Yesterday morning's Premier League battle between Manchester United and Leicester, there was a ridiculous scene at the end of the game: when Rashford, who broke through with the ball in the penalty area, was ready to shoot, he was grabbed by teammate Erlanga, and the water rushed to the Dragon King Temple, and the Red Devils No. 10 was kicked to the ground by his teammates, and the great opportunity was squandered.
So far this season, Marcus Rashford, who has still stuck in four goals, has ushered in the lowest prolific season since his debut in 2016, but the Red Devils No. 10 is clearly not the bottom of United's strike group.
Martial, who was famous at the same time as him, has taken off the No. 9 shirt and gone south to La Liga to make a living. In this morning's La Liga match against Barca, Martial, who was given high hopes by Sevilla in the winter window, continued to start and continue to achieve nothing.
6 years ago, the two dancing teenagers who were flourishing were the new blood of Manchester United in the low valley. However, they are now a sink, a far away, the new black wind and double brakes are out of reach, Chinese the internet context of the malicious "Crouching Dragon Phoenix", perhaps the most real summary of the situation of the two people.
Marcus Rashford
Busy people outside the field, disappear inside the field
"Sooner or later, players will play like the back of the star card" – this baseball proverb is also applicable in the Premier League, as long as you debut long enough, you will definitely be able to occupy a place in all kinds of data rankings and off-court news.
For Marcus Rashford, who has tasted the Premier League since he was 17 years old, his seven-year football career has proved this all too clearly. But unfortunately, the proportion of his scenes inside and outside the field is really out of balance.
After returning from injury this season, fans once saw a rashford at his best, scoring 3 goals in 4 games, beating West Ham in the 93rd minute, and the Red Devils No. 10 once had a bloody resurrection. However, the fans did not wait for the best partner in theory of C Ronaldo, but waited for a missing No. 10.
After dragging and carrying the ball on the left, a aimless shot was deflected to the outrageous; teammates did not actively follow up when the shot was saved, but instead expressed disappointment in advance; from technical action to body language, Rashford expressed despair earlier and more significantly than the team in distress.
For the Red Devils, who are at a low point, such a slack attitude naturally cannot escape a bombardment. The most liked comment on social media is the hatred for Marcus Rashford: "Whether he is a Manchester United youth product or not, he doesn't want to be here at all. ”
Compared to off-field activity, Rashford on the pitch was less shiny.
In recent years, Rashford's more notable occasions have been off the pitch: after the outbreak hit in 2020, Rashford took the initiative to buy food for people who were quarantined at home, and called on the government to increase protection. While winning a large number of passers-by, he also won a medal of the Order of the Staff, but in the eyes of many people, Rashford's move is more like a well-planned public relations show.
Former Manchester United player Paul Parker was unimpressed by the move: "If he wasn't a Manchester United player, who would care what he said? He wasn't as flawless as people seemed. "Although it has appeared on the cover of big magazines such as Time, become a spokesperson for well-known fashion brands, and published a children's book, it is clear that the rich off-court life cannot excuse the sluggish performance on the court.
When Solskjaer was still the manager of Manchester United, he kindly reminded his disciples: "Players should always give priority to football." Lonnick, while further compressing Rashford's appearance, also implicitly expressed his dissatisfaction: "He is not hard in training, but I don't understand what he has encountered in life. ”
Another reason that may lead to Rashford's "water retrograde" is the ups and downs of his emotional world: last May, Manchester United broke up with his girlfriend of eight years. Eight months later, the two broke the mirror and reunited.
Apparently, after the Europa League penalty was exceptionally forgotten, Rashford, plagued by a shoulder injury, has smelled bad: the club has lost its starting position and missed the national team for the first time in 8 months, which shows Southgate's worried attitude towards his former favorite.
Rashford has 26 million fans on social media, almost the sum of Kane, Sterling, Sancho and others, and is still the first person in the Three Lions' social media influence, but for him, who will be 25 years old in October, the football career is only that, is it enough?
Lonnick also didn't have enough trust in Rashford either.
"Superfluous people" who have left the Premier League
Marcus Rashford is in a slump, but he is far from the bottom of United's striker group. Even more crotch-pulling than "Master Puller" is his former good partner, Martial.
The Frenchman, who scored just one goal in the first half of the season, was sent to Sevilla before the winter window closed and is still struggling for the first goal in La Liga.
Compared to Marcus Rashford, who focuses on social media, Martial is the one who eats more of the old Book. In the 2016 FA Cup, Manchester United reached the top, which was the biggest contribution of the Frenchman, but since then, in the tactical tug-of-war with successive managers, the Red Devils' top 9, which is gradually in a state, has become more and more of a meatless and tasteful chicken rib.
