United U18 - Boro

[lysglimt]

Kickoff in 5 minutes

Line up
Manchester United: Johan Guadagno – Iestyn Hughes, Rhys Bennett, Björn Hardley, Álvaro Fernández – Zidane Iqbal, Martin Svidersky – Charlie Wellens, Dillon Hoogewerf, Alejandro Garnacho – Joe Hugill.
Subs: Radek Vitek, Marc Jurado, Isak Hansen-Aarøen, Charlie McNeill, Charlie Savage.

 

[lysglimt]

0-1 Hugill (3)

 

[WI_Red]

0-1 Hugill (3)

Well that escalated quickly.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

0-1 Hugill (3)

How inconsiderate! Haven’t even switched on yet. I do hope this young man bucks his ideas up a bit and scores around 5 minutes in future

 

[lysglimt]

What a tackle from Iqbal….

 

[Mickson]

Iestyn Hughes, he's not great, is he? Losing ball after ball. Even as the last man after a corner, thankfully Iqbal saves the day with a last-ditch tackle. A scrappy game so far but United look a little bit more confident this season. If this game was last season, United would have been two down by now.

 

[Prodigal7]

Strange that Hugill is playing down again in the 18s having been scoring for fun in the 23s. Still I guess we’re short in that area with Mejia out. Maybe McNeill is preferred now as a more permanent fixture in the 23s

 

[lysglimt]

Oh my God - what is Guadagno doing. Just blind luck that Boro dont equalize.

 

[Drainy]

really scrappy disjointed game with both teams passing poorly

 

[lenny_1248]

Strange that Hugill is playing down again in the 18s having been scoring for fun in the 23s.

U-23 are not playing this weekend.
So I think that is the reason.

 

[lenny_1248]

Is Emeran injured? He did not play against Everton either, yes?
And where's Willy....

 

[Mickson]

Yeah, wanted to see Willy too. Maybe injured? Not been involved since his debut. United are having some troubles with their passing, particularly in the build up. Iestyn Hughes is a risk in the first half too, he is giving away too much defensively and really not doing anything in attack. I've been impressed by Garnacho for the first time, a great turn of pace. Dare I say flashes of Fernando Torres. Iqbal, Hugill, Svidersky, and Bennett decent as well. Fernandez not up to his usual standard so far.

 

[Drainy]

I have to say that I'm not seeing it with Hoogewerf. Clean striker of a football, good touch but otherwise seems average

 

[lysglimt]

Guadagno really needs to think about his passing out from the back

 

[lysglimt]

Fernandez looks 100% quality - he looks mature

 

[Prodigal7]

Fernandez looks 100% quality - he looks mature

he's very talented but also has been coached really well, fair play to RM staff. Always makes the right decisions, always looking up for a pass and just so comfortable on the ball either running with it or moving it around. Probably my new favourite academy player alongside Iqbal.

 

[lysglimt]

Super football 2-0 Hugill - Nice build up. Hughes and Hoogewerf combine neatly and Hugill with a simple tap-in

 

[Inigo Montoya]

Super football 2-0 Hugill - Nice build up. Hughes and Hoogewerf combine neatly and Hugill with a simple tap-in

 

[lysglimt]

3-0 Wellens - assist by Alvaro Fernandez. 59 minutes played. Fernandez finds space down the left - rolls it inside to Wellens who shoots low in the near corner

 

[AJ VII]

2-0 Hugill, great attack.

Fernandez is really impressive, wonder how long it will take before he gets to train with the first team.
3-0 Wellens, 2. half have started great.

 

[sglowrider]

Fernandez looks 100% quality - he looks mature

Very assured performance. Would be interesting to see him in the U23s

 

[lysglimt]

Iestyn Hughes, he's not great, is he? Losing ball after ball. Even as the last man after a corner, thankfully Iqbal saves the day with a last-ditch tackle. A scrappy game so far but United look a little bit more confident this season. If this game was last season, United would have been two down by now.

Hughes has actually been one of our best performers in the 2nd half.

 

[MPTutd]

McNeill, Savage and Hansen on for Garnacho, Iqbal and Wellens.

 

[Robbo*]

Is Jurado being blooded slowly? Expected him to be featuring as much as Fernandez is.

