MANCHESTER UNITED 3 ROONEY (36, 45), MATA (39) AS ROMA 2 PJANIC (75), TOTTI (89) United 3 Roma 2 Manchester United made a winning start to the International Champions Cup with an entertaining victory over AS Roma in Denver. All three of the Reds’ goals at the Sports Authority Field came in the first half; Wayne Rooney netted twice to make it four goals in two games on tour, sandwiching a Juan Mata effort. Roma substitute Miralem Pjanic pulled one back after the break with a spectacular strike from well inside his own half, and Francesco Totti added a late penalty, but United held out for a satisfactory three points in this pre-season tournament. While the Italians posed a much stiffer challenge than LA Galaxy had three days earlier, United were still good value for the win, despite Roma’s second-half rally. United again lined up in a 3-4-1-2, with Tyler Blackett, the only Red to play 90 minutes, and Reece James, who scored twice against the Galaxy, starting in defence and on the left wing respectively. Tom Cleverley was captain before being replaced with 20 minutes left.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 02:49:43 +0000
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