Embarrassing defeat and bizarre parade - inside Man Utd's troubled trip
Embarrassing defeat and bizarre parade - inside Man Utd's
troubled trip
Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim speaks to the media after his side's 3-1 win over Hong Kong
"As a player, and I have been there, they probably need this like a hole in the head."
Hong Kong coach Ashley Westwood was blunt and to the point when speaking about Manchester United's post-season tour of Asia.
As an FA Youth Cup winner with United in 1995 - and someone who worked for the club's in-house television channel MUTV during a recent pre-season trip to Perth - Westwood has an understanding of the pressures and demands associated with being a player for the 20-time English champions.
While publicly United's players talked up their post-season trip to Asia and privately officials have praised the way they carried out a mountain of commercial demands, Westwood said no-one should be in any doubt about the reality of the situation. /p>
"No-one says it on the record because they can't, but fans and sponsors pay wages and this trip is all about revenues," he said.িিববিবুআবিনিগিবনওিগ
At half-time in Hong Kong, as United trailed 1-0 to the national side 153rd in Fifa's rankings, the tour looked to be going from bad to worse.মডজডহডহডজডজডজড
Two youngsters signed from Arsenal this season - striker Chido Obi and defender Ayden Heaven - scored the second-half goals that brought a below-capacity crowd at a rain-soaked Hong Kong stadium to life - and at least allowed United to head into the summer on a winning note.https://www.profitableratecpm.com/yfhqidfe?key=20e8da1ebdb96889a61bcab1f1c2e7bf
Whether the trip itself was a success is another matter.
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