Lekan Badmus is a columnist with Oduduwa News & a professional Physical and Health Education instructor.
Manchester United lost her first premier league today in a match that was supposed to be a walk over. Nobody believed the star-studded red devils could lose to Aston Villa especially with the presence of Ronaldo who had; previous to Aston Villa match, scored three goals in two matches.
Trailing the visitor by a lone goal, the home team got a penalty at the injury time. It was a relief but the chance was blasted when Fernandez fired into the heaven. Taking penalty when you are leading is different from when you are losing. Ronaldo is much more experienced, confident and emotionally stable than Fernandez at crucial moments. CR7 has seen it all.
In a match like this, a player who has more shock absorber should have taken the penalty.
Bruno lost the chance to equalise at Old Trafford because of two tensions. The tension of taking penalty when a goal was most needed and two; tension of wearing arm band as the captain.
Aside the penalty miss, it was also obvious from the match that Greenwood did not connect well with CR7. He was after personal glory. From what played out in the encounter, Pogba was never consistent. He seldoms slowing down the tempo of the game to the detriment of immediate urgency.
Meanwhile, the three people who were responsible for the loss are the coach himself, Bruno, Greenwood. If I were the coach, I would prefer using Ronaldo at the flanks with serious-minded midfielders.
The fighting spirit is waning in Man U. How I wish Rooney was around to team up with Ronaldo! There was no player to coordinate and charge others to put more effort. Ordinarily, that was supposed to be the duty of Maguire who; in my opinion, is not fit into that role.
Anyway, Football is not Mathematics. A team cannot win til eternity. The good thing in sports is the spirit of Sportsmanship.
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