标题: Rooney calls for Ronaldo magic 鲁尼呼唤C罗魔法 [打印本页] 作者: giggs11manutd 时间: 2007-4-10 18:49 标题: Rooney calls for Ronaldo magic 鲁尼呼唤C罗魔法
www.imanutd.com Q4 k; z/ u9 k/ _9 W Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo are often spoken of in the same breath at Old Trafford, but the Englishman says his Portuguse team-mate is the one who can conjure the magic to fire United into the Champions League semi finals. 2 O' j. X$ g0 f( l7 W( D. ]United take on Roma at Old Trafford on Tuesday and, thanks to Rooney’s sublime intervention after an hour at Stadio Olimpico a week ago, the Reds are well placed with an away goal despite being 2-1 down in the tie.专业曼联球迷网站,曼联球迷的地盘,为广大球迷提供最新曼联新闻与视频资源.7 ]3 K# p7 g! w& o3 r+ g
Rooney and Ronaldo were part of the United side that lost to AC Milan two years ago in a game that was seen as a watershed in their development on the European stage. Now Rooney says the pair are more mature and ready to lead the Reds into the last four of the competition.# ?! ]+ W$ h3 i1 i) E! L( T; l
“Against AC Milan a few years ago, myself, Cristiano and a few of the other players were still quite young,” says the 21-year-old striker. “Playing against the likes of Maldini and Nesta gives you a platform to learn from. . H) _- P$ Q6 M" m* C& Y# l“Since then we’ve both improved as players. We’ve matured a lot. Cristiano is winning games on his own this season, he’s been unbelievable. At the moment he is by far the best player in the world, and hopefully he can work some of his magic against Roma and get us into the semi finals.”& b9 g8 H, f; j0 v7 D
It is typical of Rooney to play down his own importance, but his goal could be the telling turn in the tale of the battle against Roma. Down to ten men following Paul Scholes’ sending off for a series of late fouls, Rooney calmly chested down Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s cross before lashing the ball home on the volley. The goal could prove vital.7 J) |, i# Y4 b2 j+ X
“I hope it can,” he says. “I’ll tell you after the game. But it’s going to be a difficult match. After going down to ten men in Rome, we had to try and stay in the tie. So, to get the away goal was important for us, hopefully we can make it count.” # t+ l) J7 X6 Q, q专业曼联球迷网站,曼联球迷的地盘,为广大球迷提供最新曼联新闻与视频资源. 2 F. ]; c G: V4 b8 S/ @; IAs if he needed reminded, it was his first goal in the Champions League proper since scoring that sensational hat-trick against Fenerbahce on his United debut in September 2004. " l- }' v* k9 t2 l7 S1 mwww.imanutd.com“I’ve had chances,” he freely admits. “There have been times when I should have scored and times where the keeper has made a good save. It was really good to get the goal because there was a lot of talk about me not scoring for a while in the Champions League. Hopefully now that will stop and I can concentrate on trying to get more goals in Europe.” 6 l' c4 q6 S, e' a专业曼联球迷网站,曼联球迷的地盘,为广大球迷提供最新曼联新闻与视频资源.Rooney is all too aware that, in the absence of United’s main striker Louis Saha through injury, he can ill afford to go on a similar run before he finds the net in Europe again. 9 T+ N E0 N0 i4 h% X+ O专业曼联球迷网站,曼联球迷的地盘,为广大球迷提供最新曼联新闻与视频资源.“We’ll have to take our chances,” he adds. “We need a good performance because Roma are a good team and they pass the ball really well. At times it’s difficult to get the ball back off them, so we have to be ready and focused. In the quarter finals of the Champions League you’re not going to play badly and go through. But, with the players and the speed we have got, especially at Old Trafford, we know we can cause Roma problems. / D! e3 h4 K6 b$ d2 x8 [& R4 Qwww.imanutd.com“It’s also important that the reaction from the weekend is positive. We have to go into the game and play the way we have played all season. We’ve played well all season and we don’t want to let ourselves down now by losing one game and going out of the tournament. We want to go further in the competition.” / |5 C3 s. {0 M专业曼联球迷网站,曼联球迷的地盘,为广大球迷提供最新曼联新闻与视频资源.在梦剧场，鲁尼和C罗常被相提并论，但鲁尼认为C罗才是那位能带领红魔进入欧冠半决赛的关键人物。 + m* n% r' @0 T# h. r6 s - 专业·专注·曼联中文网站鲁尼在一周前的四分之一决赛首回合中打入一个关键的客场进球，让红魔在本场比赛充满信心。7 G; c7 M5 P9 f; C' u2 I
两年前，曼联在欧冠输给AC米兰，让包括鲁尼、C罗在内的一批年轻球员学到了许多。 1 }/ f; x o, {' {曼联在线·球迷地带值得一提的是，上周的那个入球是鲁尼自2004年9月对阵费内巴赫上演帽子戏法以来的首个欧冠入球。鲁尼心里很清楚，在球队主力射手萨哈受伤缺阵的情况下，他并没有很好的完成进球任务。 8 |) U6 ?/ i. x! A" g1 ? - 专业·专注·曼联中文网站鲁尼说：“我们必须抓住机会，罗马是支强队，他们的传球非常棒，但在老特拉福德，我们会给他们制造麻烦。 " \# i) \" V+ I- J; m自上周末以来，我们的状态不错，我们必须像过去整个赛季那样去踢接下来的比赛。我们想走得更远。”www.imanutd.com! t6 U5 P: m3 `, e
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