Manchester United vs Bodø/Glimt: Europa League – live | Europa League

Half-time reading:

Half time: Manchester United 2:2 Bodo/Glimt

GOAL! Mazraoui sends a cross into the penalty area, Hojlund has a wonderful first touch and shoots volleys into the corner despite having little space to maneuver.

GOAL! Manchester United 2:2 Bodo/Glimt (Hojlund, 45)

43 mins: Garnacho wins a corner on the left. Mount goes over to take it. The cross hits everyone, but Bjortuft is confused and unnecessarily hits it for someone else. Malacia is the man who can take it from the right… but it’s settled.

41 mins: United have a good period of possession but are struggling to find a gap in the Bodo defence. The Norwegians have 11 men behind the ball.

On the right, Antony shows some skill in beating a man and delivering a pass. Malacia sends a pass to Fernandes, but his shot is weak.

Haikin is finally called into action when a defender turns a cross from Garnacho towards his own goal.

39 minutes: Malacia hits a cross at the back post, but is more likely to sneak in than find a teammate.

Savage keeps pointing out that he should have a job higher up…

37 mins: Amorim gives a lot of instructions on the sidelines. Savage says it will take Amorim 18 months to clean up this mess on the team. Good luck, Ruben.

35 minutes: Robbie Savage spends his time co-communicating and explains that none of the United squads are suited to playing in this formation. It’s pretty entertaining from Savage (for once).

33 minutes: Antony has the chance to run at Gundersen, but goes straight into the defender before falling over. He stands up and keeps the ball, only to see his shot blocked.

31 mins: Hojlund definitely does everything he can to put Bodo’s central defenders under a lot of pressure. He almost catches Bjortuft, but the defender brings the ball back to the goalkeeper just in time.

Helmersen is booked for a foul on Fernandes. It seems a bit harsh for a first offense.

29 mins: Bodo/Glimt certainly know their roles. Knutsen has trained her well, although it helps that he has been training her for years.

27 mins: It could be 3:1! Evjen is found by Björkan in the penalty area, but he leans back slightly and his shot goes over the crossbar.

25 minutes: Amorim recognizes how difficult it is to dramatically change tactics at a mid-table Premier League club.

GOAL! A long ball is played into Malacia who doesn’t react in time and Zinckernagel overtakes him in the race to reach the ball in the penalty area, he takes a touch or two and shoots it past Onana.

GOAL! Manchester United 1-2 Bodo/Glimt (Zinckernagel, 23)

22 mins: United will now be even more frustrated at their failure to convert their chances. Amorim will also be wondering how Evjen had so much space on the edge of the penalty area.

Malacia hits a cross that Haikin claims and drops to the ground. I’m not sure they need to slow down a bit now.

GOAL! The Norwegians get the ball into the penalty area for the first time in a long time. Fet holds it up and sets up the shot for Evjen, who sprints to the edge of the penalty area from where he fires a miracle strike into the top corner.

GOAL! Manchester United 1-1 Bodo/Glimt (Evjen, 19)

18 mins: Fernandes shoots from distance, but his shot goes wide of the post. There’s unity at the moment, and Amorim is pacing the sideline, waiting for a second.

16 mins: Garnacho shoots into the box and pulls it back to Mount in space, but Haikin is equal to the shot. A few moments later, the goalkeeper is asked to make a similar attempt to Fernandes. United look lively in the final third, which is fairly new for them.

In the corner at Old Trafford there is a sea of ​​yellow and the Bodo fans are jumping.

14 mins: Antony gets his first chance to do something meaningful, but instead of playing a clever pass to Mount in the box, he sends him backwards.

12 minutes: Zinckernagel receives a pass on the edge of the box and moves the ball quickly to beat a few defenders, but he gets off balance as he shoots, causing the shot to trickle towards the goal.

10 minutes: Knutsen also stands on the sidelines and takes lots of notes as he plans his way back into this game. With their own intensity and constant pressing, his team does their part to make the game a game.

8 minutes: Björkan uses the space offered to him on the left to get into the penalty area, but his cross is cleared for a corner. Some promising signs for Bodo. The attack causes Amorim to jump off the bench and head to the technical area.

6 minutes: Haikin has a fairly well-rounded character and is actually a British citizen, having spent much of his youth in the country. He cannot imagine making such a mistake when returning to his “homeland.”

4 minutes: It looks like United are a bit more energetic than they were in the Ten Hag era. They are making great efforts to put pressure on the opposition.

GOAL! Haikin lets a back pass roll over him, Hojlund puts him under pressure and blocks the free throw, which ends up at Garnacho, who taps it into the empty net.

GOAL! Manchester United 1-0 Bodo/Glimt (Garnacho, 1)

1 minute: Malacia’s first intervention is to give the ball away unnecessarily in their own half to give Bodo the chance to counterattack. They reach the edge of the box but are stopped.

Start

Amorim comes out of the tunnel and shouts “Oh Ruben!” Ruben! Ruben!’.

Emails from Kevin Wilson: “If Amorim Mount can get anywhere close to his Chelsea best then that would be a huge bonus. He is still young and, despite some difficult years, still very talented. Whether he works better as one of the deeper midfielders or in the front three remains to be seen, but if he can stay fit he will provide the manager with options.”

Amorim: “I’m really calm, I’m expecting a good game, a good environment, I feel the connection with the fans. I expect the team to show different things, we have to improve.”

About Malacia: “He’s an international player, he plays for the national team there, he’s very aggressive, he played 45 minutes for the U21s and he’s ready.”

On Antony: “He has to be ready, he will play the position he has for a long time, he still has a lot to do defensively, but otherwise it is the same position.”

It’s six changes since Amorim after his first game at Ipswich. I’m fascinated to see how he uses Antony. The Brazilian is truly Last Chance Saloon as he was the worst signing in the club’s history.

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