At the most pain at the head of the Red Devils, the Portuguese coach Rúben Amorim finds himself under the fire of the criticism after the elimination of Manchester United in Carabao Cup.
The adventure of Rúben Amorim on the bench of Manchester United is far from being a long, quiet river. Appointed at the head of the Red Devils last winter, the Portuguese coach always struggles to find the formula capable of handing over the club in northwestern England on the front of the stage.
This Wednesday, the Mancunians wiped a bitter reverse against the Grimsby Town FC in Carabao Cup. Led 2-0 during most of the meeting, they finally bowed on penalties (2-2, Tab 11-12), leading to their elimination from the 32nd finals of the competition.
Amorim, Le Sad Constat
If Amorim did not hide his disappointment after the meetinghe was not spared by the media across the Channel. The Guardian notably recalled the club's summer transfer window, contrasting with the current results: “Amorim could survive a defeat at Old Trafford (against Burnley on Saturday in the Premier League, editor's note) -After all, he has just supervised summer spending of more than 232 million euros -, but the fact is that, nine months after his arrival, the manager continues to align a team that lacks verve, plume, solidity and everything that could be a diagram identifiable. »»
For the Manchester Evening Newsthe attitude of the Lusitanian clearly translates the disturbing turn of his adventure at Old Trafford. “Amorim's body language looked like that of a condemned coach for a good part of the evening”analyzed the local media.
The worst Manchester United in history
Finally, the Daily Mail Consider that this match is “a pathetic failure of Amorim”. And The
Telegraph Asks “questions” about the capacity of the former Sporting CP coach to straighten the ship as it describes as “worst team in Manchester United”.
