Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic warms up before their pre-season friendly soccer match against Galatasaray at Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden, Saturday, July 30, 2016.
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He wowed the crowd in his homeland by scoring an overhead kick from Antonio Valencia’s right-wing cross, watching the ball bounce past goalkeeper Fernando Muslera.
In his debut with Manchester United, Zlatan Ibrahimovic impressed early with a scissor-kick goal.
Despite their lightning start, United found themselves trailing at half time thanks to goals from Sinan Gumus and Bruma, the latter curling an unstoppable shot past David de Gea and into the far corner.
The England forward came on at half-time and was impressive, winning a penalty, which was scored by Wayne Rooney to give United a 3-2 lead.
The Red Devils manager also stated that he is delighted with the spirit and the atmosphere amongst the squad as the reds now prepare for Rooney’s testimonial match, which will be Mourinho’s first match as United boss at Old Trafford.
Bailly looks good, but the defence has a way to goSet pieces were a point of weakness for this United team a year ago, and one of Galatasaray’s two goals came from an in-swinging free kick.
There is something big on the go, it’s going to be very interesting this year. “Let us say that if Pogba comes too, it’s going to be very interesting”, he added with a smile.
“It was my first game and right now it’s important to build up my physique and stamina”. You can not do it with 11 players. We lost a week in China and some of the boys who played today, they trained for two days.
“The squad is very competitive and very important for the season”.
“The most important thing was to play, to give minutes to the players”, he told MUTV. There’s not a lot of time to work, to change, to make a couple of new ideas and new principles of play. “There’s no need to rush into anything – I’m taking my time, taking it steady”.
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“Jose’s job is to win the title, but I hope Rashford plays”, said Allardyce.
