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July 14, 2011 12:45 AM BST
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
July 14, 2011 12:45 AM BST
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
New England Revolution 1-4 Manchester United: Macheda, Owen & Park give Ashley Young a victory to savour on his debut
Winger's first game for the Red Devils ended on a positive note as they managed to put four past their opponents and register a victory in their first game of pre-season
By Adithya Ananth
Wayne Rooney of Manchester United and Franco Coria of New England Revolution (Getty Images)
Manchester United began their pre-season on a bright note, beating New England Revolution thanks to a brace from Federico Macheda and one each from Michael Owen and Park Ji-Sung.
The game was the first of the 2011 World Football Challenge, which also features Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus and Manchester City among other teams.| Bet: | Returns: | New England Revolution £670.00 | Draw £65.00 | San Jose Earthquakes £10.50 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | New England Revolution £290.00 | Draw £50.00 | San Jose Earthquakes £12.00 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | New England Revolution £22.00 | Draw £33.00 | San Jose Earthquakes £32.50 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | New England Revolution £21.00 | Draw £32.50 | San Jose Earthquakes £33.50 |
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The match at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, saw Ashley Young make his first appearance for his new club since moving to Old Trafford from Aston Villa.
The Red Devils managed to begin the game by dominating possession, with the hosts seeing very little of the ball during the first 10 minutes. But as time passed, the American side managed to slowly settle down and keep Sir Alex Ferguson's men from taking the lead.
With a little over 20 minutes having been played, Pat Phelan's effort from outside the box was saved at the bottom left corner. And at the other end, Dimitar Berbatov fired a shot off target.
The visitors were putting in a strong performance and creating enough chances, but were having trouble in the attacking third of the pitch as they were unable to put the ball in the net. Berbatov, Fabio, Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick all saw their shots go wide of the mark within a span of seven minutes.
The two teams went into the break level, and Sir Alex brought on Owen and Macheda for Rooney and Berbatov for the second half.
Owen managed to give his side the lead within a matter of minutes, as he converted an assist from Carrick to send the ball into the bottom right-hand corner of the net.
Less than five minutes had passed when Macheda joined in on the action, as he capitalised on another good pass from Carrick to put the ball past the goalkeeper.
It was beginning to rain goals at the Gillette Stadium as a free kick from Benny Feilhaber took a wild deflection from Mansally to give Steve Nicol's charges something to cheer about.
A little past the hour mark, Rafael sent in a cross that took a deflection and fell into the path of Macheda, and the Italian hitman had no trouble letting loose a left-footed shot to put his side 3-1 up.
The 19-year-old had a chance to net a hat-trick as Young sent in a cross, but the final effort was found wanting as the shot was off target.
As if to showcase their experience, Ryan Giggs and Park combined superbly as the South Korean added another goal to make the inevitable victory all the more emphatic.
As the referee brought the game to a halt, United had entertained over 50,000 fans and managed to get a good start to their pre-season.
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