标题: 【曼城晚报】 拉斐尔闪光的时刻到了 Time for Rafael to shine [打印本页] 作者: wfcjj 时间: 2009-7-12 22:33 标题: 【曼城晚报】 拉斐尔闪光的时刻到了 Time for Rafael to shine
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www.imanutd.com$ F' b( z, a; g/ r& z- t5 g RAFAEL da Silva can hold off the experienced challenge of a trio of rivals with more than 1,200 United appearances on their joint CVs to win the Reds' right-back berth race. - 专业·专注·曼联中文网站5 M; ^* W# [8 T3 a \
That's the opinion of former Old Trafford No2 Paul Parker.www.imanutd.com* w3 Z3 G9 F4 L( ~5 p3 g- l
The Premier League champions begin their eight-match countdown to the new season a week today in Malaysia when all departmental battles will kick off in earnest. " F! e5 s L! g4 v4 M& D% V曼联在线·球迷地带The prize is the first foot in the door to a regular berth in Sir Alex Ferguson's XI against Birmingham City in the League opener at Old Trafford on August 16. 8 }* X1 Y0 z: K# c2 Mwww.imanutd.comAnd no position will be more keenly fought than the right-back role. Captain Gary Neville, Wes Brown and John O'Shea have more than 300 appearances each behind them. The fourth contender 19-year-old Brazilian Rafael has just 27 on his Reds' record. ( [" ?5 f% s: i* v$ y; \" {: Owww.imanutd.comLast term the South American import made a sensational impact. 7 |' M* e/ x, T# R' Gwww.imanutd.comThe Rio de Janeiro-born player took advantage of the injury curse that struck down Wes Brown from October and Neville's niggles that caught up with him following his ankle ligament injury in 2007. 7 W; T4 a8 k! P& m - 专业·专注·曼联中文网站Rafael's impressive Champions League debut in Denmark against Aalborg signalled his potential, a goal at the Emirates against Arsenal and a superb November Manchester derby when he completely snuffed out Robinho were the highlights.9 \% a9 h$ v# z% ~- T( ~9 z
But O'Shea was the man in possession during the big games in the climax to the season and he was Fergie's choice in Rome against Barcelona in the Champions League final.专业曼联球迷网站,曼联球迷的地盘,为广大球迷提供最新曼联新闻与视频资源.. k4 P8 U5 Q1 m3 o9 h' k
However, Parker believes that Rafael will now be the big-game first choice for Ferguson in the new campaign. & b) K# H& |4 }" y8 _5 [0 v2 V- r曼联,曼联BT,曼联在线视频,曼联图片,曼联新闻,曼联论坛"I think Rafael will be in the box-seat come the start of the season," Paul told MEN Sport. 8 T6 M, r4 c5 }5 l" V8 J+ b - 专业·专注·曼联中文网站"When the manager is looking to put his best XI out in a must-win game then I believe the youngster will be the choice above the others. He is ready for it. G" [9 F; |6 i: W5 ]0 ^' I8 hwww.imanutd.com"I spoke to Sir Alex towards the end of last season and we chatted about the lad and he was raving about him. He absolutely loves him as a player. ( s6 z1 O% G0 t( g6 l曼联,曼联BT,曼联在线视频,曼联图片,曼联新闻,曼联论坛"He is everything you like in a modern day full-back. Of course, there are parts of his game that need work on but I think he will have learnt from his first season and will come back an even better player.www.imanutd.com& q5 u. M' [0 G$ y- Z% U
"think Liverpool have just bought the best English right-back in Glen Johnson from Portsmouth. He gets forward and makes goals. But Rafael can do all that as well. 0 {$ T# y* z0 a8 W* ^1 Q"He obviously wasn't born to be a full-back. I think he started life as a winger in Brazil that's why he is so good attacking. 9 f- _9 M; ~/ Z* l" h专业曼联球迷网站,曼联球迷的地盘,为广大球迷提供最新曼联新闻与视频资源."He can be a bit rash with his defending at times. That is similar to Patrice Evra when he first joined the club. He realised that it wasn't about winning every single challenge but getting close to people. He learned when to go forward and when not to. Evra is now one of the best full-backs in the world. I am sure Rafael can learn from him and improve his game.曼联,曼联BT,曼联在线视频,曼联图片,曼联新闻,曼联论坛3 V2 M* X4 c) x1 T$ H. L7 |
Neville, Brown and O'Shea have an average age of 30 and Parker believes Fergie won't want to block Rafael. T+ S/ d' P% w! b5 v$ ?/ e - 专业·专注·曼联中文网站"With Wes and Gary you have a problem of durability because of their injury backgrounds and in plain terms Rafael is a better full-back than John I believe," Parker added. ) K. d4 G) k) X# b5 i"Maybe on occasions when the manager wants to be a bit more defensive-minded, say away from home, then possibly Wes might be the choice. 5 u* C( n; s+ x! c9 m& e: m( z' K曼联在线·球迷地带"The manager loves young players who play like old players with bags of confidence. - 专业·专注·曼联中文网站9 H6 y- _2 C$ [) U F- T
"He will always encourage that and make room for them. I remember when I was having my bad patch with injury and it was coming to the end of my time and Gary Neville was coming through the boss didn't want to set him back by not playing him. He knew my time was up and it was the right moment for Gary to step forward. I think that time has now come for Rafael." 8 z7 s7 b3 x8 F/ z5 I2 U - 专业·专注·曼联中文网站4 N8 _5 m: M! v( ?5 h+ x) ]
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