Manchester United Pre-season tour: New England Revolution versus Manchester United – First Half
Manchester United kicked off their pre-season tour of the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson started off with Ashley Young on the left wing as Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov
headed the Red Devils’ attack. In midfield, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Anderson-c5565 lined up alongside Michael Carrick and Luis Nani took up his place on the right wing for Manchester United.
At the back, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonathan-c18993 Evans played as United’s two centre backs whilst Rafael and Fabio played on the wings. Manchester United started the match off strongly as Rooney carried the ball forward down the left wing.
The Englishman played it to his compatriot in the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ashley-Young-c6813 in the 3rd minute of the match but his cross went begging as Dimitar Berbatov failed to make contact with it.
Shortly after, Fabio da Silva went down with an injury after New England’s right back caught him with his attempt to block the Brazilian’s cross after he was played in by Young down the left hand side. Nonetheless, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152’s cross
was cleared away by the New England defence. Michael Carrick stepped up to take the corner kick but the set piece was easily gathered in by the New http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 goalkeeper.
In the 10th minute, New England were awarded their first free kick of the match but the set piece came to nothing as the ball was easily headed away by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Carrick-c25282 from inside the Manchester United penalty area.
United controlled the match early on but New England’s impressive pressing approach gave Fabio and Rafael some trouble on the wings. In the 13th minute, New England had a brilliant chance to score the first goal of the match when Joseph found himself
in front of the United goal but pressure from Fabio meant that the striker’s header was forced wide in the end as the score line remained at nil all.
In the 19th minute, Manchester United carved open the New England http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736
whose header sailed over the cross bar by mere inches as both the teams remained deadlocked in Boston, Massachusetts.
In the 21nd minute, Young surged down the left wing. This time he tried to play in Rooney with an inviting cross across the New England penalty area but the home team’s defence cleared the ball away. In the 28th
minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254 connected with Fabio’s cross but the Bulgarian striker failed to make the New England goalkeeper work. Nonetheless, the first half came to a close shortly after with the score line at nil all. Manchester United had the better of the
chances in the first 45 minutes but they failed to apply the correct finishing touches as the match remained stalled at a stalemate in Boston.
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