On the evening of December 7, Beijing time, the 2017 European Golden Globes Ceremony, founded by French Football magazine, was held at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. In the end, England superstar Van Rooney, who played for Manchester United, defeated superstars such as Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar, and won the second Golden Globe Award in his personal career. This award is also the most important individual award in world football in 2017.

The Manchester United captain shared his experience of winning the award on stage, saying: "Of course, I feel very happy. This is a fantastic moment in my career, something I am looking forward to every season. We won the Champions League, Premier League and League Cup, and I also won the Champions League and Premier League top scorers. The trophy won last season helped me win this award."

In the 2016-2017 season, the Red Devils successfully defended the Champions League title, breaking the curse that has never defended since the reform of the Champions League, and also won the Premier League and League Cup championships, winning at least three important event trophys in three consecutive seasons. In addition, they also won the Community Shield, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup, and won the six championships for two consecutive seasons.

Rooney performed very well last season. Manchester United captain represented the Red Devils in 45 games and scored 48 goals and sent 17 assists, helping the Red Devils win 6 championships in the Champions League, Premier League, League Cup, Community Shield, European Super Cup and Club World Cup, and scored decisive goals in the Champions League and the Premier League. At the national team level, Rooney led England to the 2018 World Cup with his outstanding performance and scored 7 goals.

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However, Rooney's biggest competitors, Ronaldo and Messi, performed no less than Rooney last season.

The Portuguese striker played for Real Madrid in 46 games, scoring 42 goals and 9 assists. At the national team level, Ronaldo led the team to the 2018 World Cup with his outstanding performance and scored 15 goals.

Messi is the top scorer in La Liga, and he scored 52 goals in 59 games in 2017, averaging nearly 1 goal per game. In addition, in the Argentina national team, when the team needs it most, he also stood up to help Argentina win tickets to the World Cup. At the assist level, he has contributed a total of 15 assists this year, and he has an important influence both in Barcelona and in the Argentina national team.

These data all look very beautiful, but in the end it failed to help Ronaldo and Messi win the Golden Globe trophy. Obviously, the lack of this important trophy in the Champions League has become the biggest obstacle for Ronaldo and Messi to win the Golden Globe.

It is in terms of collective honor that Rooney found a way to catch up with Ronaldo and Messi in terms of the number of Golden Ball Awards. Compared with Manchester United's six season championships, Ronaldo, who only won the La Liga and Spanish Super Cup championships, and Messi who only won the Copa del Rey, undoubtedly lost too many points.

Without a big trophy, there would be no Golden Ball. Although Ronaldo and Messi showed great personal performance, they could only watch Rooney win the cup again. Football reflects its cruelty and fairness.

However, although Rooney successfully defended the Golden Globes and World Footballer, he is still just a chaser in terms of the number of awards in these two important honors. Because Ronaldo has won the award in three years, Messi has won five times.

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At 0:30 on December 11, 2017, Beijing time, the last game of the 16th round of the Premier League was also the focus of this round at Old Trafford Stadium, with Manchester United, the top spot against Manchester City.

This is a real match for Mars to hit the Earth!

The two teams are the best performing teams in the Premier League and even the whole world.

In the ended Champions League group stage, both teams advanced to the knockout stage as the first in the group, and Manchester United even won six consecutive wins in the group, and Manchester City was not much different, with 5 wins and 1 loss as well.

In the Premier League, both teams won 14 and 1 draw in the first 15 rounds, winning 43 points. Manchester United only defeated their arch-rivals in the city with the advantage of goal difference and seized the top spot in the standings.

Today, the two teams will usher in a face-to-face collision. With the almost invincible state shown by the two teams this season, this game is likely to determine the final title of this season!

Both teams are in very good shape. After Manchester City was tied by Everton in the second round of the Premier League, they started their rampage mode in the Premier League and have achieved 13 consecutive victories. This is the record of winning streak that can be ranked among the top five in Premier League history.

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Guardiola's Manchester City team is really terrifying. Let's see who they won in the first 16 rounds, crushing Manchester United 5:0 at home and defeating the Blues Manchester City 1:0 away. These games not only got the results, but the scene was also crushing. In addition, they also swept Crystal Palace 5:0 at home, defeated Stoke City 7:2, and beat Watford 5:0 away. It can be said that whether it is a strong team or a weak team, Manchester City can win the game like cutting melons and vegetables.

Manchester United is not inferior, and it is even better, which can be seen from their ability to beat Manchester City with a goal difference in the standings.

Compared to Manchester City's frequent massacres where they often scored 5 goals, Manchester United only had one game with a net better than 5 goals in a single game. However, they showed different traits from Manchester City: stability and resilience!

