Manchester United vs AS Roma (Pre-season Friendly)

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I know it's only preseason but it sure is nice to see us scoring goals like this.
 

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Well taken goals, but a bit if a smash and grab of you ask me. Roma tbf should have scored a couple before we scored and looked the more likely. Once our first goal went in we seemed to step it up which was good to see.
 

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I wonder what lvg said during the water break. Rooney looked so bad in the first 25 minutes, with those embarrassing touches. Then suddenly his incredible shots and passes just came back...
 

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This is what Rooney is all about. He will lumber around, stumbling over the ball, misplacing passes but then he will either score or assist, sometimes very impressively. He's not a pretty number 10 but you can't argue with his contribution when it matters.
 

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Good first half. Roma are defending i numbers so we need our transitions to be quicker and allow Ander to hurt them with incisive passes

Captain TC is having a good game distributing the ball quite well.

Hope the 2nd half team wont take too long to get into the game
 

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I didn't watch the LA Galaxy game but I take it Herrera was much better than tonight?
I mean, the through ball he played for Mata was sexy as hell but he's looked very sloppy in possession for the vast majority of the game. Guess it doesn't help when you have Clevs23 sat next to you trying his best to provide a Roma assist but just wondering...
 

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I have predicted 3-1 in the poll... But it looks like it will be another
7-0. Hahaha... Well done
 

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This is not a half competent team, it's a good team and they're missing lots of important players. Garcia has done a great job with this Roma side, this might be their year if they keep Benatia and Strootman. Astori at the back is also a good signing.

If Garcia manages to win the Serie A with Roma, after having won the French League with Lille, next stop will be a big Premier League club, i guess.

For those of you complaining about the defensive mistakes, you should know that van Gaal will never sacrifice his plan to create chances and attacking moves.This is one of the things he has common with sir Alex. The main goal will always be to get the best out of Mata and the two men in front of him, even if it makes us look kind of vulnerable at the back.
 

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I wonder what lvg said during the water break. Rooney looked so bad in the first 25 minutes, with those embarrassing touches. Then suddenly his incredible shots and passes just came back...
LVG:"You wanna be captain?Score 2 goals in this half and you'll wear the armband next match!"
 

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Mata's goal. :drool: Honestly not a great half but clinical finishing. I trhink Reese James and Tyler Blackett have done well, no need for Crockmaelen.
 

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This is what Rooney is all about. He will lumber around, stumbling over the ball, misplacing passes but then he will either score or assist, sometimes very impressively. He's not a pretty number 10 but you can't argue with his contribution when it matters.
Is it worth playing him for his goals/assists at the expense of the teams general play?
Thats what the manager has to consider and base his decision on.
 

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We did well after a shaky 20 minutes IMO. We had three rookies in our defense(including goalie) and it shows but still we held off a pretty impressive Roma side.

All of three goals were pretty good. That Mata goal was beautiful.
 
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