Manchester United (Red Devils) | Special Thread

[h=1]United 7 LA Galaxy 0[/h] [h=2]Manchester United kicked off the new era under Louis van Gaal with a 7-0 hammering of LA Galaxy at the Rose Bowl to claim victory in the Chevrolet Cup.[/h]The Reds were deserved winners on the night thanks to three braces from Wayne Rooney, youngster Reece James and Ashley Young and a fine strike from Danny Welbeck.
Van Gaal picked a strong starting XI for his first match in charge, the opening game of Tour 2014 presented by Aon, and opted for a tried and tested formula from his time with the Netherlands of three centre-backs with Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans and Phi Jones. Antonio Valencia and debutant Luke Shaw played the roles of wingbacks. Captain-for-the-night Darren Fletcher sat in midfield alongside another debutant Ander Herrera and a slightly advance Juan Mata, with Rooney and Welbeck ahead of them up front to complete a 3-5-2 formation.
The Reds came flying out of the blocks with Mata and Welbeck both testing goalkeeper Galaxy Jaime Penedo inside eight minutes. Mata saw his dipping shot well tipped over, before Penedo saved smartly from Welbeck.
At the other end David De Gea thwarted Gyasi Zardes, before the Reds made the breakthrough on 13 minutes. Mata made his way forward but was up-ended. The referee waved play on allowing Welbeck to latch on to the ball and fired an excellent 25-yard strike in off the post.
The Reds doubled the advantage on 42 minutes when AJ Delagarza was rightly punished for a deliberate handball which stopped Valencia's right-wing cross and Rooney converted with aplomb from the spot.


The victory was all but sealed in first-half injury-time when Herrera found Welbeck on the right. His low centre was completely missed by Tommy Meyer allowing Rooney free licence to bundle the ball home from close range.
Wholesale changes followed at the break with nine switches for the Reds and four for the Galaxy. One of United's changes included James who made his mark on 62 minutes. Young, another second half addition, received the ball down the right and his pin-point cross picked out James to slide home a lovely left-foot finish into the corner.
Even with Robbie Keane and Landon Donovan in their ranks, Galaxy, currently in the middle of the MLS season, offered little in attack allowing the Reds to stay in cruise control for the majority of the second period.
The impressive Herrera had a chance to mark his first-team bow with a goal but his header, from a Rafael cross, was straight at Penedo. Shinji Kagawa flashed a curling effort just wide as we entered the final 10 minutes, before James made it five on 84 minutes with a superb finish. In the build-up Herrera had slotted a fine pass through to Young whose shot was saved by Penedo, but the ball dropped to James who coolly floated the ball into the empty net.
Young netted twice in quick succession in the final stages with two excellent finishes.
It was a great work's night for van Gaal and his men with the display and result offering plenty of positives. Next stop for United now is Denver where AS Roma lie in wait.
 
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1: Lindegaard; 2-Rafael, 4-Keane M, 5-Fletcher, 3-Blackett, 9-James; 10-Kagawa, 6-Cleverley, 8-Herrera; 11-Nani, 7-Young
 
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Louis van Gaal praises ''beautiful'' Man United performance as he promises to stick with new 3-5-2 formation


Louis van Gaal praises ''beautiful'' Man United performance as he promises to stick with new 3-5-2 formation - Mirror Online
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Louis van Gaal last night insisted he will stick with the 3-5-2 system that brought him a "fantastic" 7-0 win in his first game in charge of Manchester United.
The Dutchman led his side to a comfortable victory over the MLS outfit, with Wayne Rooney, Ashley Young and Reece James all bagging braces.
And the former Netherlands boss believes his charges got off to the best possible start in their new shape:
“The result always matters," revealed the 62-year-old. "With such a result you get confidence and confidence in a new system.
“We introduced a new system and played just two times on the training pitch eleven v eleven. It is no so much, but the boys are willing to pick up the information.
“It is fantastic how they have performed today."

With a glut of internationals in his squad, Van Gaal and his coaching staff have been forced to work without their full compliment of players so far in pre-season. Nevertheless, the new United coach remained happy - if not a little surprised - with his side after such a comfortable win.
“Last week, ten players who played tonight were not even in our training complex.
“But when you see us train, you can expect something but not 7-0. It was a surprise, but they were also beautiful goals.
“It was not just the goals, but the beautiful attacks."
New signings Luke Shaw and Ander Herrera both started in the Dutchman's new-look 3-5-2 shape, with the latter particularly impressing, and Van Gaal insists he had no time to waste in switching formations - even if the unbalanced squad he inherited makes things tricky.

“When you want to change a system, you must start at once. We don’t have time to prepare for other things.
“The other system they can play is 4-3-3 and they have played it for many years.
“I can change back if the system doesn’t work. With the quality of the players we have, I can play 4-3-3 with three strikers on the bench, bit I want to play with two strikers.
“We have four number tens, so the selection is not balanced in my eyes. I have decided to play this system because of the quality of the players.
"But if we lose, I can change back to another system.”
When I see my team playing a new system, it is better to win 7-0 than to lose because the players will then doubt the system.
“But now I don’t have that problem.”
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