Manchester United are preparing for their next outing, facing Athletic Club in the second leg of the Europa League Semi-Final.
The Red Devils emerged victorious when they faced the LaLiga side in Spain last week, with a 3-0 win, giving a strong aggregate advantage.
Alejandro Garnacho nearly opened up the scoring in the first 6 minutes, however was ruled offside, with fans having to wait 24 minutes until Casemiro grabbed the first goal of the game.
From there, United continued their run, with Bruno Fernandes grabbing a brace within the final 15 minutes of the first half.
Whilst Amorim managed to utilise most of his preferred senior squad in the game, due to injuries, a handful of United youngsters sat on the bench ready to enter the game.
Harry Amass and Tyler Fredricson have already had their debut’s earlier in the season, whilst Bendito Mantato and Jaydan Kamason sat on the bench hoping to become the 255th academy graduate to get a debut.
However, neither made an appearance, but are still seen as vital by Ruben Amorim for preparation for the second leg.
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Bendito Mantato and Jaydan Kamason to help prepare for decisive Athletic Club clash
The Daily Mail journalist Nathan Salt has taken to X to confirm that the pair’s omission from United’s Under-21s match yesterday was in relation to the senior side’s European clash.
The journalist commented: “Quite a few people asking about Kamason and Mantato’s non-involvement today, understand they are key to preparations for first team 2nd leg this week + will be part of Amorim’s training group again. Couldn’t be risked today”
With United’s senior squad missing significant players like Lisandro Martinez, Matthijs de Ligt, Diogo Dalot and Joshua Zirkzee, the pair are being used in training to simulate Athletic Club’s side.
Mantato has a remarkable pace and presents a real threat with his direct runs, replicating Athletic Club’s Inaki and Nico Williams, whilst Kamason provides a similar threat from the right-wing-back role.
As such, the pair are a great duo to have in training to prepare United’s ever-changing back three for the attacks they could face on Thursday.
Whilst this is the extent of the roles they’re set to play in preparation for the game, a debut in the game isn’t out of the question.
