Pirated Ronaldo

Chapter 396 Schaff's Team

Towards the end of the first half, Manchester United asked for a substitution. Italian teenager Giuseppe Rossi finally got the chance to play. He replaced Ronaldo as the team's right winger.

Among the three young strikers in Manchester United's frontcourt this season, Rooney is the main force. Ronando has basically established his position on the right. Only Giuseppe Rossi can only wait for Ferguson's call. This can't be helped, not every young player has the good luck of appearing frequently. Fortunately, Giuseppe Rossi is only five months older than Ronan, and he is not yet 19 years old. The future is still very long.

Now, Manchester United is equipped with the main force in addition to the central defender position, and all other positions are substitute players!
Even so, Sunderland, who are playing at home, can't get any benefits at all. They can only continue to work hard on their own defense, stubbornly resisting their opponents, and maintaining a faint hope of equalizing the score.

"No. 10 midfielder Stephen Caldwell broke through with the ball! ... This Scottish star is Sunderland's midfield commander. He has good skills at his feet and an excellent free kick. He is indispensable for Sunderland. Missing soulmate...Manchester United midfielder No. 15 Jose Kleberson Pereira tackles!...Stephen Caldwell makes a mistake and he is tackled!...Stephen Caldwell from behind Kicked Manchester United No. 15 Jose Kleberson Pereira!"

"Jose Kleberson Pereira fell to the ground! The referee Stephen Bennett whistled!...Yellow card! Stephen Caldwell, No. 10, the center of Sunderland's midfielder, kicked someone from the back because of his unsteady kick. Received a yellow card for myself!  …”

At the last moment of the first half, instead of playing a decent attack, Sunderland's midfielder Stephen Caldwell received a yellow card.

Sunderland's situation is over, this game is hopeless, their only option is to wait for the end of the game, and then go back to heal the wound and wait for the next game to regain confidence.

For Ronaldo, although he only played 40 minutes today, his contribution to the team has been obvious to all. At least, it has been proved in the absence of Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy, the two most important offensive weapons of Manchester United. , the team's most effective offensive weapon is Ronando!
Among the most effective offensive weapons of the Premier League giants Manchester United, the top three?This is a great honor!
When Ronaldo was on the field, his side became the most promising direction for the team to complete a breakthrough and pose a threat to Sunderland's defense, but when Ronaldo left the field, the teenager Giuseppe Rossi replaced him After playing, Manchester United's offense appeared to be scattered. It was a multi-point blooming situation. Ole Solskjaer on the left and Alan Smith on the center immediately became active.

However, active is active, and it is difficult to tear apart Sunderland's defense again.

Ole Solskjaer and Alan Smith are the kind of players who need to play dexterously, that is to say, they have more than dexterity but not enough bravery. Playing in the Premier League, if the team lacks a "player" who can break through the opponent's defense Sledgehammer", usually the offense will be more difficult.

This is why Rooney is very important to Manchester United. When Rooney is not on the court, this important task falls on Ronaldo's shoulders.

Now, Manchester United's lineup lacks a "sledgehammer", so they have an advantage on the scene, but they cannot be converted into goals.

However, the Manchester United team was lucky today. The positional battle was ineffective, but they successfully expanded the score in the set kick. It was the 76th minute of the game. Sunderland center Jonathan Steed returned to the front of the penalty area. , when defending Luis Saha, because the defensive skills were not in place, he overthrew Luis Saha in the process of fighting for the top, and was awarded a free kick by the referee. Afterwards, Alan Smith took the penalty and kicked the ball Sent into Sunderland's goal.

This is not over yet, the last 15 minutes of the game suddenly became a climax!
First, the Sunderland players who fell behind by two goals fought back. In the 82nd minute, midfielder Stephen Caldwell scored a goal and rewritten the score to 1:2. Then in the 87th minute, Manchester United, who is good at running Left winger Ole Solskjaer received a pass from his teammates in the frontcourt and successfully shot in the penalty area, locking the score at 3:1 and Manchester United won.

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With the victory at the Sunderland Stadium of Light, Manchester United won three consecutive league victories in a month, and this is also the first three consecutive victories since the start of the new season. For this reason, Manchester United's fans organized a grand celebration , to celebrate the Manchester United team gradually getting on the right track, but also to encourage the team to make persistent efforts and stabilize their results in the next games.

This somewhat relieved the pressure brought about by the team's unfavorable performance in the Champions League, and dispelled the haze over Carrington Castle a little.

Of course, Manchester United players such as Ronaldo are not qualified to celebrate, because the third of the six Champions League group matches is coming soon. Although the opponent Bundesliga Werder Bremen is called "bottom of Group D", but The more such a team is, the more negligent they cannot be. The reason is obvious. Bremen's strength is not bad. They shook hands with Villarreal 0:0 at home in the last round. In the round, they only lost to Benfica by one away goal.

