Second match of the Manchester United tour, second win. After easily defeating Liverpool 4–0 in Thailand, the team moved to Australia, and curiously there they found it more difficult to beat Melbourne Victory 4–1 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground stadium.
Several Portuguese were in the game, including Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes for the Reds in the first half (Eric Tam Haag converted 10 in the second half), Roderick Miranda for Australia. Nani started on the bench, was hired this week and only trained for two days, joining at 87, as duly told by United.
A very nice moment. with @LuisNani ,#MUFC , #matour22
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) 15 July 2022
The home team got off to a better start, with Folami fooling Maguire and Lindelof, catching the United defense on counter-foot, with Economidis scoring in the 5th minute. Ten Hag might not have liked it at all. However, United will return through McTominay (43) and Marshall (45+1) before the break.
Having started with Heaton; Dalot, Maguire, Lindelof, Shaw; McTominay, Fred; Elanga, Fernandes, Sancho and Martial, the coach placed Heaton on goal for the second half and Malacia, Telles, Bailey, Laird entered; Iqbal, Savage, Van de Beek; Chong, Rashford and Amad.
Rashford with the captain’s armband made it 3-1 in the 78th minute and Lupescu extended England’s lead with his own goal of more than 90.
United will remain in Melbourne, where they face Crystal Palace on Tuesday, and will travel to Perth, where they play Aston Villa on the 23rd.
There will be a friendly match with Atletico Madrid in Oslo (Norway) on the 30th and the last pre-season game will be against Rayo Vallecano at Old Trafford on July 31st. It remains to be seen whether Ronaldo’s situation will be settled in advance: the Premier League will begin on 7 August with a reception from Brighton.
See target:
Chris Economidis scored in just 5 minutes.
Good help came from Ben Folami as well. pic.twitter.com/SHs2ctzWcj
— Melbourne Victory (@gomvfc) 15 July 2022
fortune favors the brave ??
, @McTominay10#MUFC , #matour22
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) 15 July 2022
Marcus Rashford goal for Manchester United vs Melbourne Victory.
Eric Bailey with another brilliant run. Two assists from deep in two matches.pic.twitter.com/ZKBJhKUerF
— Liz (@eliahkyama) 15 July 2022
