Manchester United FC have squeezed out a hard fought victory against Bodo/Glimt in their UEFA Europa League qualifying game.
The round five group stages qualifying set of matches, arguably the most anticipated game was underway as Manchester United were at the their home venue, Old Trafford stadium as they hosted Bodo/Glimt on Thursday, November 28, 2024.
As it is becoming the trade mark of Manchester United under their new Portuguese head coach, Ruben Amorim, the Argentine young winger, Alejandro Garnacho after just sixty seconds of the inception of the game found a true to finish off a half chance to give hand over the lead to his side.
Clearly, the intentions of Manchester United was registered in the, which was, they were not ready to drop points in the game however, Bodo Glimt as the under-dog had an opposite view hence, began to impose their authority in the game after they conceded at such an early stage of the game.
On the nineteenth minute of time played, Bodo Glimt got Evjen sponsoring them with an amazing equalizing goal and after four minutes, Zinckernagel made it 1-2 in favor of Bodo Glimt. Yet, just when everyone thought Manchester United were heading into the half-time break as the loosing side, Rasmus Hojlund found the equalizer for the home side.
Five minutes into the second forty-five minutes, the former Atalanta center-forward, Rasmus Hojlund provided the third goal for Manchester United which handed over the lead to them again for the second time asking plus, he bagged the brace as well on the night which was significant to his team if they wanted to progress into the next stage of the competition.
Taking a look at the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League standings after round five batch of matches, Manchester United has scored ten goals and conceded seven, making them the twelve best placed team meanwhile, Bodo/Glimt have scored eight and conceded eight, which places them on the seventeenth position on the league table.
In the post-match interview with arguably the best player in the game, Rasmus Hojlund admitted that, he is already loving the playing style of Manchester United’s new coach, Ruben Amorim, “I like this back three system, it reminds me of what I did at Atalanta; it suits me really well.”
Manchester United’s head coach, Ruben Amorim in his post-match interview shared his first time experience at the Old Trafford, “the fans made me feel at home! It’s so special. Half of the stadium doesn’t really know me… I came from Portugal. I haven’t done something for this club yet. The way they (Manchester United fans) make me feel at home, it is something special and I will keep it until the end of my career.”
