Manchester United entered the field with many changes in the starting lineup and lost to Real Sociedad in the first round of the Europa League; Casemiro made his first game as a starter
O Manchester United was defeated for Real Sociedad in the teams’ debut in the 2022/23 Europa League. With Cristiano Ronaldo and casemiro as starters, the English felt the large number of changes in the team and ended up defeated without making a great game, despite good moments during the 90 minutes.
The match started with the hosts trying to put the rhythm in the game from the first minutes. Despite the initiative, the Spanish team managed to hold on well, without suffering great dangers and gradually entered the game and took away the opponent’s superiority. Without much chemistry due to the changes made, United managed to do little in the beginning.
As time went by, some vacillations in Sociedad’s defense began to appear and the team Manchester tried to take advantage, but to no avail. Cristiano Ronaldo, who started as a starter, came to the net after a beautiful header, but shirt 7 was offside in the move. End of the first half at 0-0 showed that the teams needed to improve to get the victory.
In the second half both teams made substitutions and improved the teams, especially the Spaniards. The first 10 minutes were exchanges of chances and attacks, but without success until David Silva kicked from outside the area and Lisandro Martínez blocked by hand. After a VAR review, the referee awarded the penalty and Brais Mendez opened the scoring for company.
From then on, changes began on the part of the technician Ten Hag looking to make the team more offensive and bother the opponents more. Initially, little went well, as the Spanish team managed to maintain a certain dominance after the goal, but the last 10 minutes were marked by some English pressure, which did not work.
Source: sportbuzz
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