
Exceptuando a los lesionados (Ferdinand, Owen, Nani y
Hagreaves), todos los jugadores estuvieron disponibles para el partido. En este partido pudimos jugar contra un rival de calidad como es el Celtic, donde Ferguson pudo probar jugadores jóvenes como Evans, Obertan, "Kiko" Macheda o uno de los últimos fichajes: Chris Smalling, la actuación del ultimo me dejo un sabor amargo por ese penal a Giorgios Samaras, que termino en el 1 a 1 en ese momento, errores como esos son aceptables en la Pre-Temporada pero en la Premier League o en Champions, un error como ese puede hacernos perder el partido e incluso el titulo. Desde mi punto de vista, Berbatov fue el mejor jugador en un partido muy gris, en verdad pude ver a ese elegante delantero que brillo en White Hart Lane de nuevo. Una victoria cómoda pero nada para ilusionarse.
El segundo partido fue ante el Philadelphia Union. El equipo local nos dio un partido muy duro, donde nos pudo haber marcado un gol de no ser por los fallos de sus delanteros. Uno que no me ha terminado de convencer es Evans, quien debería ser el sucesor de Rio en la central pero todavía lo veo algo nervioso en ciertas jugadas. A pesar del dominio Estadounidense, pudo salir la calidad de jóvenes promesas como el delantero Danny Welbeck y extremo francés Gabriel Obertan, quienes causaron casi todas las ocasiones de peligro, el ultimo marco el gol del triunfo, en una victoria uno a cero.

El partido mas decepcionante hasta ahora, el que jugamos contra el Kansas City Wizards. Mostramos una debilidad en la zona defensiva que no debemos permitir en la temporada, fueron esos errores los que causaron el primer gol del Kansas City. Después de ese gol reaccionamos y gracias a una acción individual de Berbatov, se nos dio un penal a favor que el búlgaro definió con la clase que lo distingue. Casi al final del primer tiempo, se nos adelanta el Kansas con un gol de cabeza que demuestra lo mal que estuvo nuestra defensa en este juego. La segunda mitad fue mas de lo mismo, nada sobresaliente aparte de algunos tiros de nuestra parte.
Y finalmente, el partido contra el All-Stars Team. Estaba esperando ver a algunos jóvenes y Fergurson me dio el placer de ver a los Obertan, Gibson, Rafael, "Kiko" Macheda y Cleverley contra lo mejor de la MLS, incluyendo a la leyenda de Boca Juniors, Barros Schelotto y dos conocidos del Manchester, Juan Pablo Angel y Landon Donovan. El partido comenzó excelente con el oportunismo de Macheda en un error defensivo del rival para marcar el uno a cero antes de que pasara el minuto de juego. Durante todo el partido pudimos dominar sin mucho esfuerzo al rival y cercano a los 12 minutos de juego, "Kiko" Macheda apareció de nuevo con un gol de cabeza. Macheda me gusto mucho en este juego porque marco las que le dieron. Otro que me gusto fue Rafael, quien lleva demostrando desde la temporada pasada que puede ser el sucesor de Gary Neville en el lateral derecho. En el segundo tiempo, el All-Stars Team tomo control del partido y marcar el gol del dos a uno pero después aparecieron Gibson, con un tiro libro espectacular y Cleverley, con una jugada individual magistral para sentenciar el juego. Javier Hernandez hizo su debut y a pesar de marcar un gol de buena factura, no ha terminado de demostrar cualidades para ser considerado entre las primeras opciones de Sir Alex, antes que el se deben considerar las actuaciones de jóvenes como Cleverley y Welbeck (Quienes se Irán cedidos, según Ferguson) o Gibson, Obertan y "Kiko" Macheda, el ultimo demostró ser mas completo que Hernandez. Se hablara del mexicano pero se debe saber que hay otros jóvenes con mayor talento y proyección en el club.
Todavía queda un ultimo juego de Pre-Temporada, contra el Chivas de México para estrenar su nuevo estadio, el Omnilife. La Pre-Temporada en general me deja un buen sabor de boca ya que ganamos casi todos los juegos y varios jugadores de futuro demostraron su calidad, el cual es el objetivo general en estas giras.
Nota: Perdón por no actualizar en un tiempo pero quería cubrir toda la gira en Estados Unidos en un solo post.
With almost all of his players training, except the ones that played in the World Cup, Sir Alex Ferguson and his staff are doing the preparations for the Pre-Season. It has already been the location for the tour: United States, where the club will
play several Friendly Matches against a few teams of the MLS, including the All-Stars Team and Celtic Glasgow. Different to previous Pre-Season , this is a country with a quality league, the MLS has grown a lot and we have to work hard to win in this matches, which is a good news because we want the team ready for the Community Shield.





