Manchester United and Fulham This Friday they are in charge of the 2024-25 Premier League opener and at Old Trafford there is one hero: youth. Joshua Zirkzeewho in his debut as a ‘red devil’ scored the first goal of the tournament and thus gave his new team the victory (1-0). The match seemed headed for 0-0 when the victory of Zirkzee, qwho entered in the 61st minute Mason Mount, allowed the United start the championship with a victory.
The truth is the group he manages Marco Silva create problems for Ten Hags at the start of the match, with admissions from the former Barcelona player Adama Traoré, and Kenny Tete forced Andre Onanagoalkeeper of Unitedto make a good stop.
However, the Manchester United overcame the good start of Fulham. The game of the ‘red devils’ improved and they started to put pressure on the London team. Casemiro tried his luck in the first half with up to 5 shots going over the crossbar.
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MANCHESTER UNITED: masturbation; Mazraoui (De Ligt, 81′), Maguire (Jonny Evans, 81′), Lisandro Martínez, Dalot; Casemiro, Mainoo (McTominay, 84′), Diallo (Garnacho, 61′), Mount (Zirkzee, 61′), Rashford; Bruno Fernandes
FULHAM: log; Tete, Issa Diop, Bassey, Robinson; Andreas Pereira (H. Reed, 91′), Lukic (Stansfield, 91′), Adama Traoré (Harry Wilson, 78′), Smith Rowe (Cairney, 64′), Iwobi; Rodrigo Muniz (Raúl Jiménez, 78′)
Objectives: 1-0 Zirkzee (87′)
Yellow cards: Mason Mount (18′), C. Bassey (25′), Harry Maguire (40′), Andreas Pereira (70′), Tom Cairney (73′)
Referee: Robert Jones
Spectators: 73,297 at Old Trafford
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Bruno Fernandes He played in the said first phase as the most advanced man of Unitedwhere he debuted, also playing as a starter Noussair Mazraoui, signed this week from Ajax. United tried relentlessly, but had no success completing their plays. Also because Bernd Leno, Fulham goalwhich starred in several well-known interventions.
May Hag He made another of his debut signings in the second half, one of the most exciting, Joshua Zirkzee (formerly of Bologna). He also debuted in United Matthijs de Ligtalso signed this week, when he relieved Mazraoui in the 81st minute.
Alejandro Garnachoa starting substitute and came on in the 61st minute for Arnad Diallowas unbalanced in several plays, but none of them were able to take advantage of the Old Trafford team in their second official match of the season. They initially lost the Community Shield on penalties against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.
The end of the match could not be more exciting, because the Fulham He pressed and looked for his opportunity. Until Zirkzee, In his debut, at 23 years old, at United and in the Premier, he came to the rescue of his new team by scoring the winning goal. To do so, he hit a volley that took advantage of the ball right from Garnacho. For United, who finished 8th in the previous Premier League, it tasted good.
Source: La Verdad
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