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Manchester United Girls won’t look again to their journey to Bergen with a whole lot of fondness.
Unfortunate evening
The Crimson Devils gave it their all however they got here out as 0-1 losers to SK Brann, the Norwegian aspect.
Marc Skinner’s aspect had considerably extra possibilities than their opponents however conceded from a set piece.
It now implies that United should win subsequent Thursday to drive extra-time or by two objectives to progress to the Champions League correct.
Poor preparation
Generally groups are simply unfortunate and gamers can have off nights however there was a fairly huge coincidence for United’s gamers on the evening.
CP24 experiences that “Manchester United have launched an investigation into how gamers’ boots had been misplaced on the best way to their Girls’s Champions League qualifier in Norway, forcing them to scramble for brand new ones.”
In an unimaginable scene, the crew had to purchase boots and shin guards from an area sports activities store in Bergen, simply hours earlier than kick off.
Store proprietor Andre Gullord informed the BBC that the membership had spent a number of thousand kilos.
He defined, “we’re an enormous retailer however they had been very fortunate we had sufficient boots in inventory that had been the suitable measurement. They paid between £200 and £230 for every pair and £30 for the shin guards.”
The proprietor additionally added that “we now have had the odd participant are available in as a result of they’ve left their boots behind however by no means the whole crew.”
A store employee additionally commented, “a few of them (the gamers) needed to go up half a measurement however I believe they had been OK with it. It was between that or not taking part in.”
A United spokesperson claimed “a bag containing a few of our gamers’ boots went lacking throughout the journey to Bergen.”
They added, “we’re investigating how this occurred. Within the meantime, we now have secured new boots for all of the affected gamers.”
United followers will hope for smoother preparations earlier than the all-important second leg on Thursday night on the Leigh Sports activities Village.
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