AMMORE explains the « massive » role of Man United fans after an « incident » against Newcastle

Ruben Amorim praised Joshua Zirksee and said the reaction of Manchester United fans to the attacker was « very important » as he was replaced after 33 minutes in the 2-0 defeat in Newcastle on December 30th.

The Dutch International Zirkzee scored its seventh goal of the season in all competitions to bring United in their 2-2 withdrawals in Lyon In the Europa League on Thursday, three days before Newcastle visits Old Trafford (4:30 pm BST), when the 23-year-old will try to score for the first time in the 19 Premier League appearances if he introduced himself.

« He was doing a great job, but it was very important that the fans responded after this incident, » said Amorim, who replaced Zirkzi with Kobbie Mainoo after United had acknowledged twice in the initial 19 minutes of the fourth Portuguese Home League game.

« You see every time, even if Josh does not play, whether it goes on the field or warm up, our fans sing Josh’s song. It’s a massive for players. It’s 50-50: 50% fans, 50% josh. »

Joshua Zirkzee Song

Zirkzee who Arrived from an Italian club Bologna For 36.5 million British pounds in July, it was sensed by supporters with a song in tone of the hit army of the white stripes of 2003, which became almost ubiquitous in sports events.

Fans sang the Zirkzee version of United 2-2’s next draw in Liverpool, despite the purpose of the chants playing only four minutes at Anfield.

Since then, he started 10 of 18 games at United, although last season Serie A, the best young player scored four minutes after he got off the bench with equalization at home victory over Leicester City in the FA Cup on February 7th.

Zirkzi has two goals in his last three shows in the Europa League and scored in the shootout, as United won in Arsenal in the FA Cup on January 12, although he missed the last kick when they were eliminated by Fulham at home in the fifth round on March 2.

Man UNITED VS LYON: AMORIM ‘Careful’

United looked like he won his quarter-finished first game against the French country when Zirkzi, who replaced Rasmus Hoylund in the 63rd minute at the Group Stadium, aimed at two minutes from the end of regular time.

Ryan Sherki took advantage of the visit of goalkeeper Andre Onana, spilled on a shot to Align five minutes in added timeAnd Amorim was asked if the meaning of Old Trafford’s second match on Thursday (20:00) would influence his selections against Newcastle, with United had little to play in the league.

« Winning games is the best way to prepare for the next, » Amorim said. « We will be careful with some players, but we must be competitive.

« When you play for Manchester United, you can’t afford to think about the next game. We have to think about how we want to play this type of games, and we are more consistent. »

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MAN UNITED VS NEWCASTLE: “Fernandez Evaluation”

Bruno Fernandez has set the last goal of Sirkze, and Amorim said that an « evaluation » of the midfielder will be held, which is almost always present this season.

« We will do this assessment with all the staff, with all the data we have, » Aroim said. « Bruno Fernandez plays all the time and he plays better all the time.

« Sometimes this type of player has to play in every game, but we will handle it on the day we have to prepare. »

Fifth ranked Newcastle have 15 more points than united in 13th And he won the fourth consecutive game in all competitions, throwing Leicester 3-0 on Monday.