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Manchester United 1-5 Sunderland (FT)
Terrible performance by us, the U16's youngsters thrown in at once really did not help. Sunderland looked brilliant, great passing and awareness as well as being clinical in front of goal. We were shockingly poor in defence; they looked like strangers and most of their goals were a result of us faling to clear or being careless in possession. Brown looked good however; tall, strong and athletic...looked good on the ball too but he had it really tough today with everyone else disintergrating around him.
The injuries and substitutions really didn't help, our fluency going forward was completely ruined by the second half and our attackers' inability to keep the ball meant that the defence was constantly under pressure. Special mention to Evandro Brandao who was disgracefully poor; looked unfit, uninterested, lacked control and failed to make any worthwhile runs or keep possession. His stamina is so poor that he moved back into midfield because he was not up to leading the line so Joshua King took his place. Honestly, forget any chance of Brandao ever making it in my opinion...he doesn't have the ability or the hunger.
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