A team conceded only one goal in two games in the Champions League group stage. Do you dare to say that such a team is easy to deal with?

The ranking of Group D after the first two rounds is as follows: Benfica has one win and one draw, ranking first in the group; Manchester United and Villarreal both have two games and two draws, with Manchester United temporarily ranking No. Two; Werder Bremen from the Bundesliga have one draw and one loss, and are at the bottom of Group D.

In the first two rounds of the Bundesliga, Bremen failed to score and conceded a goal... Such statistics make it difficult to fathom the strength of this team.

Failure to score in two consecutive games may not mean that Bremen's offensive ability is weak, and only one goal conceded in two games, at least it shows that Bremen's defensive ability is not weak, especially when a Bundesliga team encounters When they were in the England team, the Germans' sturdy physical fitness allowed them to play with ease in the game.

Bremen Sandbank Sports Club, located in Petershark by the Weser River, is transliterated as "Werder Bremen", and is known as the "Two Powers of Northern Germany" together with Hamburg.

In the past few seasons, Bremen is at the peak of the club's history. In the 2003-04 season, Bremen overwhelmed all opponents including Bayern and won the double championship of the Bundesliga and the German Cup. This is the first time in the club's history.

In the 2004-05 season, Bremen's performance was still brave, won the third place in the league, and began to establish the image of a first-class team.

In Bremen's team, there is a very remarkable player, that is Miroslav Klose who will be called "World Cup Myth" in the future!
Of course, the current Klose has only experienced one World Cup. In the 2002 World Cup, the 23-year-old Klose became famous overnight. In the first game of the first round, he used different headers to break the opponent's goal three times in a row. Miraculously got a hat-trick of headers. Since then, the reputation of "Header King" has followed him. In the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, Klose finally scored five headers and became the silver boot. This is also the record for a single World Cup header goal.

The 27-year-old Klose is at his peak. His figure is not very good, 184cm. This height is much lower than that of a center forward in the usual sense, but he can often make his opponents scared with his header. At the same time , Klose's left and right feet are balanced, fierce and precise in front of the goal, and has the ability of a top striker to sprint and shoot after an instant.

In Germany, Klose has been known as one of the most powerful shooters in the world, and many fans rank him with super shooters like Ronaldo and Henry.

A team with Klose certainly doesn't have to worry about not being able to score goals. Therefore, it is only accidental that Bremen only scored one goal in two consecutive Champions League group matches. Mei's goals will skyrocket upwards.

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The Bundesliga powerhouse Werder Bremen from northern Germany has arrived in Manchester, England!
Bremen last season, in addition to being the third place in the Bundesliga, reached the semi-finals in the German Cup, and only lost to Bayern Munich in the German League Cup, and won the runner-up. A domestic cup competition that the Bundesliga champions participated in is called the "King of Kings Cup" in Germany. Although there are not many games, it is of great significance. Werder Bremen's runner-up shows their strength.

Bremen players and coaching staff, in addition to the "header king" Klose, there is a more remarkable figure, that is Bremen coach Thomas Schaff.

It can be said that Thomas Schaff's influence at Werder Bremen is definitely not weaker than that of Ferguson at Manchester United.

Thomas Schaff was born in April 1961. He is just 4 years old this year, but he entered the Bremen youth training camp at the age of 44. From then until 11, Schaff represented Bremen in 1995 Bundesliga games. From 262 to 1987, Schaff also served as the coach of the Bremen youth team. After retiring in 1995, he became the coach of the Bremen amateur team. In 1995, he succeeded another famous German coach Felix Magath and became the Bremen coach. First team coach.

After Schaff served as Bremen coach, his greatest achievement was winning the German Cup in 1999 and achieving the league and German Cup double in 2004.

It can be clearly seen from this resume that Schaff has been serving the team since he stepped into the gate of Bremen at the age of 11, and it has been 33 years since then!
Today, in the minds of Werder Bremen fans, Thomas Schaff is already the absolute symbol of this team. Even if the club owner and all the executives are added together, the weight is not enough to compete with Schaff, and even When many people talk about Bremen now, they simply call it "Schaff's team"!
"Bremen has no way out! Our only hope is to get a victory, no matter whose home this game is, and no matter how strong our opponent is!"

"For the Red Devils Manchester United in the Premier League, I personally respect it. It is a giant team with a deep heritage, which is incomparable to Werder Bremen. However, the Germans are not afraid of any challenge, and we will do our best. As far as I can, I believe that the strong will of the Germans can be used at any time!"

As Bremen coach Thomas Schaff said in an interview after arriving in Manchester, his team has no way out.

There are only six games in the group stage. If Bremen cannot win in the first three games, then, according to the usual practice, it is actually difficult for Bremen to achieve the top two results in the group. Eliminated, ending this season's Champions League tour.

For a German medium-sized club like Werder Bremen, to be able to participate in the Champions League and then achieve a good result in the Champions League is very remarkable and worth fighting for.

