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Representatives of big Manchester United Marcus Rashford have paralleled Cristiano Ronaldo.
"Different generations, but the same result," they wrote after Rashford's free kick in Cardiff, leaving Neil Etheridge as a confused drummer. That Ronaldo's picture was taken at a match in which he did not register was unimportant.
Both are Nike customers and both entered the stratosphere at age 18 with a captivating debut at Old Trafford. Their free kick techniques are comparable, but Rashford has not quite mastered them. his three decisive strikes (Celta Vigo, Benfica and Cardiff) were keeper mistakes.
A more credible comparison is with his current coach. Rashford ended a "quick break," to qualify Opta's tenure, with a two-touch finish at King Power Stadium on Sunday. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer did the same on Filbert Street in 1997, the first of his four goals in Leicester. All but one were two-keystrokes.
One of them was during the last United visit in 2002. The scorers of the last two United 1-0 wins at Leicester? Solskjaer and Rashford. Different generations but the same result.
Nearly 22 years after the match since Solskjaer beat Ian Walker of Tottenham from a clever angle at White Hart Lane, Rashford capitalized on Hugo Lloris' questionable positioning at Wembley. Looking at the reruns of the goals, they are surprisingly strange; both hit the right side of the penalty area with an opponent nearby.
Solskjaer had to escape Ramon Vega before surprising Walker with a catch for the first time and this instinctivity is perhaps the next exercise Rashford needs to master. Maybe he should have finished the first time with Tom Heaton last week and not keep his head down in Leicester.
Rashford's goals became more sophisticated with a striker who said: "There is no successful backup, but a bad finish." The innovative winner of Rashford against Brighton evoked a little Solskjaer – the footwork of Fred Astaire preceded a corner finish, similar to that of the Norwegian Stretford End against Sheffield Wednesday at 97.
It was Louis van Gaal who ordered the players of United to intervene before shooting and when Ander Herrera did against Aston Villa four years ago, he received a kiss from his goofy coach .
"I told him – you have to control the ball before shooting", explained Van Gaal. "I repeated this to him at the training session yesterday, and then I kissed him at half-time because he was controlling the ball for the first time in his training. life, then he fired! "
Solskjaer opted for a more tactical approach with Rashford, begun before his replacement by Mourinho. Solskjaer met the 21-year-old in the Old Trafford Hall after the Young Boys win in November, eclipsed by Mourinho's reaction to a lack of Rashford.
"I went to the Young Boys game barely a month ago and met him with Jesse in the hall just as I was leaving the match," said Solskjaer. "He had some chances in this match and [I said] "Do not worry my son, relax a little." "
Mourinho's reaction and Solskjaer's words that night might have allowed Rashford to score and score before the change of direction. As it was about that on the Leicester field where he was accused of having finished "childish" by Mourinho last season, Rashford scored as the wanted "killer" Mourinho.
At a time when millennial footballers may be hearing more with players whose careers are still topical (for example, the Real Madrid and Zinedine Zidane locker room), Rashford's resounding response to the nomination of Solskjaer is natural. Solskjaer was an excellent haunt for Ruud van Nistelrooy, whom Rashford was to model his game with, briefly coaching Ronaldo and playing with Rashford's former teammate Wayne Rooney. And he remembers Rashford as a schoolboy. It's a unique coaching cachet.
Rashford was painted as the United's golden boy – literally – in an advertisement of boots that had sunk from gold last year. It is easy to see why he could develop a relative air of law despite such indulgence and he aspired to play a central role under Mourinho that term, but he was rarely convinced when he was given a race like the Nine.
But forget the marketing opportunity, Rashford is surrounded by insightful people who keep him on the ground. Last season, he asked for specific software to compare and badyze his own performance with players playing the same role elsewhere. Now he has Solskjaer to develop it.
Different generations but the same result.
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