WINNING START FOR UNITED'S PRE-SEASON


Manchester United made a winning start to their pre-season campaign on Saturday, beating Scottish side Aberdeen 0-2. The game was arranged to mark 25 years since Sir Alex led Aberdeen to a European Cup Winners' Cup triumph in 1983 against Real Madrid. I wasn't around to follow the game so you can expect no match report from me but http://manutd.com/ has a full match report. It was nice to hear that Michael Carrick took a penalty and scored, sending the keeper the wrong way. And some circles(http://therepublikofmancunia.com/) are agitating for penalty duty to be given to Carrick as he has taken quite a number when called upon -and he has never missed, and who knows, we might not have Ronaldo next season. So that is open to debate. Wayne Rooney got the other goal(with his head), but according to reports, he could have had more. I was pleased to hear that Chris Eagles got to play--which is good considering that he is being tempted to exit OT for regular football. United's next trip i to South Africa for the Vodacom Challenge Cup. They will play Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs and a third game against one of the two sides.

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