Bremen's performance in the European war has not been satisfactory. The only honor in history that can be taken is to win the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1992, but the performance at the level of the Champions League is very good. downturn.

For example, when Werder Bremen won the league championship in the 2003-04 season and advanced to the Champions League gloriously, what they brought was not honor, but shame. They were first eliminated in the group stage with No.3, and then they were relegated. After participating in the top 32 knockout rounds of the Europa League, they lost to Ligue 2 Lyon with a total score of 10:[-] in two rounds!
Such a bad record even made German fans ashamed to admit that Bremen was the German double champion team last season.

In the 2005-06 season, Werder Bremen's weak defense has been greatly improved, which is mainly due to the coach Thomas Schaff, who used the limited funds at hand to help the team find the most suitable defender. The core general is Naldo Rodriguez, who is only 23 years old but has already been nicknamed the "Brazilian Iron Guard".

In other words, Brazil's excellent central defenders still have some powerful representatives. The first to bear the brunt is Lucio, who was born in 1978. He is the backbone of the Brazilian national team's defense and an absolute big-name figure. It is said that he has already signed with Chelsea, but because of labor certification issues, he is a 23-year-old defense star Alex Da Costa who was loaned to Eindhoven in the Eredivisie.

Naldo Rodriguez was the same year as the future Chelsea defender Alex da Costa, and his reputation was slightly inferior, but he basically belonged to the same class and was very powerful.

The above-mentioned Brazilian central defenders, including Naldo Rodriguez, all have similar characteristics, that is, they are tall, not clumsy, have a tough style of play, and are fierce in interception. Such players are in the penalty area. Inside is a solid barrier in front of the goalkeeper. It is a blessing for any team to have such a character.

It can be said that if Naldo Rodriguez plays steadily, he is no worse than Rio Ferdinand, Manchester United's current No. [-] central defender!
In other words, regarding the character of Brazilian Iron Guard Ronaldo Rodriguez, there is still some connection with Ronaldo, because the Brazilian's original name is "Ronaldo" instead of "Naldo". The same name as the famous striker Ronaldo, but he is mainly a defensive defender. He is often ridiculed by others. In a rage, the Brazilian removed the prefix of his name and became the current "Naldo".

This act of changing his name is somewhat similar to Ronando.

In the eyes of many people, Ronaldo also timidly changed his name because he was afraid that people would compare him with Ronaldo, and became "Ronando" instead of "the third Ronaldo". It was a cowardly act, doomed not to be the best player by running away from a challenge.

In short, in Bremen this season, there was the "header king" Miroslav Klose in the front, and Brazilian iron defender Naldo Rodriguez in the back. The two core players jointly supported Bremen. The sky has enabled the team to achieve a balance of offense and defense, and has the basic conditions for a strong team.

In other words, if anyone dares to underestimate such a team, he will probably be hit hard with a sap and be dizzy!

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For Manchester United, the next game is also crucial. In this round, the other two teams, Benfica and Villarreal, will meet. No matter who wins, they may pose a threat to Manchester United. Benfica Not to mention, already leading Manchester United by 3 points, and Villarreal and Manchester United have the same points. They are currently the biggest contenders for Manchester United to qualify. If Villarreal beat Benfica in this game, Manchester United must win.

Under tremendous pressure, Manchester United's coaching staff is racking their brains to figure out this game.

"Mr. Alex, Werder Bremen are not easy to deal with! They lost to Benfica, but they may not be afraid of the English team!" First team assistant coach Steven Round said with a frown.

"No! I think the question raised by Mr. Alex is worth discussing! This weekend we will face Tottenham, which is also a team that is not easy to deal with. If we don't go all out, in case There's a problem, who's in charge?" said another assistant coach, Jimmy Ramsden.

Among the Manchester United coaching staff, apart from Ferguson being superior, the second most powerful is Carlos Queiroz. Under the two of them, there are two small groups, one of which is headed by England's local coach Steven Round , and the other faction is Ferguson's direct line of troops, the main cadre will be the Scottish coach Jimmy Ramsden.

Where there are people, there are fights. After the Glazer family from the United States entered the Manchester United club, they did not extend their tentacles to the first-team coaching staff. This is still Ferguson's world. However, this cannot prevent the coaching staff from still having their own hearts Unconvinced Ferguson's character exists.

If Manchester United performed as well in the Champions League as they did in the league, local coach Steven Lund and others would definitely bow to Ferguson.

However, the current situation of Manchester United is that the league results are basically satisfactory, and the Champions League game is deadlocked. The weekend after the game with Werder Bremen on October 10 is the 18th round of the Premier League. Manchester United's opponent is the traditional powerhouse Totlam Tottenham, despite the fact that Tottenham have only been in the middle of the Premier League in recent seasons, but Tottenham's performance this season is still quite eye-catching. For example, Tottenham beat Everton 10-2 in the last round and completed First three-game winning streak of the season.

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