Despite losing on penalties in the Community Shield, Manchester United manager, Erik the Haglooks in the post-match also at the positive aspects of his group of players. One name above all brings to the attention of the media and fans: that of Casemiro, who in his opinion is in great shape, as shown yesterday, and is ready to have a strong impact on the fate of the Red Devils in this vintage.
Here are his words to the club’s official channels: “I think, as a team, we work well together and I think that makes things very easy for Case. Then he can bring his skills into play and then you can see his importance to the game and to our team. He’s a great leader for us and he’s very important to the team. We attack and defend together, we are a team.” Bruno Fernandes and his teammate will kick off the 2024/25 Premier League season on Friday against Fulham at Old Trafford.
Speaking instead to ITVhad been less positive, confiding his disappointment: “A difficult result to accept. When the performance is right, when you lose everyone feels this sensation. It makes your stomach hurt. You have to suffer and we have to suffer. We have to bring this belief to the championship”. On missed opportunities: “We were very good at producing the second goal in the FA Cup final before half-time and we couldn’t do that here.” A quick assessment of Jadon Sancho’s performancewho missed the penalty that would have potentially made it 4-2: “He’s an excellent penalty taker and today he missed, but that’s part of the game.”