The Welcome Marcus Rashford received on his first performance for Aston Villa, showed exactly how fans find themselves about the best profile signing of their club for many years.
The story of Rashford has yet to be written here and a second half of replacement appearance against a wrestling side of Tottenham gave few indications about how it will unfold. However, one thing is clear: between now and the end of the season, Rashford will feel love.
When the On-Loan Manchester United Forward Donyell Malen replaced in the second half, Villa Park broke out.
This was the noise that we usually hear when one of the European Cup-winning team of 1982 appears on the field, or one of today's stars returns after a long absence. Loan players are usually not treated in this way, but Rashford is not a normal loan player.
Thanks to his campaign work during the COVID-19 Pandemie, when he fought to put an end to the poverty of children, Rashford is one of the most famous football players in the country, every movement was investigated accordingly.
Villa Park is perhaps less than 100 miles from Old Trafford, but compared to his exile of the United Squad and the Highs of Ruben Amorim, the West Midlands must have felt like the other side of the world.
Rashford had not played anymore since December 12 and still recovers fitness and self-confidence, but he did enough in his half-hour to suggest that he can help Villa this period, although his arrival has caused problems elsewhere.
Because Villa made at least one of their players extremely unhappy when signing him.
When Malen came to the club of Borussia Dortmund last month, part of the attraction was the chance to play in the Champions League.
Malen, who cost almost £ 21 million, played for the German giants in last season's final, when Dortmund was defeated by Real Madrid, and wanted to go far in the competition again.
So we can only imagine the mood of grinding when he was told last week by Villa Boss Unai Emery that he would not appear in Europe this season. UEFA rules allow clubs to add only three winter signs to their Champions League Squadrons and Emery went for Rashford and colleague -Ignings Marco Asensio and Axel Disasi. That let Malen and Andres Garcia leave as the strange men.
Garcia has rarely played at the highest level and the defender, who signed from the Spanish second -class Club Levante, could have few complaints. Nevertheless, with 51 European performances to his name, Malen is another boiler with fish.
Emery effectively admitted that Malen was furious to be omitted, but this was an early opportunity for the 26-year-old to show his manager the mistake of his ways.
With Ollie Watkins injured, Jhon Duran sold Al-Nassr and Rashford and Asensio starting on the couch, grinding was used by the middle next to Morgan Rogers.
Because he was in the 2-0 defeat at Wolves a week ago, grinding was lively and looked out a shaky Spurs defense, but in the first half he missed the calmness needed to help Villa convert their dominance In a decisive lead.
Malen in the 14th minute played by Leon Bailey Mallen Wild. When Rogers flowed through the empty midfield of Spurs and saw his efforts saved by Antonin Kinsky, hurried times to the loose ball and put again in the northern position.
He was then shouted by Youri Tielemans because he tried to score from a tight angle instead of square for the Belgian, who was not marked on the edge of the six-year box.
The last contribution from Malen was setting up the second goal for Rogers, who is some automatic choice in attack. It falls on Malen, Bailey, Watkins and the others to eliminate a niche next to him.
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