Last season, Martial, who scored seven goals, was mediocre in efficiency, and fans will not forget that the group stage was not scored against Paris, which led to United eventually being eliminated. It also inspired fans to take a full look at his Manchester United black history:
In the first year of Mourinho's leadership, he complained that Ibrahimovic stole his favorite No. 9; went to the United States for training, he said that he wanted to accompany his girlfriend who was about to leave the team to return home without authorization; he heard that he could not start, the French refused to warm up, even the good-tempered Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could not stand it, rarely in the locker room, scolding him...
Martial's performance in La Liga has also been unsatisfactory.
After Cavani, C Ronaldo and other veterans known for their professionalism have joined, Martial is not only facing a position crisis, but also "people are more dead than people" in terms of emotional intelligence and professional attitude. However, the Frenchman, who is facing unprecedented competition, is still a mixed method that does not know the imminent disaster, and Manchester United, who has been entangled with Martial for many years, has finally made up its mind to give up.
In the face of high loan fees and heavy buyout fees, Barca, which was once interested in Martial, eventually retreated early. When the winter window was about to close, Manchester United could not bear to cut the flesh, almost renting the Frenchman to Sevilla for free.
However, he thought he had picked up the cheap latter, and he immediately found himself wronged. So far in La Liga, Martial has made 5 starts in 6 appearances, but has never played the whole game, averaging only 60 minutes per game, and has become the first choice for team adjustments in about 1 hour of the game. So far, the Frenchman's La Liga stats have scored 0 goals and only 1 assist.
At Manchester United, Martial, who leaned back against a tree for shade, was not too demanding of playing time, but in the small temple of Sevilla, the Frenchman's patience was soon worn out. Just before the FIFA match, Martial's agent had expressed dissatisfaction with the positioning of the player given by Sevilla, and the home team fans, who were accustomed to the crowds, unceremoniously sent boos.
The result of this wishful thinking "Lalang match" is "three losses": Sevilla has made it clear that it will not buy out Martial in the summer window; the player himself has said that he will neither join Sevilla nor stay at Manchester United". And looking at Manchester United, whose Martial contract does not expire until 2024, it is really easy to ask God to send God.
Marcus Rashford needs to move up.
Change the environment, change the way you live?
If you don't change your mind, you can change people, and for the players, it is a high-speed train that stops, either to keep up with it or get off the train.
Now, Rashford and Martial, who have already walked to the exit gate, really have to consider whether they want to change their environment and change their way of life.
Theoretically, Marcus Rashford is not short of home, and his speed and ability to combine the ball still have a place in the big club. Since last year, Barca have been rumored to be interested in it more than once, and the recent addition to the purchase sequence are Grand Paris and Arsenal.
But it is clear that Barca, which currently has eight players in the front, have little incentive to buy a striker; Paris will have to wait for Mbappe to make a decision before proceeding to the next step; and arteta, who governs strictly, after deporting Aubameyang, why bother to introduce an equally troublesome role?
Martial's outlook is more complicated, considering the length of the Frenchman's contract and a weekly salary of up to 250,000 pounds, unless Manchester United makes huge economic concessions and Martial is willing to cut wages, the next family will have the possibility of taking over. At present, it is rumored that Manchester United is willing to add Martial as a head and join the opening price of Kane, but Tottenham boss Levy has always been shrewd, sending away the head card to invite the plague god operation, which is obviously not his style.
To get Southgate's favor, the current Rashford does not have much capital.
More than entering the summer window of the 2-month countdown, Rashford and Martial should be more concerned about the danger of being World Cup spectators:
At last year's European Championship, Marcus Rashford basically handed over the starting position, witnessing the rise of Glalish. Now, Southgate, who has no shortage of strikers at all, does not have to hang himself from a tree in Rashford.
And Deschamps is well known for his dislike of Martial, the only bad boy that the Iron Marshal prefers is Dembele, and Martial has always been the one who was out of the big list stage.
With the current poor performance of the two, the trip to Qatar at the end of the year is a high probability event, and the two new stars who have made a name for themselves in the Van Gaal era have ushered in a low point in their lives in advance at the age when they should have achieved the most.
What is even more lamentable is that in those years, regardless of the doubts of the fans, van Gaal, who let go of the two people, although he was already seventy years old, he first led the Dutch team back to the World Cup, and then defeated the new crown virus, and he was also full of confidence in the battle with prostate cancer, as if he was born as a fighter.
Compared with the benefactor who is not convinced of fate, the "black wind double brake" of premature aging, where is the face ready to rest? (Supine Braces/Yang Jian)
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