and bones, and the serious decline in physical strength and explosive power has completely turned C Ronaldo into a "goalkeeper" who only has one foot left. However, C Ronaldo, who returned to Manchester United, still enjoys the treatment of a superstar, and the manager must tailor a tactical system for him, which has also led to the decline of Manchester United's record, so Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has to be dismissed. Lonnick continued Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's reuse of Ronaldo, and the results are also predictable.
Lonnick doesn't have a shortage of good attackers, Marcus Rashford, Greenwood and Martial are all dynamic players, and the old-fashioned Cavani has a full range of players. In this case, if Cristiano Ronaldo can accept the role of rotation or even substitute, it will be more conducive to playing his excellent goal-side ability, making Manchester United's attack more threatening in the second half. In this regard, B fee has set an example. Against Wolves, he came off the bench and almost opened the scoring for United with a kick from the crossbar, far better than when he started.
This season, Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea have stood on three feet, with the other teams fighting for the last Champions League qualification. Arsenal, West Ham and Tottenham are all in good shape in front of Manchester United, and it will be difficult for United to stand out from these wolf-like opponents if they can't make changes. So, the moment to test Ronnick has come, does he have the courage to rotate C Ronaldo?