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Kobbie Boateng Mainoo (born 19 April 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.
Mainoo is a graduate of Manchester United's youth system and won the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award in 2023. He made his first-team debut in an EFL Cup match in January 2023. Mainoo played for England from under-17 youth level, before making his debut for the senior team in March 2024.
Antony graduated from the São Paulo academy and made his senior debut for the club in 2018. He moved abroad to Ajax in the summer of 2020, where he won two Eredivisie titles and one KNVB Cup during his two seasons. Antony's performances in the Netherlands led to a transfer worth €95 million (£82 million) to Manchester United, the highest sum paid for an Eredivisie player.
Antony won a gold medal with the Brazil under-23 team at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He then made his senior international debut and scored against Venezuela in October 2021, going on to represent Brazil at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Amad Diallo (born 11 July 2002), sometimes as Amad, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger or midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Ivory Coast national team.
Born in the Ivory Coast, Amad moved to Italy as a child. He joined the Atalanta youth system in 2015, where he won two Campionato Primavera 1 titles. In 2019, he scored on his debut for the senior team, making him the first player born in 2002 to score in Serie A. In January 2021, Amad joined English club Manchester United. He had loan spells at Rangers and Sunderland.
Amad made his senior international debut for the Ivory Coast in March 2021, in a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game.
Many would have already assigned the game at Villa Park as Ten Hags' last game in charge of United or more accurately the games against Villa and Porto, the only problem though is that he didn't lose both games instead earning a draw in both, the noise you are still hearing are all sustained by the horror show against Tottenham at Old Trafford a week ago. Against Villa United adopted a compact shape, not allowing Villa to play through the middle and it was indeed a bit comical seeing the Villa players try to force their way through the United midfield and drive towards goal, fortunately, the players have all learned their lessons and the embarrassing circumstances of the Tottenham opening goal did not repeat itself. United legend Paul Scholes, however, does not like the fact that United will go to Villa and sit back hoping to play on the counterattack, but as much as he disapproves, United is still not in any shape to commandeer the game yesterday.
As much as Scholes didn't like the tactics Ten Hag used on Sunday it was still very effective as Villa were reduced to only 1 shot on target and 11 attempts, compared to United's usual numbers this was an extravagant upgrade. Many would have been surprised by the inclusion of Maguire and Evans at the heart of the defense, but based on the performance of Martinez and De Ligt in recent games this does not come as a surprise, Maguire did not manage to finish the game, Evans went all the way and onto a man of the match award. The attack was also sharp as well with Rashford bringing out two good saves out of Martinez, with the second grazing the crossbar, Fernandes also came close, hitting the crossbar from a dead ball.
Compared to United's recent perfomances this was an upgrade and hopefully the sporting board who were flanked by Sir Jim Rattcliff yesterday will give Ten hag the time he needs to sustain positive and effective change in the club.
Was their any believe that United could turn a new page after the chaos against Spurs, definetly as a fan, you always wanna see your team do well. When United scored two goals in quick successsion, that believe was starting to fester into something tangible but it was snuffed out just as quickly.
The game at Porto was of two sides of a coin, the bad aspects were just as prominent as the good, by the 20th-minute mark United was 2 nil up, but instead of cruising, they shrank and sank. By 35 minutes it was 2-2 and it didn't get any better. 10 minutes into the second half, United lost the ball in attack, and something we've already become familiar with last season and also seen glances of this season, happened, an opposition player running through United's open midfield leading to a goal.
United have been making great progress this season but silly mistakes have cost the team a lot, thereby making all the progress null. If such mistakes are not addressed as soon as possible, it might cost Ten Hag his job.
Villa are a team that Erik Ten Hag has beaten 4 times out of the last 5, but if you did bet United to win today, you will be labelled mad by your mates and quite rightly so, United have been poor this season and once again the managers position is a hot topic and many believe he will be sacked soon as the Ineos executives have scheduled a meeting on Teusday to discuss the teams progress and weight their options.
The game at Villa Park will be a chance for Erik Ten Hag to convince United fans and most importantly the Sporting chiefs that when given enough time he will turn things around, now if history has taught us anything, it is that when the pressure reaches it's climax like this, the Dutchman always manages to find a way. At Porto being a goal down, the manager brought in Maguire and Evans, as ironic as that sounds, Maguire did score the equalizer at the end of stoppage time.
Ten Hag will need a perfect game without blemish and all his players will have to give a 100 percent today, Villa are a team that beat Bayern Munich quite recently, they've tasted the blood of one European gaint and they will be hungry for another, stopping them will be an extremely hard job.
The game today is indeed a chance for redemption, most or maybe all will think of the manager when reading this headline, but I aim for both the manager and the players. Patrice Evra pointed out on Sky Sports that whenever United reaches this stage, where if we don't win Ten Hag gets sacked, the manager always manages to pull the rabbit out of the hat, so we will be expecting a huge response from both players and manager today.
Kobbie Boateng Mainoo (born 19 April 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Ma...
