The head coach of Manchester United, Ruben Amorim, insisted that the association had to “concentrate a lot on our young players” to explain why he selected a start -xi against Brentford on Sunday afternoon, which broke several records.
At the tender age of 17 and 156 days, Chido Obi was the youngest United player who was ever called in the starting eleven of a Premier League game. The collective age of the 11 starter (22 years and 270 days) was also the youngest united, which was ever praised in the history of the competition.
With these historical milestones, Amorim was defiantly phlegmatic. “For me it is not a massive game for Chido,” he said to Sky Sport Before the kick -off. “I know it is important for Chido, but I don’t want much pressure on Chido.
“He played very well against Wolverhampton in the minutes [Wanderers]. I have the feeling that he is ready to deal with the requirements of the Premier League. “
The teenager striker is no stranger to overthrow plates. The former star of the Arsenal Academy has made it a habit to surpass countless milestones in youth team football and have now started to rewrite the history books at the senior level.
OBI’s admission was one of eight changes in the starting line -up when Amorim met his promise of a widespread rotation.
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The Red Devils boss has not contributed to hiding the fact that the undisputed priority of the club is the Europa League for the rest of the season. United is in a strong position after her semi-finals against Athletic Club on Thursday after achieving a deserved 3-0 victory in Bilbao at the beginning of this week, but Amorim was not in the mood to risk injuries for his first election.
“We are always responsible for the performance,” the 40-year-old admitted in his press conference before the game. “We always have the responsibility for the result. But at that moment we have to be clear: Our focus is more on saving players and being competitive. It is not a good thing that we have to say, but we have to understand the context.”
The Talismanic Club captain Bruno Fernandes was falling on the bench alongside Harry Maguire, Leny Yoro, Casemiro and Rasmus Hojlund. The first-choice goalkeeper, Andre Onana, was not even included among the replacement, which completely missed in the squad when Altay Bayindir patrolled the posts while Tom Heaton took his place on the edge.
Alejandro Garnacho was one of only three players who retained their starting position and repeated the attitude of his manager. “We got a very good away result [against Athletic]”The wing player noticed.” It is important that we are in this final.
“The Premier League is also important, but it is a difficult moment. At this point, the focus is on the semi -finals of the Europa League and then the final, but an association like Manchester United has to try to win every game.”
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