The Manchester United youngster sat on the billboard to celebrate and salute Ronaldo after scoring a goal, and the Argentine celebrity advised him not to do this
In the 23rd round of the Premier League, Manchester United beat West Ham United 3-0 at home to win two consecutive Premier League victories, and the ranking also rose to 6th in the standings. Argentine teenager Garnacho scored a brace to play a major role in United's victory, but his post-goal celebration sparked controversy.
In the last round of the Premier League, Manchester United narrowly beat Wolves 4-3 away, and the team's performance at the back was still criticised. Against a combat-ready West Ham side in this campaign, Ten Hag's side played impressively. In the 23rd minute, Hojlund scored with a burst of shots, and won four consecutive Premier League games. In the 48th minute, Garnacho scored a refraction to extend the score. In the 84th minute, Garnacho scored on a counter-attack to seal the win, and United eventually won 3-0.
It is worth mentioning that after scoring the second goal of the game, Garnacho made a celebration gesture of sitting on the billboard with his waist crossed to pay tribute to his idol Cristiano Ronaldo, who also made a similar celebration when he played for Real Madrid. Of course, this isn't the first time Garnacho has done this. As a young fan of the Portuguese superstar, imitating Cristiano Ronaldo's celebration after scoring a goal made Garnacho happy.
However, Garnacho's move also upset some. Argentine football legend Di Maria recently publicly said, "If I were Garnacho, I wouldn't imitate Ronaldo's celebrations." "As Messi's teammate who has played side by side with national teams at all levels, Di Maria has a good relationship with the Argentine superstar. He was clearly putting himself in Messi's shoes to advise Garnacho, a young player also from Argentina. After all, Messi and Ronaldo, as the two superstars in world football today, are still very competitive with each other.
Perhaps in Di Maria's view, Garnacho, as an Argentine player, should support Messi, rather than idolize Messi's rivals. However, this kind of thinking is obviously a bit too broad. As a super striker, Ronaldo is the idol of countless attacking players, and Manchester City striker Haaland and Paris superstar Mbappe, two recognized successors to Melo, are his little fans. Haaland said in his early years that it was because Ronaldo chose football, and Mbappe admired Ronaldo since he was a child.
Therefore, Garnacho admires Ronaldo and there is nothing wrong with it. On the contrary, Di Maria's approach is a bit suspicious of currying favor with Messi. After all, Messi himself didn't say anything, you jumped out and pointed fingers. You must know that they have all played for Manchester United, and Garnacho's performance is much better than Di Maria.