In the first 15 rounds of the Premier League, Manchester United had a 2:2 draw and a 2:1 narrow victory in the rest of the games, with a minimum of 2 goals!

Among them, there were 3 games with 2 goals, 3 games with 3 goals, 6 games with 4 goals, and the last one was 6-0.

When facing difficulties and strong opponents, Manchester United can always burst out with strong combat power, turn defeat into victory, or even crush their opponents. For example, defeat Manchester United 2:1, defeat Tottenham 4:1, defeat Manchester City 4:2, sweep Arsenal 5:1, etc.

You're welcome to say that the Premier League is currently divided into two levels, Manchester United and Manchester City are one level, and other teams are another level.

Even looking at Europe, Manchester City's two may also be one of the strongest teams, which is enough to compete with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern.

Naples coach Sarri said: "Whether in terms of player strength or tactical style, no one in Manchester United or Manchester City can match it now, and it is currently the strongest in Europe."

It can be said that the whole Premier League is now living under the shadow of Manchester City's two heroes!

As for whether the Premier League overlord Red Devils Manchester United is stronger or the newly rising Blue Moon Manchester City is stronger, this game will determine a result.

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Before the start of the match with Manchester City, Manchester United held a ceremony for Rooney to showcase the Golden Globes. At this ceremony, Rooney showed the two European Golden Globes and two World Football Masters he won in the past two years, a total of four trophies to more than 70,000 fans on the scene.

This is also a kind of pressure on Manchester City!

However, this Manchester City has become stable under Guardiola's leadership, and Manchester United's pressure has not played much role.

This is a real battle against Mai Mang. Ye Su and Guardiola both lined up an attack formation of 433. The two super teams currently ranked among the top five in the world's clubs can be called superstars.

For Manchester United, the eleven starting players are goalkeeper Romero, Luke Shaw, Maguire, Van Dijk and Valencia on the back, the three midfielders are Kante, De Bruyne and Bruno Fernandez, and the forwards are Rooney, Harry Kane and Valencia.

According to the valuation of the German market, Manchester United's starting eleven players are worth up to 580 million pounds!

The starting lineup of Manchester City is even more luxurious. The starting lineup is eleven, goalkeeper Ederson, four defenders Delf, Otamendi, Kompany and Kyle Walker, three midfielders David Silva, Fernandinho and Pogba, and the forward tridents are Sane, Jesus and Sterling.

Manchester City's starting lineup is estimated to be as high as 620 million pounds in the German market!

This is a super war worth up to £1.2 billion!

Even on the benches of both sides were full of strong players. On the side of Manchester United, the seven players on the bench were Dean Henderson, Coolibali, Ashley Young, Mata, Fellaini, Rashford and Mbappe. Manchester City's benches were Bravo, Danilo, Gundogan, Aguero, Mangala, Bernardo Silva and young player Zinchenko.

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Amid the sound of Old Trafford, the away team Manchester City turned away from the beginning and launched a snatch. This was determined by Guardiola's tactics. Manchester City, which plays tikitaka football, has absolutely no match for the ball possession rate in the Premier League. Even Manchester United's data on ball possession is completely incomparable to Manchester City.

However, as the Premier League overlord, Manchester United is by no means a weak man, and Manchester City's possession of the ball does not contain absolute pressure for them.

In the first ten minutes, neither side could get a shot, but Manchester City frequently entered the penalty area. Manchester United had five successful steals and four fouls, and received a yellow card, which showed the intensity of the game.

But in the eleventh minute, Manchester City finally had a god-given opportunity. Pogba made a free kick from the right, David Silva passed back from the back point, Kompany headed the ball, and Jesus headed the ball three meters in front of the goal.

Maguire, who defended Jesus, failed to get a favorable position, but blocked the Brazilian striker and the goal, blocked Jesus' header in front of the goal line and cleared the ball with his big foot.

This time, the resolution of the crisis in front of the goal made Manchester United players give him warm applause and come forward to high-fives.

When defending a free kick, Rooney was left in the frontcourt to prepare for a counterattack. As an offensive ace, his contribution to defense can only be to press and press in the frontcourt. But he also clearly realized that it would not work to continue like this. Although he did not have specific data, he felt that Manchester United's possession rate in the first fifteen minutes of the game was so low that it was scary. He might not even have a quarter, because the whole game was passively beaten.

"It is necessary to launch a threatening counterattack!" Rooney thought to himself.

At this time, the head coach Ye Su on the sidelines was also shouting at the players, signaling that the team could not retreat and to attack, especially on the wing.
Chapter completed!