Manchester United equalled the best start in United history with a 3-0 win at home to Tottenham Hotspur, with Wayne Rooney and Gao Xiaodong scoring all three goals.

Wayne Rooney is 25 years old and Gao Xiaodong is 21 years old, and the two represent the future of Manchester United, and their performances have also provided them with a lot of weight in their bid for the captaincy of Manchester United.

After the game, "Sky Sports" gave Gao Xiaodong the highest score in the game, believing that in the face of a strong team like Tottenham, Gao Xiaodong controlled the situation on the field in the absence of Scholes, integrating attack and defense, fast and slow, which is not available to Manchester United with Scholes as the core.

"Sky Sports" pointed out that the reason why the young Gao Xiaodong can control the rhythm freely is not because Gao Xiaodong's technical experience and ability to read the game are better than Scholes, but mainly because Gao Xiaodong's physical condition is better than Scholes, stronger and faster, so that Gao Xiaodong dares to control the ball in the midfield and can also control the ball.

Rooney got the second highest score in the team, and the media believed that although Rooney wasted several chances and was not as technical and creative as Berbatov, Rooney was physically strong, ran aggressively, and constantly attacked Tottenham's defense, which helped the team much more than Berbatov.

The Daily Mail conducted a post-match poll on who would be more suited to be the captain of Manchester United, and the first place was Rio Ferdinand, the second was Nemanja Vidic, the third was Evra, the fourth was Rooney, the fifth was Fletcher, and the sixth was Gao Xiaodong, and he was also ahead of Carrick.

Ferguson was pleased with the game and believes United's younger generation has the ability to take over from the golden generation of '92 and regain dominance in the Premier League.

"I wouldn't say that Gao Xiaodong can completely replace Scholes, but Gao Xiaodong helped us win all the games without Scholes, and he can be trusted as well...... Gao Xiaodong's Manchester United and Paul Scholes's Manchester United are not exactly the same, which is determined by the characteristics of the two...... Manchester United also have a lot of great youngsters, Evans, Rafael, Anderson, Welbeck, Gibson, Smalling, Macheda, Hernandez, they are often in the first team and they play in the League Cup, they all contribute to the team, some people say, we can put a team under the age of 23 to play in the Premier League, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but I'm happy, they're all the future of the team, and in the last two decades we can often plan ahead for the next two or three years, and this time we did it again, with Wayne Rooney, The new generation of Manchester United led by Gao Xiaodong can dominate the Premier League for ten years like the class of 92. ”

After praising United's younger generation, Ferguson spoke about the future of the three big men in the Class of '92: "Neville, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs have always been important to us, but next summer we could lose them all at the same time because there's no guarantee how long they can play at this age...... But now their experience can help the youngsters grow, they can protect the youngsters in key moments, it's a good match, they didn't take advantage of the youngsters' playing time, the Reds have a reasonable age structure, they are in good form, and we will achieve results worthy of our hard work and quality this season. ”

The brilliant record gave Ferguson enough confidence, in the midweek away game with Busalburg, Ferguson put the 92 class of three guys at home, half the main team and half substitute lineup to challenge the Turkish team opponents, including Fabio, Small, Obertan, Bebe, Macheda are in the squad, Smarin and Obertan are also in the starting lineup.

After the start, the media fans were very shocked, thinking that Ferguson was a bit dead, no matter how garbage Busalburg was, it was also a team in the top 32 of the Champions League, or playing at home, and this lineup was discharged, in case it was upset by the opponent, and Manchester United would be very passive if he wanted to compete for the first place in the group stage.

However, empiricism always makes mistakes, and now Manchester United's morale is high, and the substitutes also played at a very high level in the game, Gao Xiaodong, Rooney, Berbatov, Nani all failed to score any of the main attacking players, and finally Manchester United beat Bousalborg 3-0 away, scoring goals by Bebe, Obertan and Fletcher.

Although Gao Xiaodong did not score a goal, his organization and scheduling in the midfield, and his defense in the backfield provided a strong guarantee for his teammates' attacks, and Gao Xiaodong, who only had one assist in the data, also became the best player of the game and was selected for UEFA's best team in this round of the Champions League.

