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August 2006, Cristiano In that year, Ronaldo returned to the English game. "The 'winking' incident still lingers on. Starting from the pre-season warm-ups, whenever United played away from home, Crowe was booed by the away fans, from the time he left the team bus, the pre-match warm-up, the starters' roll call to every touch of the ball. In retrospect, it was a good test. As well as honing his resilience, he got Alex. non-stop support for Ferguson and the rest of his United teammates. Perhaps for Ronaldo, that season was also a major demarcation point in his English career (or more broadly, his entire career). Do you want to fight or flight? Naturally proud as Crowe is, he would have chosen the way he knows best, and he would have made to prove to everyone that he, is the best footballer! Those boos and words of verbal humiliation accompanied Ronaldo, but in United's opinion, Ronaldo has a more matured and determined character this year, and he is more committed than ever to training and polishing his skills. Just like Gary United teammates. The first thing Neville recalls is the physical change, he (Ronaldo) went from a young boy to a man, to take a boxing analogy, he left as a featherweight but came back as a lightweight. It has given him the strength he lacked in the past and made him a beast!
Ronaldo mentioned that the pressure from the world media in 2006 helped him develop a defense mechanism and that the 'winking' incident wasn't very pleasant, but ultimately, it did him some good. He became smarter and eventually turned the issue into a motivation to make him more mature. When one has too much confidence in oneself, we reject criticisms of oneself, but those criticisms may be right, says Ronald. As a result, we can see that the Crowe of 2006-07 gradually dominated the Premier League. He had a powerful way of breaking straight through opponents' defenses. At that time Crowe was almost unstoppable, as one Premier League opponent said:Charge with Crowe...
Along with this performance, he has been awarded man-of-the-match honors in a number of games, the first time in his career so far that he has maintained a top-end performance as opposed to three days of inconsistent fishing and two days of sunbathing. He got a goal and an assist in the first Manchester derby of the season, and scored in three consecutive games over Christmas (against Aston Villa, Vigon and Reading, respectively) to propel United to the top of the league table in one fell swoop.Ronaldo is attacking opposing defenses at full speed, as fast as lightning. His opponents seemed to be half as fast as he was, as if he was killing amateur opponents at Community Park.Ronaldo kicked the ball into the goal from every angle. He arguably defined that season. In December 2006 and January 2007, Crowe was voted the Premier League Player of the Month, becoming only the third player in the history of the Premier League (the first two being Dennis Bergkamp and Robbie Fowler) to win the award for two consecutive months. He also scored his first goal in the Champions League in the season's quarter-final against Roma (truly amazing when you think about it. From there, Ronaldo started his Champions League scoring journey. In the end, he became the Champions League's all-time leading goal scorer with 140 goals), helping Manchester United reverse their opponents 7-1 to reach the semi-finals; Ronaldo still puts a lot of pressure on AC Milan's back four. However, as we all know, this year's Champions League winners were AC Milan and his first star, Kaka. united ended up stopping at the semi-finals, but what's meant to be is always meant to be. The following year, Koro lost the decision.
Every year since Ronaldo joined Manchester United, he bets with his coach Ferguson on the number of goals he will score during the season. This bet is perfect for Ronaldo, as Crowe cares a lot about statistics and the record of his personal achievements. The first season's bet was for 10 goals (Crosby lost) and the second for 15 (Crosby lost.) Crosby was willing to lose, but in the end, Ferguson didn't receive the money for the winning bet. In the 2006-07 season, Crowe himself raised the stake to £400, and this time he not only won, but kicked his 15th goal of the season as early as February! Interestingly though, this time it was Crowe's turn to refuse to take Ferguson's bet, which iconic conveyed the mutual respect between the mentor and apprentice. He taught me the essence and foundations of soccer.Crowe will say in the future that Ferguson.... ...The 2006-07 season was certainly a breakout year for Ronaldo. For the first time he scored over 20 goals in a season and also won his first Premier League title. It was, without a doubt, a season of complete turnaround.
