Tonight Cristiano finds Atalanta again, to whom he trumped 3 of his 101 overall goals of the Juve adventure
Easy to say that the only light to shine in this tormented start to the season of Manchester United was that of Cristiano Ronaldo: officially bought on August 31st – a deal actually concluded on the 27th – in 6 appearances he signed 5 goals and is the top scorer of the Red Devils. It is more complicated to hazard a judgment on the goodness of the choice to return to England, “to his home” as declared by the Portuguese during the days of the celebrations. The four all-inclusive defeats and the ongoing trial against Ole Gunnars Solskjaer, with his 6th place in the Premier League and the sensational knockout in the Champions League debut at Young Boys, force us to postpone any evaluation.
HERO
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One certainty: if United has not slipped into depression in Europe and in the league it is still hooked to the train of the big names, the merit is undoubtedly of CR7. The goal in the 95th minute of the Champions League match against Villarreal on 29 September gave three platinum points that give a certain tone to tonight’s match against Atalanta, in the first match against an Italian club after leaving Juve . Newcastle’s brace in their debut match against the Red Devils on 11 September, plus the 2-1 goal at West Ham eight days later, were crucial. It is no coincidence that in the three fasting matches in the Premier, against Aston Villa, Everton and Leicester, there were two defeats. The last sharp of the Portuguese is the backlash against Villarreal, in a game in which even the draw was wide for United. The party that evening, after the high of CR7, was directly proportional to the suffering of the Solskjaer band for 95 minutes.
HE AND THE ATALANTA
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Tonight Cristiano finds Atalanta again, to whom he trimmed 3 of his 101 overall goals of the Italian adventure. On 26 December, in the ephemeral Boxing Day of Serie A, the Portuguese achieved the 1-1 draw in the 78th minute. On 11 July 2020, with the championship just restarted after the suspension due to the pandemic, a brace from a penalty by CR7 prevented Juventus from falling. The absence against the Bergamo players in the 1-0 loss on April 18, 2021 was announced the day before in a press conference by Pirlo: “CR will be out due to a problem with his flexors. He has played more than anyone in this period ”.
KILLER
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Tonight the muscles and athletic freshness should be ok: the dominant issue is another and concerns the consistency of a United whose script is never up to its champions. CR7 partially masked Solskjaer’s problems, although in the blender of these days, with the coach under pressure, someone said that Ole would have suffered more than wanted his purchase, supported by Alex Ferguson and made by the Glazer family, for gain acclaim with the fans. The truth is that without Ronaldo, United would be further behind in the league and in emergency in the Champions League. Understandable debates open up about whether to entrust one’s fortunes to a 37-year-old player, but Cristiano continues to be a formidable goal machine and when he takes a few breaks, the teams he represents stammer. History, so far, says this.
October 20 – 07:42
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