Learning About Manchester United

" Ryan's GB lose to Rafael's Brazil"hree of Manchester United's four Olympic footballers started on the
same pitch on Friday night as Great Britain faced Brazil in a friendly
match.

Rafael was the only winner in the trio, playing a full 90 minutes as the
South American visitors beat Ryan Giggs and Tom Cleverley's Team GB 2-0 at
Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium.

Cleverley, who also completed the match, conceded the free-kick which led to
Brazil's opener by fouling Oscar in the 12th minute. Neymar curled the dead ball
to the back post where it bounced up for Tottenham midfielder Sandro to head
past goalkeeper Jason Steele. Giggs almost teed up an instant equaliser with a
free-kick of his own at the other end but although Manchester City defender
Micah Richards connected with the cross, there was nobody in position to finish
the move.

Brazil doubled their winning margin ten minutes before the break when
Richards brought down Porto striker Hulk and Neymar despatched the resulting
penalty. The Olympic gold-medal favourites could have racked up more goals in
the second half but were thwarted by an excellent display by England substitute
goalkeeper Jack Butland.

Giggs, one of seven GB players replaced by coach Stuart Pearce during the
second half, enjoyed his 63 minutes of wearing the skipper's armband.

The United winger told BBC Sport: "I'm very proud to be the captain. It was a
good game to be involved in and it's always special to play against Brazil. We
knew it would be tough. They are ahead of us fitness wise and we have only been
together two weeks. But we are getting better and better and we will improve as
the
Ryan loses out to Rafael

Great Britain's first match in the Olympic Games will be at Old Trafford next
Thursday, 26 July (kick-off 20:00) when Senegal provide the opposition. United's
stadium will also host UAE vs Uruguay a few hours earlier, at 17:00.

Rafael and Brazil will also start their campaign on Thursday (19:45), against
Egypt at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff while David De Gea will hope to be
involved in Spain's opening match against Japan." Courtesy of Man United. com.
My only point is to save the plagerising that is ' rife ' in the ' Manchester United ' blogging world. Orginality is the key for interest!

Ha ha, the lad's are obviously having a great time , bonding together , blending in Kagawa Shinji and Nick Powell to know we can have fun on down time .
I don't like snakes either , both the  human and the reptile variety.
The commentary is classic , Mickey Thomas is always a hoot , he to me always speaks as if he has a mouth full of gob - stoppers.None the less was a great United player from what I've read scoring 15 goals in 110 appearances .
Also a campaign to bring back Hayley McQueen, the Scottish ( bit of fluff ) Sorry Leed's and Gordon ,she disnae hit the mark , in the nether regions. Also known as chilly cushions when wearing a kilt roond the Trossach's. lol.