David Beckham, the darling of fans of Manchester United, is gone, but, according to Alex Ferguson, boss of the football club, the fans have already found a new hero: the young Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo.
The name "Ronaldo" yet still resounds like a nightmare at Old Trafford: the Brazilian star of Real Madrid was coming to score a hat-trick a quarter-final second leg of the Champions League last season, eliminating him was Only partners Beckham.
The new Ronaldo is more slender, younger (18 years), but according to Ferguson just as promising: "He made a wonderful start, almost incredible. His strength of each penetration could make a difference ".
MU who claims to have find the rare pearl, he was simply assigned the number 7, the wear by Beckham before him, but George Best, Eric Cantona and Bryan Robson.
transfer from Sporting Lisbon (1st div. Portuguese) for a record $ 17.35 million euros, the Portuguese had only thirty minutes to play in Saturday's victory against Bolton (4-0), has entered the 61 minutes in place of Nicky Butt, but his step-overs leg of his shots and his kidneys have already elegance attract applause from the audience and earned him Sunday, the titles of the English press.
Just come into play Ronaldo, infiltrating between two defenders from Bolton, was retained in the penalty area. Ruud van Nistelrooy's penalty inherited but his shot was deflected by the goalkeeper. MU was leading when a goal scored by Ryan Giggs on a superb free kick from 30 meters. But in the last quarter of an hour, the Red Devils would score three more times by Giggs and Scholes and Van Nistelrooy. At 18, "it will have to be struck," Ferguson tempered, however, sees a good young player that his eye has been retained in the selection of Portugal to face Kazakhstan on Wednesday in a friendly match. "He will have the opportunity to review its country and discuss with Luis Figo and Rui Costa, an experience that will pay off for us, on his return."
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