Ruben Amorim was touched by his unique Old Trafford welcome and claimed he currently really feels a feeling of belonging after supervising a helter-skelter initial success as Manchester United head trainer.
Having began his regime with Sunday’s 1-1 draw at advertised Ipswich, the 39-year-old Portuguese led the side out on home dirt for the very first time in Thursday’s Europa League team gain Norwegians Bodo/Glimt
United left to a blistering beginning as Alejandro Garnacho capitalised on goalkeeper Nikita Haikin’s very early mistake, just for Bodo to take a shock lead via Hakon Evjen and Philip Zinckernagel objectives.
Rasmus Hojlund equalised with a great battery right before the break and racked up an additional soon after half-time to safeguard a 3-2 victory and Amorim’s initial win on his initial Old Trafford trip.
“It was special because half of the stadium doesn’t know me,” the United head trainer claimed. “You can say I came from Portugal, and half of the stadium doesn’t know me.
“I have done nothing for this club yet, but the way they support me in the beginning I felt that I’m not alone.
“I’m like one of them now, and it was really special. I hope not to disappoint my supporters.
“I think we improve different things since the last game. I know it’s a different competition, different team, but we improve with the ball.
“We control more the tempo with the ball, we push the team a little bit more higher, we create more chances.
“We should kill the game before the end of the game. You suffer two transitions. I think we need to improve on that because it was like runs, it was like physical thing, one against one.
“You have to improve on that, but I like some things that the team did today.”
Amorim made 6 changes from Sunday’s Premier League draw at Ipswich, consisting of bringing Hojlund right into the beginning line-up.
The 21-year-old demonstrator has not radiate regularly because signing up with from Atalanta in 2023 and increased his tally for the period with a set of outstanding coatings versus Bodo.
“I think he improved the connection,” Amorim claimed ofHojlund “I think he has to improve more because sometimes he gives too many touches when he holds the ball.
“But it’s very important for us because when we are in the low block he is the guy to hold the ball. It connects for transitions. He did that very well, he has that characteristics.
“He was aggressive in the goals, he was aggressive in the box and he’s a quality player.
“I think he scores the most difficult goals, so he has a lot to improve, as is the same for every player, but he did a great job today.”
Bodo made life hard for Amorim’s new-look United at a pregnant Old Trafford.
Cheered on by 6,500 taking a trip followers, they return home understanding success versus Lillestrom on Sunday will certainly secure a 4th Norwegian title in 5 years.
“They are very well worked team, so they know each other very well,” Amorim claimed of Bodo.
“You can understand that if you see the goals. It was one touch, so they have the time that we don’t have working together.
“They have a lot of speed in power. With the transitions you feel it in the game that they have a lot of power and it was a tough game in that aspect, but we control very well the tempo of the ball.
“We kept the ball so long that we control and was able to manage that, so it’s a great team. I think they will win the league again, so it was a tough match.”
