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Manchester United u19s hosted Lithuanian membership FK Zalgiris on Wednesday night time within the second leg of their UEFA Youth League tie.
Having come out 5-2 victors within the away leg within the Lithuanian capital, Adam Lawrence’s facet held a sizeable benefit going into the fixture.
However the younger reds appeared to waste no time in including to their lead with Ethan Williams making it 1-0 on the night time in simply the eighth minute. Ashton Missin picked up the ball within the United half and drove on the Zalgiris backline earlier than placing by Williams within the field to complete from shut vary.
1-0 Ethan Williams! Fairly simple to chop by Zalgiris there in reality (6-3agg) #mufc pic.twitter.com/QEQ6fH2S17
— Nathan Salt (@NathSalt1) November 6, 2024
It was a technique visitors from the off and appeared doubtless that United would lengthen their lead additional with a lot of possibilities flying in direction of the Zalgiris objective.
Captain Tyler Fredricson rose above the remaining within the seventeenth minute to go residence Williams’ nook to make it 2-0.
Tyler Fredricson heads in United’s second of the night time.
7-2 on combination now and a step nearer to the subsequent spherical the place we are going to meet AZ Alkmaar#MUFC #MUAcademy #UYL
— RedYouthUnited (@RedYouthUnited) November 6, 2024
Simply earlier than the break, two United gamers who’ve been concerned within the first staff of late mixed to make it 3-0. Harry Amass acquired down the left wing to cross for Ethan Wheatley to show residence on the close to put up. Wheatley had the gang roaring for not simply his end however his celebration which cheekily emulated that of Viktor Gyökeres who scored a hat-trick in opposition to Manchester Metropolis the night time earlier than for Ruben Amorim’s Sporting.
On the break, Jayce Fitzgerald exited for Sekou Kone indicating that Fitzgerald could also be concerned within the first staff once more on Thursday night time.
Within the 57th minute, Missin added his title to the scoresheet with an in depth vary end after Zalgiris didn’t clear the cross.
With the away facet chasing a comfort objective it opened area on the again for United to take advantage of which Jacob Devaney got here near doing with an outrageous try from lengthy vary to catch the keeper off his line.
Substitute Gabriele Biancheri prolonged his tally for the season together with his seventeenth of the marketing campaign after displaying some tough footwork within the space create the area to complete into the far nook.
James Scanlon rounded out the scoring within the 89th minute after being slipped by on objective by Bendito Mantato.
The win places United by to the third spherical of the UEFA Youth League Home Champions Path the place they would be the 2022/23 champions AZ Alkmaar, with the primary leg approaching twenty seventh November within the Netherlands.
United: Murdock, Kamason, Jackson (Munro 68), Fredricson, Amass (Mantato 61), Devaney, Fitzgerald (Kone 45), Missin, J. Fletcher, Williams (Scanlon 68) Wheatley (Biancheri 61)
Unused subs: Musa, Baumann, Kukonki, Byrne-Hughes
