Manchester United wins Real Madrid 3-1 Before Large US Crowd
Opeyemi Oladunjoye
Manchester United defeated European champions, Real Madrid 3-1 in front of a record US crowd of 109,318 in Michigan on Saturday.
The win, secured by Two goals from Ashley Young and one from Javier Hernandez saw new United manager, Louis van Gaal get his
fourth win of the US summer tour.
Real Madrid replied a goal with Gareth Bale’s penalty but that was the major challenge the spanish giants could muster, even after the second-half introduction of former United star, Cristiano Ronaldo.
United will now face great rivals, Liverpool in Monday’s International Champions Cup final in Miami after Manchester City lost 5-4 on penalties to Olympiakos following a 2-2 draw in Minneapolis.
Young opened the scoring after 21 minutes but Carlo Ancelotti’s Real were level six minutes later when Michael Keane climbed on Bale in the area and the Wales international tucked away the resulting spot-kick. United regained the lead on 37 minutes when Young’s cross drifted over the head of Iker Casillas.
Ronaldo’s introduction against his former team with 17 minutes remaining sent the huge crowd into cheers, but United sealed victory moments later as Hernandez made it three.
The previous record attendance for a football match in the United States was 101,799 for the 1984 Olympic final, when France beat Brazil 2-0 at the Rose Bowl in California.
