Even after victories, even when the team delivers the goods, Manchester United are once again busy with the whims of Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese star was substituted last night (Wednesday) in the 71st minute by 1: 3 over Brentford, and found it difficult to hide his disappointment from the move of coach Ralph Rangnick. The TV cameras recorded the angry angry Ronaldo on the bench and filtered “Why did he replace me?”, And filmed a few seconds later Rangnick approached him, talking to him and trying to explain to him what was behind the exchange.
Ronaldo returned from an injury that caused him to miss the meetings against Aston Villa in the Cup and League, but hoped to return to win the game in which he returned to the squad. This did not happen, and Ronaldo as mentioned did not bother to hide his anger.
Rangnick told at the end about the conversation between the two. “He said to me, ‘Why exactly did you have to take me out?’. Obviously he would not want to, but I answered him – I made the decision in the interests of the club.”
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According to Rangnick, “We were in exactly the same situation five days ago against Aston Villa. We led 0-2 with 15 minutes left, and we lost the advantage. I did not want it to happen again, so I changed lineup and moved to five defensive players.”
The coach revealed that he told Ronaldo, ‘”Listen, you’re 36 and still in fantastic shape, still want to win every game, but one day when you’ll be a coach, look at everything through other glasses. My job is to make the best decisions for the team. I hope after thinking He thinks about it in the same way. ”
“I did not expect him to hug me after this conversation,” he continued. “He’s a scorer, and obviously he would like to stay on the pitch and score. But for me it was very important to move to a compact and fast formation, and the fact that we finally won the third and won the game. I have no problems with Cristiano. He was injured, did not train for more than a week “Matters slowly. I think he understands that too.”
The one who squeezed compliments at United is David de Gea, who is slowly starting to recover after less good years. Statistics show that of all the goalkeepers in the Premier League, De Hae has the most saves this season.
United’s first goal scorer Anthony Alenga said of the Spanish goalkeeper: “He saves us time and time again. For me, he is one of the best goalkeepers in the world.” Rangnick was also full of compliments and said that “right now, in my eyes he is one of the two best goalkeepers in the world.”