Manchester United was hooked by a large part of the crowd after their end-of-season tour in Asia started with a 1-0 defeat against Asean All Stars.
United started with eight internationals but used 25 players on a hot night in Malaysia.
It seemed that a fairly dull meeting would end tirelessly in front of an enthusiastic crowd of more than 71,000 only so that Maung Maung Lwin broke out and marks after 71 minutes.
“I still feel guilty of the team’s performance since the first match I was here,” said manager Ruben Amorim.
“The hoots may be something we need because every match we lost in the Premier League, the fans were still there. I felt when we finished every time the supporters were with us. Let’s see for next season.”
Amorim used a lot of young players, with Jaydan Kamascus seeming to be shiny in his short cameo before half-time, Sekou Kone obtaining minutes in the midfield and Jim Thwaites making a superbly changed goal rescue on Adrian Segecic, with one of the last actions of the competition.
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“We expected a good match, an intense match, under these conditions,” said Amorim. “But the right thing is that we did not have any injuries and we saw young children.
“The important thing is not injuries, with this time and everything we have done to arrive here to date. But, again, it is not an excuse. We should work better.
“We have to control everyone’s minutes. He [Kone] I will play more in the next game on Friday.
“He has succeeded very well but all the young children tried, it is the most important thing. They want to play more but we have to rotate everyone, so that everyone can play. They did well.”
The united boss would not offer any update on the proposed transfer of Matheus Cunha des Loups.
He said, “You have to wait for this for the next season.
“It’s for you guys (the media) to speak. I will not confirm anything. I have no news.
“We will see, but there will be changes.”
‘It’s an experience’
Captain Bruno Fernandes said that the possibility of giving academies players with the first team was the highest point of the match – which took place only three days after the end of the Premier League season.
He said: “We didn’t want to lose the match, but it’s an experience for us, an experience for fans and it’s always nice to get out of the country to see the experience we can live with this club.
“Many young players have had their chance and it is also a good experience. Most of them have always trained with us, so we know what to expect and we all know that the Academy still creates young players and exciting.
“They all had the opportunity to show themselves tonight. We are not used to humidity and heat, but I don’t think it was something that has made the difference or something else. This is now the case to enjoy the next experience in Hong Kong, to take advantage of it, to take advantage of our fans and give our time to give signatures and [have] Some photos. “”
