On a chilly day in Yokohama, almost 75,000 fans turned up, in a sold out stadium, for the 3rd game of the Man Utd tour . Yokohama F.Marinos were only half way through their season so they were 100% full of fitness. Moyes and the United lads knew that this would be a great test of fitness for the upcoming season.
The starting lineups were as followed, for YOKOHAMA : ENOMOTO, DUTRA, AGUIAR, TASHIRO, KOBAYASHI, SATO, NAKAMACHI, HYODO, NAKAMURA, TOMISAWA, MARQUINHOS.and the Man United lineup: DE GEA, EVRA, FABIO, EVANS, JONES, ZAHA, LINGARD, ANDERSON, CLEVERLY, JANUZAJ, VAN PERSIE. A disaster start for Man United as Evra makes a wrong pass straight to a Yokohama player who has a long shot at De Gea who pulls of a magnificent save . The ball falls to a Yokohama player who headed it across to Marquinhos who slotted it into the back of the net! 1-0 to Yokohama 27 seconds in! All round it was a very sloppy first 10 minutes. Too many mistakes at the back. Then in the 13th minute Januzaj clears the ball off the line ! It should really be 2-0 to Yokohama! De gea has made 2 superb saves now! In the 20th minute Lingard scores ! 1-1! Great work from Man United on the break, Zaha steps round the defender and puts it across the box, the Yokohama defender got to it but Jesse Lingard scored on the rebound! Game on! Ever since that goal United were playing very deep until in the 30th min, Januzaj whips in a free kick and it comes off the defender of Yokohama who tries to get it off the line but couldn't quite get to it quick enough. Goes down as an own goal. Yokohama 1-2 Man United! Man United played a professional performance since then with some good efforts and at HT it ended 2-1 to Man United! At half time Welbeck and Young came on for Robin van Persie and Lingard.
The second half begins with Man United getting an early free kick. Young wips it in and it's headed across by Evra to Zaha who manages to put it back in the box to Evans who should of scored but it just goes wide! As kagawa starts warming up the Japanese crowd give their idol a standing ovation. A minute later , Yokohama score! Headed in by aguiar from the corner ! 2-2! Utd pushed for a third goal for a while since the equaliser , with a couple of penalty appeals . And some shots from far out. But this game was really about fitness . And then on comes Shinji kagawa! A huge reception for the Japanese sensation! He replaces Januzaj. In the 70th minute kagawa had a great chance but he blasted it straight to the keeper. The game was calming down now as both teams looked tired. In the 80 th minute, young shoots but his shot was deflected to the wrong side of the post. Many fans thought it had gone In! 3 minutes from time, disaster struck for united as Yokohama break and pass it through to fujita in the box who places it in the back of the net! 3-2! 87 minutes gone. There was five minutes added time. United pushed but not quite hard enough, as the game finished Yokohama F.Marinos 3-2 Manchester United . It was a very good test of Man United's fitness , sadly they couldn't get the win.
Substitutions: Yokohama : off: ENOMOTO ,KOBAYASHI ,TASHIRO , DUTRA, NAKAMACHI , TOMISAWA ,HYODO, NAKAMURA,SATO, MARQUINHOS
On: AMANO, OGURA, KUMAGI, HIGA, HANATO, FUJITA, NARAWA, JEONG, KIDA, RO-KUTAN.
Man United :off: EVANS, ZAHA, LINGARD, JANUZAJ, VAN PERSIE.
ON: GIGGS, SMALLING, YOUNG, WELBECK, KAGAWA
Written by @troymufc
The starting lineups were as followed, for YOKOHAMA : ENOMOTO, DUTRA, AGUIAR, TASHIRO, KOBAYASHI, SATO, NAKAMACHI, HYODO, NAKAMURA, TOMISAWA, MARQUINHOS.and the Man United lineup: DE GEA, EVRA, FABIO, EVANS, JONES, ZAHA, LINGARD, ANDERSON, CLEVERLY, JANUZAJ, VAN PERSIE. A disaster start for Man United as Evra makes a wrong pass straight to a Yokohama player who has a long shot at De Gea who pulls of a magnificent save . The ball falls to a Yokohama player who headed it across to Marquinhos who slotted it into the back of the net! 1-0 to Yokohama 27 seconds in! All round it was a very sloppy first 10 minutes. Too many mistakes at the back. Then in the 13th minute Januzaj clears the ball off the line ! It should really be 2-0 to Yokohama! De gea has made 2 superb saves now! In the 20th minute Lingard scores ! 1-1! Great work from Man United on the break, Zaha steps round the defender and puts it across the box, the Yokohama defender got to it but Jesse Lingard scored on the rebound! Game on! Ever since that goal United were playing very deep until in the 30th min, Januzaj whips in a free kick and it comes off the defender of Yokohama who tries to get it off the line but couldn't quite get to it quick enough. Goes down as an own goal. Yokohama 1-2 Man United! Man United played a professional performance since then with some good efforts and at HT it ended 2-1 to Man United! At half time Welbeck and Young came on for Robin van Persie and Lingard.
The second half begins with Man United getting an early free kick. Young wips it in and it's headed across by Evra to Zaha who manages to put it back in the box to Evans who should of scored but it just goes wide! As kagawa starts warming up the Japanese crowd give their idol a standing ovation. A minute later , Yokohama score! Headed in by aguiar from the corner ! 2-2! Utd pushed for a third goal for a while since the equaliser , with a couple of penalty appeals . And some shots from far out. But this game was really about fitness . And then on comes Shinji kagawa! A huge reception for the Japanese sensation! He replaces Januzaj. In the 70th minute kagawa had a great chance but he blasted it straight to the keeper. The game was calming down now as both teams looked tired. In the 80 th minute, young shoots but his shot was deflected to the wrong side of the post. Many fans thought it had gone In! 3 minutes from time, disaster struck for united as Yokohama break and pass it through to fujita in the box who places it in the back of the net! 3-2! 87 minutes gone. There was five minutes added time. United pushed but not quite hard enough, as the game finished Yokohama F.Marinos 3-2 Manchester United . It was a very good test of Man United's fitness , sadly they couldn't get the win.
Substitutions: Yokohama : off: ENOMOTO ,KOBAYASHI ,TASHIRO , DUTRA, NAKAMACHI , TOMISAWA ,HYODO, NAKAMURA,SATO, MARQUINHOS
On: AMANO, OGURA, KUMAGI, HIGA, HANATO, FUJITA, NARAWA, JEONG, KIDA, RO-KUTAN.
Man United :off: EVANS, ZAHA, LINGARD, JANUZAJ, VAN PERSIE.
ON: GIGGS, SMALLING, YOUNG, WELBECK, KAGAWA
Written by @troymufc