After the third round of the Champions League group stage, European bookmakers immediately adjusted Manchester United's Champions League winning odds, the original Manchester United odds ranked seventh, and now it has soared to third, second only to Real Madrid and Barcelona.

After the end of the Champions League, FIFA announced on its official website the 23-man shortlist for the first FIFA Golden Ball Award after the merger of World Footballer of the Year and the Ballon d'Or, and Manchester United's two superstars Rooney and Gao Xiaodong were all listed.

Among them, World Cup winners Spain have seven players selected: Xavi, Iniesta, Alonso, Puyol, Cesc Fabregas, Villa and Casillas. The Netherlands, the World Cup runners-up, have two players selected: Arjen Robben and Sneijder.

Gao Xiaodong did not play in the national team, and Rooney's performance in the World Cup in South Africa was negative, and they were both selected for the Ballon d'Or squad for their club performances.

And Messi and Ronaldo's club results are dismal, and the World Cup did not show a decent performance, they were selected with their super personal ability and popularity.

According to the original selection rules, in non-major years, the core of the Champions League winner often wins the Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year, while in the major year, the core of the team that wins the World Cup and the European Championship often wins the Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year.

According to the past rules, Gao Xiaodong, who won the treble with Inter Milan and won the league and Champions League goalscorer, is unlikely to win the Ballon d'Or, because he has no World Cup results, while the World Cup winner Spain's double-core Xavi and Iniesta are the most likely, and with Inter Milan winning the treble, Sneijder, who won the runner-up in the World Cup, is also very likely.

However, this year's Ballon d'Or is different from previous years, because the Ballon d'Or selected by "French Football" has been successfully "recruited" by FIFA, and merged with the World Footballer of the Year, collectively known as the "FIFA Golden Ball Award". The rules for the combined FIFA Ballon d'Or have also undergone significant changes, with 208 managers, 208 national team captains and 208 world media journalists from around the world voting to select the only most authoritative Footballer of the Year.

Due to the change in the selection rules, the rules of previous years may not work, and it is now difficult to say what kind of Ballon d'Or winners will be selected in the end.

The media believes that since the voters are all from the senior football world, the centrality of a player in the team's tactical system will be the dominant factor in the decision-making of the voters. Xavi, Sneijder and Gao Xiaodong all meet this condition, but Sneijder is only the core of the Dutch team, while Gao Xiaodong is only the core of the club, and there is no national team performance at all, only Xavi and Iniesta are the dual core of the national team and the club, so Xavi and Iniesta are the most likely to win the award.

If Xavi and Iniesta were alone, they would almost certainly win the Ballon d'Or, but because they were both selected, there was a risk that the votes would be diverted and the chances of winning would be smaller.

The smaller probability of Xavi and Iniesta means that the possibility of Gao Xiaodong and Sneijder increases.

Gao Xiaodong's achievements in 2010 were all from the club, so Gao Xiaodong's value is limited to "European club competitions", not "world football", and because Gao Xiaodong is a yellow race, in the mainstream European evaluation system, yellow people are discriminated against. Therefore, the media judged that although Gao Xiaodong played a supernatural record in the club, it may be difficult to succeed in counterattacking like the alien Ronaldo.

Sneijder wouldn't have even qualified for the World Cup if he hadn't led the Netherlands to a runners-up finish, but now that he's shining at the World Cup, Inter's treble is a plus for him.

In the odds of the Ballon d'Or recently announced by European bookmakers, Iniesta is in the lead, Xavi, Sneijder, Gao Xiaodong, and Messi are two, three, four and five, but Iniesta's lead is very small.

Messi is the most unconfident one in the odds of winning the Ballon d'Or, his club and national team are not good, given that the 2010 Ballon d'Or will be voted by journalists and coaches and captains from all over the world, so the final result of the Ballon d'Or will also comprehensively reflect all the characteristics of the past two versions of the Ballon d'Or, that is, player skills, tactics and popularity. Although Messi's results are not good, his popularity and skills are the strongest among the 23 candidates, if before the end of the awards, Messi has a super god play of five and six goals in a row, no one can say whether he can break out and win the Golden Ball Award.