Ronaldo wants to lead United to victory in the Manchester derby (Oli Scarf/Getty)
Eyes on sports fans To the Manchester derby, which will bring together City and its traditional rivals, United, at the Etihad Stadium, today, Sunday, as part of the 28th week of competitions. English Premier League for football.
Manchester United is armed with the experience of its veteran Portuguese star, Cristiano Ronaldo, who returned to the English Premier League in the upcoming summer transfer market, coming from Juventus, but the Madeira missile will face an opponent he knows well.
Cristiano Ronaldo played against coach Pep Guardiola on 6 occasions in the “La Liga”, in which the Spanish coach managed to lead Barcelona to victory over Real Madrid in 4 times, and tied in one meeting, while the Portuguese managed to lead the “Royal” to a single victory, after He scored only 2 goals in 6 matches.
In the King’s Cup, Ronaldo scored the only winning goal in the final confrontation in the 2010/2011 season. While Pep Guardiola managed to lead Barcelona to a total victory over Real Madrid in the same tournament in the 2011/2012 season, in the quarter-finals.
But the confrontation between Ronaldo and Guardiola continued after the departure of the Spanish coach to Bayern Munich, as a result of the Portuguese leading his former club, Real Madrid, to win the German team in the semi-finals of the Champions League, in the 2013/2014 season, in a total of two matches.
After Ronaldo returned to the English Premier League at the beginning of the current season, he was unable to lead United to win the Manchester “derby”, in which the companions of Algerian star Riyad Mahrez managed to win with two goals to nothing at Old Trafford.
Throughout his career with Manchester United (the first and second), Ronaldo played against Manchester United in 11 games, in which he scored only 4 goals, but the “Madeira missile” wants to return again to scoring goals in the “City” net, and leading his team to victory, And kidnapped 3 valuable points.