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Chicago Fires 1-3 Manchester United: Rooney, Nani great-chip
Manchester United back to win in pre-season tour in the United States. Facing Chicago Fires, 'Red Devils' win with a score of 3-1.
In a match that took place in Chicago on Saturday (23/07/2011), MU lower number of new recruits, including goalkeeper David De Gea, who had given holiday after playing in the UEFA European Under-21.
Shown also a number of young players like Tom Cleverley, Chris Smalling, and Danny Welbeck in this game. However, the Red Devils perform below par in the first half.
Chicago's first lead in the 13th minute after Patrice Evra doing violations. Executed free kick by Marco Pappa was greeted with a header by Cory Gibbs.
Next Chicago several times to pressure the Premier League title defense last season. Several times MU's defense is also translucent. However, poor finishing plus some rescue of De Gea make secure Chelsea's goal.
New in the second half rose MU. The entry of a number of major players, like Wayne Rooney and Nani, makes the game changed direction. Rooney finally equalized to 1-1 in 66 minutes. Lobnya kick past the keeper managed to Chicago, Josip Mikulic.
Rafael da Silva, who signed to replace Smalling, reverse it 2-1 on 75 minutes. Brazilian Gol was created through a leg kick before he left after receiving a pass from Nani.
Nani finally complete the MU to 3-1 victory in 82 minutes with defender Chicago capitalized on a mistake. The Portuguese midfielder then kick off his right foot from inside the penalty box and picked up the ball from Mikulic force in goal for the third time.
Until the game ended 3-1 to Manchester United victory remained unchanged. This was the third victory in the MU pre-season tour in the U.S.. Previously, the direction of Sir Alex Ferguson's squad was a 4-1 victory over the New England Revolutions and 7-0 over the Seattle Sounders.
Furthermore, Manchester United will face the MLS All-Stars and Barcelona.
Team Line-ups:
CHICAGO FIRE: Segares, Gibbs, Cuesta, Anibaba, Paladini, Nyarko. Pause, Pappa, Nazarit, Oduro... Subs: Robinson, Mikulic, Ristic, Bone, Videira, Pantazopoulos, Husidic, Barouch, Ferrari, Grazzini, Banner.
MANCHESTER UTD: De Gea, Jones, Fabio, Evra, Smalling, Cleverley, Carrick, Obertan, Welbeck, Berbatov, Diouf... Subs: Rooney, Owen, Evans, Rafael, Park, Giggs, Anderson, Lindegaard, Young, Nani, Macheda.
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