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Manchester United u19s accomplished the opening group stage of the Mercedes-Benz Junior Cup on Saturday.
Whereas one group of United children compete on the Rewe Junior Cup, one other took on Rangers, Bayern Munich and Borussia Monchengladbach on the 6-a-side Mercedes-Benz Junior Cup in Sindelfingen, Germany.
Vs. Rangers
United’s first opponents got here within the form of fellow British membership, Rangers. United began slowly with Rangers taking an early lead after Jayden Ngwashi was bought a pretend shot to open the house and end previous Will Murdock.
Nonetheless within the first half, James Scanlon had his shot blocked earlier than the ball got here to the Rangers ahead, who brilliantly flicked it as much as spin previous Jacob Watson earlier than operating by way of to attain.
An improved second half efficiency noticed United familiarize yourself with the pace of play and possibilities started to circulate. Ashton Missin and Dan Armer have been denied by good saves earlier than Zach Baumann pulled again one with a low one contact end.
Victor Musa had a pair of possibilities to stage it up however didn’t preserve his efforts on the right track as the ultimate whistle got here with the rating remaining 1-2 to Rangers.
Vs. Bayern Munich
Subsequent up was Bayern Munich, who additionally took an early lead after discovering an excessive amount of house in entrance of United’s purpose.
United drew it stage with only a minute remaining within the second half, when James Bailey gained the ball excessive up earlier than poking it to Reece Munro to bundle in from shut vary.
United regarded set to get their first level on the board however they weren’t in a position to dangle on as Bayern discovered the winner with simply 4 seconds left on the board. A redirected shot was initially saved by Murdock, however the keeper’s parry bounced off the publish and again off of his head and into the purpose to present Bayern the 1-2 victory.
Vs. Borussia Monchengladbach
The ultimate match of the group noticed United tackle Borussia Monchengladbach with either side sitting on the backside of the group with 0 factors.
United took the lead for the primary time on the day within the first minute when Armer discovered Gabriele Biancheri on the again publish to aspect foot into the roof of the online.
Biancheri was then fouled to earn a penalty however was unable to transform from the spot to increase United’s lead.
Monchengladbach turned the match on its head within the second half with two targets within the house of 30 seconds to earn a 1-2 win.
United completed the day on the backside of the group however have an opportunity to redeem themselves on Sunday within the pre-finals group the place they are going to tackle VFB Stuttgart and Servette FC.
United squad: 1 Will Murdock, 2 Jayden Ngwashi, 3 Daniel Armer, 4 Reece Munro, 5 Zach Baumann, 6 James Bailey, 7 Ashton Missin (C), 8 Victor Musa, 9 Gabriele Biancheri, 10 James Scanlon, 11 Edward Ibrovic-Fletcher, 12 Jacob Watson
Featured picture Lewis Storey by way of Getty Photographs
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