 

[lysglimt]

1-3 Poor headed clearance by Hughes - and Guadagno should have saved that shot imo

 

[lysglimt]

4-1 Hansen. Avoided a challenge on the right - moved inside and scored from 5-6 yards out

 

[lysglimt]

Ratings:

Guadagno - 5 - looks fine on the line, but his distribution can give any coach a heartattack.

Fernandez - 8 MOTM - looks quality. Good passing, good runs. Mature

Hardley - 6 - mostly solid without being spectacular. Struggled a bit defensively on a couple of occations

Bennett - 7 - won many duels and had a better game than Hardley. Saved Guadagno on one occation

Hughes - 7 - maybe our best player in the 2nd half until he was at fault for the goal with a poor clearance. Nice assist for Hugills 2nd

Iqbal - 7 - one tackle that was worth the 7 alone when Boro were through on goal. Slightly anonymous going forward

Wellens - 7 - nicely taken goal and a lot of good passes

Svidersky - 7 - keeps the ball flowing nicely. Hard working and wins a lot of duels.

Hoogewerf - 6 - poor before the break, a lot better afterwards. Good work defensively. End-product missing

Hugill - 8 - goalscorer who is also a good target-player. Could possibly be the best signing of all the youngsters this summer.

Garnacho - 6 - fell out of the game a bit too much. One strong run that could have ended with a goal.

 

[MPTutd]

FT: 4-1

 

[Mickson]

Hughes has actually been one of our best performers in the 2nd half.

I agree. Piss poor in the first half, very good in the second. The same goes for many though. Hoogewerf the same. Fernandez not poor in the first but not good either, however, he was brilliant in the second half.

 

[lenny_1248]

assist by Alvaro Fernandez

It was Garnacho.

 

[lysglimt]

It was Garnacho.

ah sorry

 

[lysglimt]

Guadagno was a strange one - it was like the coaches told him. "Pick the player who is most under pressure and throw the ball to him, I want to see how he copes under pressure". And he looked a decent goalkeeper on the line and when crosses came in, but his distribution was Boro's best attacking weapon during the entire game.

 

[Sea-Cow]

Ratings:

Guadagno - 5 - looks fine on the line, but his distribution can give any coach a heartattack.

Fernandez - 8 MOTM - looks quality. Good passing, good runs. Mature

Hardley - 6 - mostly solid without being spectacular. Struggled a bit defensively on a couple of occations

Bennett - 7 - won many duels and had a better game than Hardley. Saved Guadagno on one occation

Hughes - 7 - maybe our best player in the 2nd half until he was at fault for the goal with a poor clearance. Nice assist for Hugills 2nd

Iqbal - 7 - one tackle that was worth the 7 alone when Boro were through on goal. Slightly anonymous going forward

Wellens - 7 - nicely taken goal and a lot of good passes

Svidersky - 7 - keeps the ball flowing nicely. Hard working and wins a lot of duels.

Hoogewerf - 6 - poor before the break, a lot better afterwards. Good work defensively. End-product missing

Hugill - 8 - goalscorer who is also a good target-player. Could possibly be the best signing of all the youngsters this summer.

Garnacho - 6 - fell out of the game a bit too much. One strong run that could have ended with a goal.

Thanks for this!

I saw a few gifs on Twitter and am always amazed at tiny Hoogewerf. Even against kids his age he looks so short and stocky.

 

[Davie Moyes]

Just seen the goals on mutv app in today's round up segment. Great strike by the Boro lad and then Hansen scored a great individual goal.

 

[Sean_RedDevil]

I watched the match at 8 am in the office today because i knew it will be worth it (I wouldn't have done it last season)

The match was tougher than the scoreline suggests it but i still had never the feeling that we would not win the match (and that without Emeran, Kambwala, Forson or Pye).......Hugill is of course so far amazing but if you have McNeil & Hansen-Aarøen on the bench then it must give everyone confidence.

Goals number 2 and 4 were so sexy

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[Sean_RedDevil]

Guadagno was a strange one - it was like the coaches told him. "Pick the player who is most under pressure and throw the ball to him, I want to see how he copes under pressure". And he looked a decent goalkeeper on the line and when crosses came in, but his distribution was Boro's best attacking weapon during the entire game.

To be honest that was my feeling too because it was really odd and crazy in 2-3 situations.

 

[Sean_RedDevil]