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“They were lucky to win tonight,” Marco Silva he said after Fulham‘s 1-0 defeat from Manchester United. As pointy as this sound – although it was nothing in comparison with that Ruben Amorim‘s comments around Marcus Rashford – He did not agree to the United Manager. The difference was that Amorim said that his team was credited with “so much luck” after so many matches where “opposite”. Maybe he will finally think things are going in accordance with United. Elimination, decision, result. Maybe even run. This victory, thanks Lisandro MartinezIts wildly redirected strike, it even seems to interrupt the January cycle of boom-decay where each positive immediately followed negative. Amorim now won two games in 10. For the first time in 10. It still didn’t happen to the League, but it also touches up the spread of this victory: gives hope, constantly increasing confidence a little more. “Let’s get this feeling into the next match,” said Amorim.
However, it would not be united now without some other titles. Although Amorim acted contentedly and relaxed after the game, even joking about his 40. Birthday makes it as his 50th, shocked everything in Fulham media room with his strongest comments on Rashford so far. After the game where the United lacked the attack again, Portuguese, of course, asked if his national team player from England would ever return to the side. Rashford has been missing 11 games.
However, Amorim did not leave anyone in doubt about his feelings. He said he would rather put his 63-year-old Goldens’ Coach Jorge Vital on the bench than a player who doesn’t “give maximum.”
“The reason is always the same,” said Amorim to the question. “The reason is the training, the way I see what a football player needs to do. In training, in life and that every day, every detail. So if things don’t change, I won’t change. “
Amorim was then asked to clarify whether Rashford would face the same situation if he is still in United at the end of the window.
“The situation is the same for each player. If you work maximum, if you do the right things, we can use each player. And you can see that today on the bench – we miss some tempo, to change the game, move some figures, but I prefer so. I’ll put Vital before I put a player who don’t give a maximum every day, so I won’t change in that. “
There is a danger of a real deadline, because Rhishford wants only to the club that he believes that he suits him, and they are currently just Juventus and Barcelona. These others cannot even compose the job this January because of their own financial problems.
It wasn’t the only controversy of the evening.
Fulham could claim that Martinez’s effort should not have happened at all. Before His Hit in 78. Minute, the Argentine could have been excluded for a hit with two legs like Adama Traore Running on a goal. The explanation was that he did not reach the threshold for the entry of VAR, but it is difficult to know what the defender thought when he entered. There was a similar moment against Daichi Kamada from Crystal Palace earlier in the season, which also passed unpunished.
Marko Silva said he did not see that. Amorim was easier, but also defended his player.
“I can’t spend two months saying we have to be too aggressive and fight more, then say Licha doesn’t fight. It is important that Licha does not want to hurt another player. He is committed. “
Then he stayed and let him fly.
There was something more significant about goal, accordingly how it was one of the few moments of action in the game and relevant to the situation in Rashford. It was the first blow to United in the goal, and it is even open as it was necessary that the Defender’s touch was needed to be inserted into the network. Marco Silva brought that statistics after the game.
This reflects the remaining and consistent issues. Amorim does not have this attack or close to what he wants from him. It is worrying the fact that they play so long in matches without testing the goalkeepers. It has all the features of a manager who tries to impose structure, and the team gradually learns to be internalizing. However, it can be a slow process, as we have seen. Some of them are actually reminiscent of Chelsea Maurizi Sarri.
Therefore, United fees for the pace in front, but Amorim obviously won’t use Rashford in recent time. At least without “change,” as he says that.
That’s why his side will be even more dependent Amad Diallo For that edition. The Bjelokostinac has reached a late goal again here, but it was excluded because it was partially strayed in offside. He could pass badly with greater support. Rasmus Hojlund is struggling right now. Joshua Zirkzee at least showed a good game about after entering. Still, United is obviously a need for more forces and magic.
Traore could even be considered a dominant attacker in the game, given how his races stretched the terrain so and persistently changed the tone of the game.
These intrusions have led to another moment of happiness for United, but also aid. In the last moments, Joachim Andersen He turned a precise blow to his head towards Naked, for Toby Collyer to walk away almost behind the line. The teammates congratulated energetically as if it was a goal.
Felt like more. She secured a victory, which was too much needed.
They are so thin margins. Amorim will feel that they need it. They need more, because now he’s getting closer to the last week Transition period where much can happen.