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Manchester United U21s opened their 2025/26 marketing campaign with a visit to Tamworth within the Nationwide League Cup.
However the evening was lower quick within the forty fifth minute when a conflict of heads left United’s Sekou Kone on the bottom.
After initially trying to face to his toes, Kone was ushered again to the bottom by United’s medical employees.
The Malian midfielder obtained remedy on the pitch for greater than 20 minutes earlier than finally being stretchered off the sphere of play whereas holding a masks to his face.
Match deserted
The sport was initially suspended whereas Kone obtained remedy.
Because of security rules, the venue should have an ambulance on-site for the match to happen.
With just one ambulance on the floor, which was used to deal with Kone and subsequently take him to hospital, a substitute ambulance was required to renew the match.
In the end after a 30-minute postponement, the match was deserted as a result of organisers being unable to safe a substitute ambulance in time.
Match occasions
Almost the complete first half was performed which noticed United management nearly all of the proceedings, with the younger Purple Devils having fun with 90% of the possession after quarter-hour.
Captain Jacob Devaney performed a implausible cross discipline go to James Scanlon, who discovered Zach Baumann on the overlap with a intelligent again heel, permitting Baumann to drive into the field and canon a strike off the crossbar.
Within the 18th minute, United hit the woodwork once more, this time from the proper as Jaydan Kamason bought ahead and noticed his cross deflected off the publish.
Tamworth supplied some risk of their very own later within the half, notably from set-pieces.
One such nook was punched away by Will Murdock however not far sufficient because it was hooked again in direction of objective and hit the crossbar.
Tamworth then countered simply after the half-hour mark, forcing save from Murdock earlier than Devaney blocked the rebound.
Baumann was United’s most harmful participant, and nearly supplied the breakthrough when he drove inside from the left wing and seemed to select the underside proper nook.
An outstretched hand from Jas Singh saved the hassle out although to maintain the rating degree at 0-0 earlier than the match was finally deserted.
It’s anticipated that the match might be rescheduled at a later date.
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