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Manchester United u19s rounded out the group stage on the Rewe Junior Cup on Saturday by advancing to the second spherical.
United began the day in opposition to SV Rhume-Oder, the place Dante Plunkett offered an early lead however the native facet proved to be a tricky nut to crack with some good defending and goalkeeping stopping United from driving up the scoring.
The group led by Adam Lawrence secured the three factors with a 3-0 win ultimately after additional targets from Yuel Helafu and Junior Brown.
One other native facet in JFV West Göttingen was the subsequent opponent with United working the rating as much as 8-0.
Louie Bradbury led the scoring within the match with 4, whereas Jim Thwaites and Plunkett notched a brace every.
The actual check of the day then got here in opposition to Borussia Monchengladbach, who United additionally met on the Mercedes-Benz Junior Cup.
Plunkett gave United an early lead after Albert Mills reduce out the Monchengladbach keeper Lindsay Gutaj’s go.
The lead didn’t final for lengthy although, with Gutaj rectifying his mistake inside 30 seconds, working upfield to put off the ball to be completed previous Cameron Byrne-Hughes.
The German facet took management then, scoring 5 unanswered targets. Keeper Gutaj bought his title on the scoresheet as properly with a well-taken purpose after arriving late on the again to be teed up from the nook to win the match 1-6.
The group was rounded out with a 3-0 win over 1. SC 1911 Heiligenstadt because of targets from Thwaites, Bradbury, and Brown.
There was little to separate United from Monchengladbach and Hamburger SV on the high of the desk with all three sides ending on 15 factors however United needed to accept third place as a result of purpose distinction.
However United nonetheless advance to the second stage on Sunday the place they tackle FC Schalke 04 and Fortuna Düsseldorf.
United squad: 1 Byrne-Hughes, 2 Kamason (C), 3 Mills, 4 Helafu, 5 Plunkett, 6 McCormack, 7 Brown, 8 Shah, 9 Bradbury, 10 Thwaites
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