Cádiz vs Man United

Manchester United headed to southern Spain to face Cadiz in their first mid-season friendly, and despite recovering from an early deficit to bring the ...

Manchester United ramp up their preparations for the return of England's domestic footballing calendar later this month, with the Red Devils heading to Spain for a week-long training camp. This friendly, and one against Real Betis in a few days time, is Erik Ten Hag's best opportunity to prepare his players for the restart - and to see how his fringe stars get on with several team-mates absent in Qatar. Victor Lindelof is caught out at the back post and misses his header, but Carlos Garcia doesn't and nods the ball beyond the goalkeeper and into the far corner! He's successful, and tries his luck from the edge of the box. Theo Bongonda cuts inside from the left and curls a beauty of a cross into the six-yard box. Martin Dubravka comes for it, but finds his route crowded and the United 'keeper spills the ball before it's cleared up the field! Fellow substitute Ruben Sobrino runs beyond the last man to volley it home, to the bewilderment of the United players! The organised pressing from the hosts caught United out time and time again as the half progressed, and Tomas Alarcon latched onto one of these forced dispossessions to finish off the move, and the game, in the hosts' favour. He does so, but curls his effort beyond David Gil and just to the wrong side of the far post! 65 mins: Shola Shoretire does well to win possession down the left and passes centrally to Charlie Savage. Fulltime That's it for the second half, and Cadiz recover from that early equaliser to stroll home with the victory! Impressive young midfielder Zidane Iqbal drifted into the box and was fouled, allowing Martial to step up and dispatch a panenka penalty and halve Cadiz's lead.