MLS All Stars versus Manchester United – Preseason friendly: First half review (Part 2)
After exchanging two goal mouth incidents in the first six minutes of the first 45 minutes of their pre-season friendly, MLS All Stars and Manchester United went onto play the rest of the first half in a typically entertaining
fashion. In the 7th minute, Manchester United were caught napping at the back as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rio-Ferdinand-c31173 down the left hand side on the counter attack and then played a wonderfully timed pass towards Bravo.
The midfielder tried to back heel the ball to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-c10409 Beckham who was closing in on the edge of the Manchester United penalty area. The MLS All Stars playmaker succeeded in doing so but Beckham’s eventual drive missed the Manchester
United goal by a whisker as the score line remained at nil all despite the former Real Madrid winger’s best efforts to open the scoring for the MLS All Stars at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey.
In the 8th minute, Davis tried his luck from some way outside the Manchester United penalty area for the MLS All Stars but his shot missed the Manchester United goal altogether. In the 9th minute, Manchester
United knitted together a typically slick passing move in the MLS All Stars section of the field after Park Ji Sung had carried the ball forward. The South Korean winger tried to play in Dimitar Berbatov but the Bulgarian striker was beaten to the ball by
the MLS All Stars defence.
In the 17th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Beckham-c10432’s trademark cross found Bravo in space inside the Manchester United penalty area but Jones recognized the danger and immediately dispossessed the midfielder for the Red Devils. In the
18th minute, Manchester United almost found the back of the net as Wayne Rooney tried to play in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254 through a low cross inside the MLS All Stars penalty area. However the All Stars’ goalkeeper Mondragon read the pass perfectly and
pounced on the pass to claim it into his hands.
Manchester United finally broke the deadlock in the 20th minute when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 combined brilliantly with Dimitar Berbatov and Anderson at the edge of the MLS All Stars penalty area. Rooney played a delightful one-two
with Berbatov and then played in Anderson who made no mistake with his final finish as the score line reached to one nil favour of the visiting team.
Just before the half time whilst in the 45th minute, Manchester United doubled their lead thanks to some an amazing run for Park Ji Sung. The South Korean midfielder wriggled past two MLS All Stars defenders before firing
the ball into the far right hand corner of the net to make it 0-2 at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey. Shortly after the first half came to a close with Manchester United comfortably in the lead thanks to a goal each by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Anderson-c5565 and Park Ji Sung.
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