Excepting the players with injuries (Ferdinand, Owen, Nani and Hargreaves), all the players were available for the match. In this game we played against a quality rival such as the Celtic, where Ferguson tried young prospects like Evans, Obertan, "Kiko" Macheda or one of the last signings: Chris Smalling, the performance of the last one didn't please because of that penalty to Giorgios Samaras, that ended up equaling the score 1 on 1 in that moment, mistakes like that are aceptable in the Pre-Season but in the Premier League or in Champions, a mistake like that one can cost us the match or even the Trophy. From my point of view, Berbatov was the best player in a gray match of the Red Devils, I actually saw that elegant Striker that shinned in White Hart Lane again. An easy victory but nothing to dream about.
The second match was against the Philadelphia Union. The local team really gave us a hard time, where they could had score if it weren't for their strikers' mistakes. A player that doesn't end to convince me is Evans, who should be Rio's successor in the center of the defense but I still see him somewhat nervous while defending. Despite of the american control, the quality of young players like the Striker Danny Welbeck and the french Right-Back Gabriel Obertan came out to the surface, these two cause pretty much all our oportunities to score and Obertan scored the winning goal, in a 1-0 victory.

The most disappoiment match so far, the one that we played against the Kansas City Wizards. We showed a weakness in the defensive area that we can't allow in the season, were those mistakes that made Kansas City's first goal. After that goal we react and thanks to an individual move of Berbatov, we were granted a penalty kick, which the Bulgarian striker scored with the elegance that distinguishes him. Almost at the end of the first half, Kansas scored their second goal of the match with a head strike that showed how bad was our defense in this game. The second half was more of the same, nothing outstanding besides of some shots of our side.
And finally, the match against the All-Stars Team. I wanted to see some youngs players and Ferguson granted me the pleasure to see Obertan, Gibson, Rafael, "Kiko" Macheda and Cleverley against the best of the MLS, including Boca Juniors' legend, Barros Schelotto and two United familiars, Juan Pablo Angel and Landon Donovan. The match couldn't start better with Macheda's opportunism in a defensive mistake of the rival to score the first goal in the first minute of game. During the whole match we were in control of the game without too much effort and close to the 12 minutes of game, "Kiko" Macheda appear again with a head strike. I really like Macheda in this game because he scored the chances that he had. Another one that I liked was Rafael, who's proving since the last season that he can be Gary Neville's successor in the right side of the defense. On the second half, the All-Stars Team took control of the match and scored the 2-1 but after that appear Gibson, with a wonderful free kick and Cleverley, with a magival move to end the match. Javier Hernandez made his debut and despite he scored a goal of nice quality, he doesn't prove to have the quality to be in Sir Alex's first choices, before him the staff have to consider the performances of players such as Cleverley and Welbeck (They will go on loan, according to Ferguson) or Gibson, Obertan and "Kiko" Macheda, the last one proved to be much more complete than Hernandez. There will be discussions about the mexican player but people have to know that we have young players with much more talent and future in the club.
We still have one Pre-Season match left, against the Chivas of Mexico to open their new stadium, the Omnilife. The Pre-Season, overrall, leaves me with a good taste of mouth because we won almost all the games and several young players showed their quality, which is the general objective in these tours.
Note: Sorry for not update in a while but I wanted to cover the whole tour in USA in just one post.
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