Yokohama 3-2 Manchester United: Five lessons we learned Zaha, Januzaj and Lingard. Almost every goal that Manchester United have scored on their pre-season tour so far has seen one of these three youngsters involved in some capacity. The Shinji Show. In the 60 minutes of play before Kagawa came on, the camera panned to him 42 times. The local TV directors were more interested in Kagawa than the match itself such is his status in Japan.Within ten minutes of coming on, Kagawa had a golden opportunity to get on the score sheet but couldn’t steer his shot past the goalkeeper.It was the first time that Kagawa played for David Moyes and the more minutes he can get, the fitter he will be going into the new season.Big things are expected of Kagawa next year with Rooney’s future up in the air and if Kagawa is given his preferred position behind the striker, he has the talent to become one of United’s main men next year. No need for panic. Moyes might have lost two out of the three games so far in this year’s pre-season but it means nothing. This tour is all about the team regaining fitness and Moyes getting a chance to see his whole squad in action. High pressing game disappears. Today’s game against Yokohama was always going to be the most difficult game so far on the tour given that they’re halfway through their season and in third place in the league.Against Sydney, United adopted a high pressing game that limited the A-League All-Stars time on the ball and it was extremely effective but we reverted to a deeper tactic. It was likely more to do with the extreme humidity than anything but United struggled against a neat Yokohama side. A weak midfield without Carrick. A central midfield pairing of Cleverley and Anderson offers United a dynamic element going forward but when it came to stopping Yokohama, it was extremely weak. admin krito
Posted on: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:50:12 +0000
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