The Villarreal will be found in Old trafford to one of the most reinforced groups of the old continent. And it is that the “red devils”, to the potential they already had last season, have added the Jadon Sancho, Raphael Varane and Cristiano Ronaldo signings. The Portuguese striker is presented as one of the great threats to the team trained by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Although his record as a United footballer against Villarreal has not been precisely marked by the goalscoring success that has accompanied him throughout his entire career.
It will not be the first time that the Portuguese has measured himself as a United player at Villarreal, whom he already He has met four times and has never been able to score a goal before. While with el Real Madrid saw the door assiduously before the yellows, to the point of marking 13 goals during his nine seasons As a white footballer, the opposite has happened with the British team, where the other side of the coin lived. Four clashes as “red devil” without being able to pierce the goal of the Castellón.
A classic match
Manchester and Villarreal coincided in the group stage of the 06/05 and 09/08 seasons. A total of four duels, in which the Portuguese, who shared a lead with footballers at the level of Wayne Rooney, Van Nistelrroy or Carlos Tevez, could not beat goalkeepers like the Uruguayan Sebas Viera, Argentine Mariano Barbosa and today’s Espanyol goalkeeper, Diego López . Thirteen seasons have passed and they see each other again. Cristiano will be the only footballer who repeats, Villarreal tried that his pending account continues without being settled
