Manchester United's former captain Vidic has a brilliant career, but there is one striker who has made him suffer, that is, Spain's "golden boy" Fernando Torres, and Vidic's centre-back partner Leo Ferdinand explains why.
Vidic has won almost all titles since joining Manchester United, but there has always been no good result against Torres, who has been sent off for Liverpool's top scorer three times and has also suffered a fiasco. However, Ferdinand revealed that the two never discussed a substitution to defend Torres, and Vidic never shied away from facing his own star.
Explaining why Vidic is always at a disadvantage against Torres, Ferdinand said: "First of all, we are the best centre-back partner in the history of the Premier League, believe me, sometimes the opposing striker has to run to the winger position because they don't want to face us directly, it's just crazy! However, in your career, there is always a player that you have a hard time dealing with. He may not be the best player on the planet, but his style is to be able to restrain you, and Torres may be Nemanja's nemesis."
Leo added: "Torres was a player that Vidic found difficult to deal with and was perhaps the only one I've ever seen who always caused trouble for Vidic, having been sent off for one or two games and having been red early in the game. But you have to be aware that Torres is a great player, he was at the top of his game at Liverpool and was one of the best goalscorers. He's a terrible striker, but honestly, if I'm one-on-one with him, he's not going to cause me any trouble. It's so peculiar, I also have difficult opponents, if you ask me, not counting the obvious players like C Ronaldo and Messi, I would say Kevin Davis, you can't think of him, right?"
Kevin Davis is the captain of former Premier League powerhouse Bolton Wanderers, a brave style, although a striker, but the player who has committed the most fouls in the Premier League. Ferdinand said: "I always found it difficult to face him, he always gave me endless trouble. He is very physical and constantly harasses you. Even if the ball is far away from you, he has already grabbed you, pushed and shoved. You can't imagine that my biggest headache is Davis, and Torres may be Nemania's "Davis", but we never discussed it."
Ferdinand said his tacit understanding with Vidic was not rehearsed. "It's kind of incredible, we have a good relationship and a lot of times after training, we talk about things on and off the pitch, but we never talk about cooperation on the pitch. I would never say to him, 'Vidic, you're going to push Suarez, and I'll give you a place.'" Never said, these we don't need to talk. We seemed to be born with a tacit understanding, I knew where he was going, and I would make up for him. vice versa. Partners in the game are not just trained on the training ground, sometimes they are born, some people come into your life, everything is natural, just like me and Vidic."
In the Manchester United squad that year, there was another player who was also a good friend of Ferdinand, that is, superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. England's 30 million Iron Guard said the Portuguese winger's success was largely based on spirit. "In terms of talent, you know he's not lacking." Leo analyzed, "But his spirit is different, he has an elite thinking and planning, which will amaze you." In the game away to Fulham, he finished the final but was not satisfied because he wanted to do it in the Champions League final or portugal. The standards he set for himself, the threshold is always getting higher and higher."
Cristiano Ronaldo recently revealed that he would also contact his mentor at Manchester United to seek his advice, and Rio Ferdinand is also one of the old teammates of the Portuguese superstar, Rio said: "To this day, I still talk to him on the phone a lot, and some of the things he complains about, I can't tell you. He has conquered football, but he is still worried about what people say and that he is not getting the praise he deserves. But that's what drives people forward, and that's what makes them better than all of us."