Academy match report: Manchester United Under 18s v Nottingham Forest Under 18s
Manchester United’s Under-18s returned from the international break on Saturday morning with a home match against Nottingham Forest.
United had a young squad with many of Scotland’s leading figures among the reserves. This opened the door for numerous debuts, including Godwill Kukonki, who was involved from the start at left back. While the pitch saw new faces, the wing featured an old face in the form of Phil Jones, who was part of the coaching staff that day
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Academy match report: Manchester United Under 18s v Nottingham Forest Under 18s
written by Colm Murphy
16-09-2023
Manchester United’s Under-18s returned from the international break on Saturday morning with a home match against Nottingham Forest.
United had a young squad with many of Scotland’s leading figures among the reserves. This opened the door for numerous debuts, including Godwill Kukonki, who was involved from the start at left back. While the pitch saw new faces, the wing featured an old face in the form of Phil Jones, who was part of the coaching staff that day. There were few chances for either side in the opening quarter of an hour until a cross from Malachi Sharpe was not cleared, allowing Reece Munro to fire in from close range. But it was blocked by the goal line. Forest then threatened with a cross of their own, which was eventually fired into the side netting.
In the 23rd minute, Ruben Curley decided to shoot from distance, which was aimed at the top corner, but was deflected over the crossbar with an equally impressive save.
Curley then passed the ball inside to Sharpe, who opened up space for a shot from the edge of the area, but it was deflected. Forest’s five-man defense proved difficult to break through.
Forest showed they were still in the game when Connor Brown launched a counter-attack in the 40th minute, forcing a big save from Tom Myles.
Having controlled most of the match up to that point, fortunes changed in the final minutes of the first half when Ashton Missin, who put in a strong performance on the wing, was shown red after receiving two cards yellows within a minute. . The 17-year-old initially stopped a counter-attack to earn his first yellow card, but then immediately launched into a late challenge when play resumed, leaving the referee with no choice but to give him his marching orders.
United’s problems deepened in the 43rd minute when sloppy passes in defense sent the ball flying before Myles desperately slipped and conceded a penalty. Forest’s Brown fired into the bottom right corner to send United to the break 1-0 and down to 10 men.
The opening minutes of the second half appeared to be a landslide as Forest bombarded the United penalty area, but Adam Lawrence’s young Reds quickly found their feet and got back into it.
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Academy Match Report: Manchester United U18 2-1 Nottingham Forest U18
written by Colm Murphy
September 16, 2023
Manchester United U18s returned from the international break with a home match against Nottingham Forest on Saturday morning.
United had a young squad with many other top players away in Scotland’s under-21s, which opened the door for a number of debuts, including Godwill Kukonki, who started at l ‘back left. Although there were new faces on the field, the deceased introduced an old face in Phil Jones, who was on the coaching staff that day. There were few chances for either side in the opening quarter of an hour until a cross from Malachi Sharpe was not cleared, allowing Reece Munro to fire in from close range. But it was blocked by the goal line. Forest then threatened with a cross of their own, which was eventually fired into the side netting.
In the 23rd minute, Ruben Curley decided to shoot from distance, which was aimed at the top corner, but was deflected over the crossbar with an equally impressive save.
Curley then passed the ball inside to Sharpe, who opened up space for a shot from the edge of the area, but it was deflected. Forest’s five-man defense proved difficult to break through.
Forest showed they were still in the game when Connor Brown launched a counter-attack in the 40th minute, forcing a big save from Tom Myles.
Having controlled most of the match up to that point, fortunes changed in the final minutes of the first half when Ashton Missin, who put in a strong performance on the wing, was shown red after receiving two cards yellows within a minute. . The 17-year-old initially stopped a counter-attack to earn his first yellow card, but then immediately launched into a late challenge when play resumed, leaving the referee with no choice but to give him his marching orders.
United’s problems deepened in the 43rd minute when sloppy passes in defense sent the ball flying before Myles desperately slipped and conceded a penalty. Forest’s Brown fired into the bottom right corner to send United to the break 1-0 and down to 10 men.
The opening minutes of the second half appeared to be a landslide as Forest bombarded the United penalty area, but Adam Lawrence’s young Reds quickly found their feet and got back into it.
Curley, the best player of the day, outpaced the Forest defender before also getting past the goalkeeper and attempted to place the ball into the open net, but a final attempt to clear it off the line prevented him from score a well-deserved goal. .
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