Nani’s real name is not Nani, Nani is just a nickname, just like Kaka’s real name is not Kaka, but just a nickname.

Kaka's real name is Ricardo Izeson dos Santos Leite. Logically, fans should call Kaka Ricardo, but once he is called Ricardo, it feels like Kaka's appearance is lowered, so everyone still likes to call Kaka Kaka.

Nani's real name is Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha. The reason why he is called "Nani" is that his sister always called him that when he was a child. He got used to it, so Nani became his nickname.

Nani’s most famous identity is probably that he is from the same school as Cristiano Ronaldo.

Not only do he and Ronaldo have the same agent, Mendes, they are also of the same nationality and both came from Sporting Lisbon.

Nani showed good football talent since he was a child, so Mendes was also very optimistic about Nani. Mendes recommended him to Ronaldo, who was at Manchester United at the time, and recommended Nani to Manchester United.

After investigation, Manchester United found that Nani was indeed good, so they bought him.

In this way, in 2007, Nani, who was only 20 years old, was brought to Manchester United by Ferguson and became a teammate of Ronaldo.

Nani is full of energy and passion on the field. He runs very actively and breaks through the wing very quickly. His technical moves are a bit like his predecessor Figo, but faster than Figo. His signature move is to dribble the ball back and forth with his left and right feet.

He has a strong ability to control the ball. When he dribbles, the ball seems to be glued to his feet, and he can often perform breathtaking moves.

His passing is accurate, and he can often make medium and long-distance passes with great penetrating power. The defense of most teams cannot defend against Nani's breakthrough ability alone.

Of course, Nani is not without his shortcomings.

Nani is 175cm tall but weighs only 66kg. He is a typical thin person with poor confrontation ability.

With this physical condition, he would have a great technical advantage playing in Portugal and La Liga, but Nani chose the Premier League.

It is actually okay to play small and agile in the Premier League, with more pulling, more penetration, more passes and more cooperation, but Nani just likes to shoot by himself. Even though he obviously doesn't have enough power, he still likes to shoot long and powerful shots.

So Nani also masturbates frequently.

What's even more terrible is that Nani is rather independent after getting the ball. There are obviously good opportunities to pass the ball to the center forward or other players in a better position, but Nani just doesn't pass it. He just wants to break through with his own ability. If he can't break through, he will learn from his big brother Cristiano Ronaldo to dive and cheat for set pieces and penalties - even Cristiano Ronaldo is speechless because of him.

It is precisely because Nani is too independent that fans gave him a nickname: One of Manchester United’s four dark kings, Nani does not pass.

What’s even worse is that Nani not only doesn’t like to pass the ball, he even wants to snatch the sure-shot goal from his elder brother, whom he calls the love of his life and lifelong friend.

It was an international friendly match between Portugal and Spain at home in November 2010.

At that time, Ronaldo dribbled into the penalty area. He first used a beautiful feint to knock down the scumbag Pique who was still in his hiding period. Then, facing the defense and the attacking Casillas, Ronaldo kicked a perfect lob shot. Just as the ball was about to enter the goal, Nani rushed over and headed Ronaldo's sure-shot goal on the goal line, heading the ball into the net that was sure to go in.

It would be fine if he just stole the big brother's sure goal, but the problem is that Nani was in an offside position at the time.

Therefore, this sure goal turned into an invalid goal because of Nani's steal.

But Nani was laughing. In a later interview, Nani said that Ronaldo's throwing of the captain's armband was not directed at him. After all, he was Ronaldo's beloved little brother, so how could Ronaldo lose his temper with him? Ronaldo must have been angry at the referee's penalty.

Nani said: "I am as angry about the referee's decision as Chris! Chris is not so petty as to be angry with me because of my hard work. He was really angry with the referee. The football had clearly flown over the goal line, but the referee made a wrong decision that was not in our favor. Chris is very good, Chris is never petty, even if I had snatched the ball, Chris would have hugged me and congratulated me, it was the referee who ruined everything for us."

After Nani's interview, Ronaldo, who has never been petty, really has nothing to say.

In any case, Nani is definitely a first-class star. Nani is a versatile player in the midfield and frontcourt. He can not only play as a right winger, but also as a left winger, right midfielder, left midfielder, as well as a striker and shadow striker. After Ronaldo left Manchester United in 2009, Nani did take on some of Ronaldo's role.

Especially in diving.

In today's game, in addition to focusing on defending Manchester United's core engine Giggs, Southampton also needs to pay close attention to Nani.

I'm not afraid of Nani's long-range shot hitting the air, I'm afraid of Nani diving and lying on the grass.

And at the right winger position, there was another dark king sitting on Manchester United's bench - "Valencia who doesn't shoot" and "unhappy" Valencia.

Valencia is a natural winger with defensive abilities. He is good at breakthroughs, excellent positioning and good ball control, but he is always a beat slow in shooting. Sometimes the opposing defender seizes the opportunity to clear the ball before he can even shoot.

Therefore, Valencia also has the nickname of "Valencia doesn't shoot".

Nani can go 90 minutes without passing the ball, while Valencia can go 90 minutes without passing the ball.

Manchester United was still able to stand at the top of the Premier League during the period when it had the Dark Four, which definitely had a lot to do with Ferguson and Giggs.

If it weren't for Ferguson and Giggs, Manchester United would have long been relegated to a relegation team because of the Dark Four.

Manchester United's starting midfielder is No. 24 "Lose Wood", "F24", "Son", "Old Man's Universal Patch" Darren Fletcher, and No. 13 player "I have three lungs" and "I can defend Messi alone" Park Ji-sung.

Fletch came from Manchester United's youth training, and Fletch is also Ferguson's hope to replicate the glory of Class 92's youth training.

At the same level as Fletcher are Bardsley, who tackled the team's popular star Cristiano Ronaldo on his debut, as well as Bayern Munich, Welbeck and others.

It can be said that Ferguson's Class 92 continuation plan selected very good players, but Class 92 really cannot be replicated.

No one can reach the height of Beckham alone, let alone Scholes and Giggs.

The second generation of youth training classes were basically not good, and only Fletcher managed to play well.

...(End of this chapter)