The start of the Mourinho
era is on and with a loud bang, after the Red Devils 11 showed off their new
might by completely dominating the local Cherries at Vitality Stadium.
As opening day hit
the whole of English Premier League this weekend, many squads had the
opportunity to show off their new signings in players and Managers.
This was the case for
the new Manchester United squad showing off a new eleven with new faces and
especially one very controversial one that for sure will deliver once again to this
club its long lost prestige after three enduring years of agony.
Although during Louis
Van Gaal two years in charge of this club helm, the Dutchman among his feats he
delivered a FA Shield and a brief trip to Champions League.
As the Portuguese arrival
to Old Trafford after all those years of competition against this squad, with
his Chelsea Boys, now he has a new mission to make once again a contender in his
Red Devils, who lacked a certain drive to excel.
With his all familiar
4-2-3-1 formation, Manu had the ideal game plan and very well worked wonders against
another renewed and a squad full of optimism and drive to excel in this edition
of Premiership, AFC Bournemouth.
By sending as a lone
striker the likes of Zlatan Ibramovic, the Swede really put on a show and with
his all-around energy and ultimate playing heroics during all of those ninety minutes
of play. Flanked behind him were a good trio of chaps in Ander Herrera, Wayne
Rooney and Anthony Martial.
Despite not seeing
Henrik Mkhitaryan in the initial lineup and Paul Pogba the expensive new toy
for Mou-not even suited up in the bench due to a suspension, the question will
be of when will his debut will be. As United next match at home and first one
at the Theater of Dreams, we might see the other half of the new United with the
Frenchman in the starting eleven versus a hardened Southampton squad.
Still the way this squad
played all afternoon we are seeing a sort of open competition not only for the starting
job but to show off to their new Boss what they are capable off. Going back to
the match, United played a one of a kind match and showing off their label of
all around favorites to net the league shield.
Also with a good dominance
of this match and with a tale of the tape
showing a total of 52.2% possession and outshouting along more passing and touches
to the ball, United had this game already in its pockets. This not the rival in
the Cherries of Eddie Howe were a walk in the park and this squad lacked a
fighting stance, as they did not.
It did not come easy
for United and still after a nice play; the Red Devils midfielder Juan Matta in
the 40th minute opened the score for his squad and going into
halftime with a one-goal lead.
The second time the visitor’s
strength in its eleven seen in an immediate manner when in the 59th
minute a nice pass from Martial bouncing into Rooney who head the ball out of
reach of Bournemouth’s keeper Boruc for the 2-0.
Then the Red Devils mischief
continued in the field and dominance evidently seen during this second half
came a nice shoot outside the area and the ball going into the goal corner and
the celebration for the visitor’s became eloquent for Zlatan Ibramovic elevating
himself into the air, celebrating his feat.
With the score 3-0 in
the 64th the Red Devils were poised to give their man in the posts David
De Gea a clean sheet, it’s when the home squad Boss Eddie Howe made a couple of
moves that paid off at the end.
As the revival of the
home squad was seen in the 69th minute when a combination of Lewis
Grabban who just came as a substitute of Callum Wilson started a play with just
two minutes into the game and serve a nice service to Adam Smith and beating
United keeper De Gea for the lone goal.
Despite the revival
of the Cherries and reaction to try a counter attack on the visiitors, one
thing we saw in United was his backfield and four men in Bailly, Shaw, Valencia
and Blind as the chosen ones that will become Mourinho’s ultimate selection in
its defense.
Ask that to Bournemouth’s
strikers and the way their sudden reaction in the last minutes to try to net
another set of scores, deterred by the Reed Devils defensive core and persevere
for the 3-1 win and giving hopes to many Manu followers heads up of an upcoming
dream campaign.
Glory, Glory Man
United!
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