http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roger-Levesque-c31525: Seattle Sounders need coordinate like Manchester United – MLS News
Seattle Sounders put a great shift in front of the head coach Sigi Schmid in the first half of the international friendly against Manchester United at CenturyLink Park on Wednesday, July 20. The team kept the English guests at bay for better part of the
first 45 minutes, leaking a single goal to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Owen-c25355.
However, the second half was a completely different story altogether. The head coach squandered his team’s good position in the match with some ruthless substitutions. Seattle’s forward line was getting into the game but Schmid’s decision of inserting reserves
in the second period destroyed the momentum.
United, on the other hand, played their best eleven in the second period and the result at the full-time whistle was a thrashing 7-0 victory.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gabriel-Obertan-c14324 also added to the score line in the same half.
According to Roger Levesque, the main reason for such a big difference in the creativity was coordination.
“I think it’s always a work in progress. I think the earlier you start with those concepts, the easier they become later on,” he explained. “To get that fluidity and that movement you need a group that’s played together for a long time, and clearly they
have.”
In addition, Danish goalkeeper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Anders-Lindegaard-c5553 presented himself as a strong contender for the Number one Manchester United jersey following the retirement of Edwin Van Der Saar earlier this year.
The goalkeeper opened a goalkeeping clinic with by making five marvellous saves that kept the Rave Green barren of any goals. Levesque, in particular, had a solid chance to knock the back of the net in the dying minutes of the first half, but the Danish
custodian showed inspired form to fend off the attempt.
“If you start seeing things in a bigger perspective, if you start thinking too much about how things work, the way people think and so on, you’re gonna go mad,” Lindegaard said. “You have to believe in yourself. I think a key word is ‘confidence.’ You have
to be calm and you have to be confident.”
The Danish international will now protect the net for the Red Devils at Toyota Park against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chicago-Fire-c38795 on Saturday, July 23.
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