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It was premiere day yesterday for Rúben Amorim. Arrived for about two weeks at the head of Manchester United, the former coach of Sporting CP passed the fire test on the lawn of Ipswich Town. After spending the first days acclimatizing to his new team, the 39-year-old coach made him assimilate his playing ideas and his philosophy. A process that will take time and which needed an initial evaluation. And the least we can say is that the start was perfect.
On a good tumble on the right side from Amad Diallo, Marcus Rashford emerged to score at the near post (2nd, 0-1). An advantage which will not hold until the break since the equalizer will come from Omari Hutchinson (43rd, 1-1). Sometimes criticized by a promoted player who pressed high and disrupted the 3-4-3 set up by Ruben Amorim, Manchester United also showed some interesting sequences, but this was not enough to obtain a first victory and ideally launch this new cycle.
Ruben Amorim thinks it will take time
Especially since goalkeeper André Onana delivered a good match by delaying the Tractor Boys’ return to the scoreboard. And Ruben Amorim is well aware that the draw was achieved largely thanks to the performance of the Cameroonian goalkeeper and warned the fans that they would have to expect to see Manchester United suffer for a while: “ I know it’s frustrating for the fans, but we’re changing so many things right now with a lot of games coming up. We are going to suffer for a long time and we are going to try to win games, it will take time. We have to win games, but we could have lost without Onana. So I think we need to understand that and think and be pragmatic because these guys have had two days to practice to change this many things. »
If he is happy with the desire of his group to apply its ideas, the former Sporting CP knows that his team needs continuity to best reproduce the basic plan: “ It’s hard to expect anything now. It’s not a surprise, but you have to see it in a match. That’s why I was a little worried, because you can’t understand what’s going to happen in a match. That’s what I felt. They tried, they thought too much during the match and that’s normal. We start very well, but then we should have had more possession, kept the ball and sometimes we had the ball in defense and the rest of the guys were too stuck because they were wondering where they should be. »
Rúben Amorim did not want to overwhelm his players, quite the contrary, he knows that his recent arrival did not allow them to move forward very quickly, especially since many internationals were busy during the international break. He also maintained that his idea was the right one and that it will pay off, even if it will surely take time: “ It’s difficult for players to cope with everything in three days, but we are not going to forget the new idea. I think that’s why I was brought here in the middle of the season and we’re trying to deal with the things they’re used to. Next year, at the same stage, either we will be there with the same problems or we start now, we risk a little, we suffer a little and next year we will be better at this stage, so we have to take a bit of risk. » Rúben Amorim announced the color and the next few weeks for Manchester United could be complicated…
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