Nightmare at Old Trafford

There is a disturbing cry of discontent already installed Old Trafford. It has never been a stadium of dishonesty, and it has almost always acted with loyalty to the club and its team, but there have been so many disagreements that bad moments have prevailed over passions. Even in the worst case scenario he didn’t think Ruben Amorimwhen he was elected to remedy the crisis of Manchester United, that, just a month later, fans were already against and protesting. The impact of the sixth defeat in their emblematic stadium, against Brighton (1-3), widened the fracture and some fans who fought until the end booed the players and coaches to show their anger. The nightmare continues.

It is not remembered in Manchester such a poor string of results in the worst start in the league United in its stadium for 131 years. And the final disappointment came on a very important and emotional day, that of farewell to the figure of Dennis Law‘the king of End of Stretford‘, the remembered Scot who formed the ‘Holy Trinity’ with Bobby Charlton and George Bestin the 70s, whose sculptures outside the stadium always remember them as the creators of one of the two great eras of the ‘red devils’. He United know how to say goodbye to its legends and the Scottish bagpipes sounded in a special moment. The emotion was in stark contrast to the drama that would come later and the general displeasure for a team not reacting.

Old Trafford half empty when the final whistle of the disastrous match against the Brightonimage and expression of discomfort. The few who stayed let their anger show openly, with a few boos they endured. Amorim and its players bowing and reflecting on the painful moment of the club, thirteenth in the Premier, far from the European positions. that’s all Amorim He had to admit his mistakes, even if he was wrong in form: “In 10 games of Premier League we both won. We are probably the worst team in the history of Manchester United“, he said sadly, but increasing, with his impassioned words, the effect on the followers of this long crisis, for which he could find no remedy.

However, the Portuguese does not want to give up the tactical idea for which he was signed, the 3-4-2-1 system for which he has earned the respect of Sports of Portugalbut it doesn’t work with players found in Manchester. Although he has the confidence of the new leaders, the moment is very tense, because of issues such as sacrificing his best player, Marcus Rashford. The coach insisted he would not reconsider, but it was an intolerable whim for the club to do without its star, at a time of so much distrust. “I will not change. I know we can succeed, but we have to survive. We have to suffer and move on.”

But the successes can not wait, because tomorrow, on Europa League and in front of Glasgow Rangerscame the next chapter, full of worry. They will continue in the stadium with their single ‘Take me home’ John Denverbut it is unpredictable, with nervous players and a growing atmosphere of disgust, what the reaction will be, to a Old Trafford trembling, if the United fell again.