2016.07.22 | Man Utd-Bor Dortmund 1-4

BORUSSIA STRONGER DUE TO LONGER PREPARATIONS

 

Manchester United today played the first out of two games in the International Champions Cup in Asia and unfortunately lost 1-4 to a better and stronger Borussia Dortmund.

 

The opponent had started their pre-season earlier than Man Utd, having already played four games before this one. Henrich Mkhitaryan scored Man Utd's only goal (his first in the red shirt) after a nice selfless assist by youngster Marcus Rashford.

 

Man Utd's starting line-up:

Johnstone, Valencia, Bailly, Jones, Shaw, Blind, Herrera, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Lingard, Memphis.

 

 

The stadium in Shanghai was completely red with Manchester United-shirts, the size of the Man Utd-fanbase in Asia showed itself in great colors.

 

Listen to what manager José Mourinho said after the game:

 

As you probably know by know, Zlatan is not with the team in Asia and will join the team next week.

 

Remaining pre-season friendlies games for Manchester United:

 

25 July 13.30 CET

vs Manchester City

Beijing, China

 

30 July 18.30 CET

vs Galatasaray

Gothenburg, Sweden

(ZLATAN'S DEBUT)

 

3 August 21.00 CET

(Wayne Rooney Testimonial)

vs Everton

Old Trafford, Manchester

 

Source: manutd.com/twitter.