Neville hails Vidic
By Phil Jackson - Created on 13 Dec 2006
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Gary Neville has paid tribute to Nemanja Vidic for raising the bar in
Manchester United's back four.
Vidic commanded a fee of ￡7 million, when signing from Spartak Moscow in
January, and has really blossomed this season, as he has grown accustomed
to the rigors of the Premiership.
United boast the meanest defence in the league this term, having conceded
just nine goals from 17 games so far and the skipper insists a large part
of that form has been down to their Serbian stopper.
"Nemanja has been nothing short of fantastic over the last two or three
months," Neville enthused.
"He has been an outstanding performer, a good old-fashioned defender who
loves to head the ball and loves to tackle.
"He is infectious in the way he makes everybody around him want to defend
in the same manner.
"It is great to have defenders like that who never take a backward step."
United have a healthy lead over champions Chelsea at the top of the table
and Neville has reserved special praise for ￡30 million man Rio Ferdinand
for the consistency he has shown this season.
"Rio is very important to our back four and, for me, still the single most
important member," Neville added.
"He offers that calmness and experience and positional sense. Nothing fazes
him.
"He has an excellent partnership with Nemanja and we are blessed to have
them because they complement each other so well.
"Last season, the manager said he wanted to create a solid foundation at
the back. We are seeing more of that and we look like we are enjoying
defending again."
United's defence will again need to hold firm as they look to see off West
Ham United's challenge at Upton Park on Sunday.
加里︰維迪奇令後防更穩固
14 December, 2006 16:02 +0800
http://manu.u-soccer.com/news.php?newsid=061214_6
曼聯隊長加里-內維爾讚賞維迪奇的出色表現令球隊今屆的後防表現比從前更穩固。
維迪奇在一月時以七百萬鎊由莫斯科斯巴達加盟，今季成為球隊的必然正選。
曼聯在十七場聯賽只失掉九球，目前暫為英超失球最少的球隊，而該名塞爾維亞中堅
在球隊擔當了重要角色。
「維迪奇在過去兩三個月的演出十分出色，表現十分突出，就像一個傳統的後防，喜
歡頂掉皮球及剷走皮球。」加里內維爾說。
「而他可以感染到隊友以同樣積極的方法去防守。」
此外，他也讚賞另一名隊友李奧費迪南。
「李奧是後防線中十分重要的球員，他擁有十分豐富的經驗，而且有十分良好的位置
感。」
「他與維迪奇是最佳組合，球隊有他們實在是一種榮幸。」
「在上季，領隊希望建立一條穩固的後防線，而現在我們擁有了。」
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