Marcus Rashford (born 31 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.
A Manchester United player from the age of seven, he scored two goals on both his first-team debut against Midtjylland in the UEFA Europa League in February 2016 and his Premier League debut against Arsenal three days later.
He also scored in his first Manchester derby match, his first EFL Cup match and his first UEFA Champions League match. With United, Rashford has so far won the FA Cup, EFL Cup, FA Community Shield and UEFA Europa League.
Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Portugal national team as a midfielder. Fernandes started his career at Serie B side Novara Calcio and soon featured for Udinese and Sampdoria in Serie A.
In 2017, he signed with Sporting CP where he established himself as one of the best players in the Primeira Liga. He was named the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both 2017–18 and 2018–19. In the latter season, he also helped Sporting win the Taça de Portugal. A senior international since 2017, Fernandes represented Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick explains Cristiano Ronaldo substitution
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRalf Rangnick said Cristiano Ronaldo's substitution was both tactical and rotational after the Manchester United forward returned from injury.
Ronaldo missed the FA Cup and Premier League matches against Aston Villa last week through injury but returned to the starting XI in United's 3-1 win at Brentford.
The 36-year-old played a key role in United's second goal with a deft lay-off for Bruno Fernandes to run onto and assist Mason Greenwood, but Ronaldo was surprised to be substituted for Marcus Rashford in the 71st minute.
Ronaldo appeared to ask technical director Darren Fletcher, "Why did you take me off?" Rashford made it 3-0 in the 77th minute and Rangnick, who had not explained his decision to Ronaldo, then went over and enlightened him. "Okay, it's normal," Rangnick told BT Sport when asked about Ronaldo's reaction. "As a striker, he wants to score goals, he came back from a little injury, so it was also important to bear in mind we have another game in three days' time (against West Ham). "On the other hand, we were 2-0 up, the same result at Villa Park and I decided to we just defend that lead this time and I think it was the right decision to switch to a back five.
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