A big at fault on the Lyon goals in the draw in the quarter-final first leg of the Europa League last Thursday (2-2), André Onana returns to the cages of Manchester United after being dismissed from the group.
Goalkeeper André Onana, left at rest last weekend after poor performance, will return as a holder with Manchester United Thursday against Lyon in the Europa League, his coach Ruben Amorim announced on Wednesday.
«He will play tomorrow» car «He is ready to return to competition“Said the Portuguese technician at a press conference. The Cameroonian goalkeeper was guilty of two errors on the Lyon goals in the quarter-final first leg (2-2). He was not selected in the Mancunian group for the next match, lost 4-1 Sunday in Newcastle. “”As a coach, and also as a former player, I try to do things that can help a player in this situation. We sometimes talk about managing players physically, but we must also manage them mentally», I explained Amorim.
“On this weekend, I thought it was better for him not to play, and that it was good for Altai to play“Added the Portuguese. Turkish goalkeeper Altay Bayindir, holder on Sunday, conceded four goals on the six shots on the Magpies. Amorim refused to say if he wanted to recruit a new goalkeeper this summer, despite the fairly poor ONANA balance sheet at the Red Devils. “We have really not been performing this season and we cannot change all the players. What we have to do is improve each position of the team with the players we have and try to bring different characteristics for next season ”he replied first.
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Relaunched, he cut short: “My answer is that we have to improve each position. For the goalkeeper, it’s the same, I can work with André ”. Onana arrived in Old Trafford in 2023 from Inter Milan, after losing the Champions League final against Manchester City (1-0).
“André has proven in the past that he was an excellent goalkeeper” but “during a career, there are always ups and downs”commented the English defender Harry Maguire, also present in front of the media, and “at the moment, he must have the impression that everything is going against him”. Against OL, Manchester United will be deprived of defender Matthijs de Ligt, injury package, and striker Joshua Zirkzee, unavailable for the rest of the season.
