After leaving Solskjaer, Ronaldo rarely trains or plays with his wife and children after returning home. Instead, he sits alone in the yard of a mansion and thinks...

For Ronaldo, who is 35 years old, he has a professional football career of about twenty years. Many things are obvious to him. In fact, he also knows what his current problem lies.

Even before returning to Manchester United, Ronaldo said in an interview with reporters that he was willing to go to Manchester United to serve as an assistant to the "King", but... that's actually just a talk!

Deep in Ronaldo's heart, he still did not bow to the years. He still wanted to be a key man, with the support of Manchester United's strong midfield and backcourt, he could score one goal after another for the "Red Devils" and lead the team to victory and win the championship!

But the facts... are cruel!

After returning to Manchester United, Ronaldo has played two games. He found that he really can't keep up with the pace of the Premier League. It's really too fast!

Now the level of the Premier League is still the world's number one, and it is still the kind of undisputed one. Even teams like Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have no chance to compete for the top four in the league. Chelsea's "dollar goal" that spends hundreds of millions of transfer fees is only qualified to participate in the championship competition. Super "dollar goal" like Manchester City has won the league runner-up for three consecutive years, which shows how high the current Premier League is.

Ronaldo carefully recalled the last two games and found that he had done everything he could to Hull City or Aston Villa, but the effect was...average!

It’s not that I don’t work hard, but that I really have this strength!

After realizing this, Ronaldo sighed helplessly. He knew his state best. Now he is definitely much worse than he had been a decade ago. No matter how hard he worked or strictly required his diet and life, his state and strength were far inferior to before.

Now, Ronaldo himself feels that if the team really bet on him, it seems...it doesn't seem to be able to withstand it!

But... I'm really unwilling to give up!

Ronaldo looked at the night sky with a sad look, his heart full of helplessness, but he knew very well what he was doing now!

Just two days later, Manchester United went away to play the third round of the FA Cup with the English Championship team Ipswich on January 9. As a result, in this game, Solskjaer took a large-scale rotation, and Ronaldo sat on the bench for 90 minutes, and Rayford replaced Ronaldo and returned to the lineup.

Although Manchester United's midfield and backcourt were also rotated on a large scale, Davenport, Marisic, Pereira and others all made the appearance, Manchester United completely locked in the first half...5:0!

These five goals came from Yang Xiaozhuang's "Scoring Double", Martial's goal, and... Rayford's "Scoring Double"!

Rayford, known by Manchester United fans as "Beckham II", has always scored few goals and assists. After all, his best skill is actually passing. Whether it is crossing on the wing or launching long-distance guidance in his own half, this new star developed by Manchester United has a deep foundation.

However, after being suppressed by Ronaldo on the bench for two consecutive games, Rayford suddenly became active in this game and scored two goals!

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was very happy to see it off the court. After all, Manchester United's future belongs to Rayford. Regardless of whether Ronaldo can adapt to his new role, will he willingly assist Yang Xiaozhuang, or even whether Ronaldo will have any amazing performance in the future, Rayford is Manchester United's future.

17-year-old Rayford competes with 35-year-old Ronaldo, and everyone knows how to choose!

Ronaldo, who sat on the bench and watched the whole game, felt more and more crisis. He realized that he had no other choice. Originally, he returned to Old Trafford this time to make some contributions to Manchester United, but the fact in front of him told him that if he did not change himself, let alone contribute to the "Red Devils", there would be no place for him to stand here!

In the second half, Solskjaer made a substitution adjustment, Yang Xiaozhuang and Martial all came off the court to rest, Ruben de Freitas and English all got the chance to play, but Manchester United failed to score again.

As for Ronaldo... Solskjaer did not let his "old teammate" waste his energy in such a game. Manchester United will go away to play Huddersfield, which ranked last. Solskjaer feels that this game should be the last chance for Ronaldo. If he can't perform some wonderful performances, then Manchester United will play against Chelsea, Watford, Tottenham and Tottenham Hotspurs next time, and Manchester United will not give him more opportunities.

On the bench, although Ronaldo was extremely reluctant, he had to admit that Manchester United, who did not have himself on the court, did perform better. If he wanted to gain a foothold in the current "Red Devils", he must change his playing style and do his duty as a "green leaf" on the wing.

Of course, the most important thing is... rhythm!

Through this game, Ronaldo has found that one of the biggest problems he is currently facing is that he is a little unable to keep up with the rhythm of the "Red Devils".

After all, Ronaldo is 35 years old. No matter how hard he works, the power of time is not something that anyone can compete with. Even if the strength and elasticity of his muscles are increased through scientific methods, his reaction speed has dropped significantly compared to his peak period. If you imagine that he is so "faster" as before, so that his opponent cannot keep up with his own pace... it is really impossible!

In this case, the only way C Ronaldo can think of is to make himself "faster"... pass the ball!

After thinking about it for a while, Ronaldo completely understood the requirements of the head coach, the team's tactics, and the pressure from younger teammates. How could he have other choices?

Since that's the case... then, let's give it a try!

After this FA Cup game, everyone found that Ronaldo really began to change. During training, he began to retreat more, and basically chose to catch the ball, pass the ball... return pass, transfer horizontally, and even send a long pass directly to the front.

Anyway, Ronaldo has changed!
Chapter completed!