“It was a good game against Manchester United and a great feeling”.
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The Spain worldwide also talked up the arrival of Ibrahimovic, who will begin pre-season training in Manchester on Sunday after joining the club as a free agent following four successful seasons with Paris Saint-Germain.
Rojo was signed by Louis van Gaal in August 2014 for 16million from Sporting Lisbon after impressive his impressive performances against Holland at the World Cup, but he hasn’t lived up to expectations at Old Trafford.
Man U v BORManchester United haven’t been their best in the last three seasons that they have played after the retirement of their manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who ended his 26-year career at the club.
United’s next friendly is in Beijing against Manchester City, who then travel onto Shenzhen to face Dortmund – a match Tuchel’s side approach in fine fettle.
With all the interest in Ibrahimovic, Mourinho was able to lure him to Old Trafford in an attempt to win the Premier League, a title the Swede is yet to challenge for.
Ousmane Dembele has quickly been tipped to be as successful in his debut season with Dortmund as fellow Frenchman Anthony Martial was with United last season.
“But obviously they have a lot of talent as well, so it is not just about the togetherness of a team like Leicester, they actually play well together, have a lot of talented players in their team, so they deserved it”, the six-time EPL victor said. The body is different, the mind is different and the timing to have holidays and even things you don’t know, and don’t have to know, is to prepare in a different way like we do at training level.
The one piece of good news for the team will be that former Dortmund man Henrikh Mkhitaryan opened his account with Manchester United, scoring the lone goal for his new team.
“I think in pre-season the team that wins is always the team that is in an advanced stage of the preparation”, Mourinho told MUTV. However, though the red of United fans easily outnumbered the yellow of Dortmund, the Shanghai Stadium was far from full, as it was when United played in the city in 1999 and 2012. “I think he’s going to be a very important player for me and no problem for him”.
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“It’s the next game, we will see what happens against this team”, Aubameyang added. “I think we have lots of quality in attack to produce good football and score goals”.
