If you were an Atletico Madrid supporter at Ullevaal today, you most likely felt a little lonely, because the stands at the national stadium were colored in just one color – United red. After United troubadour Ryan Jarvis received a mildly mediocre response to his attempts to get the Ullevaal crowd singing along, the mood suddenly picked up as the game got under way. United opened brightly and two big – missed – chances for Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial had 26,129 Anglophile supporters chanting in unison “oooo, nooo”. Mouthing The pace of the match slowed down, and at the same time the volume of the audience was turned down a couple of notches, but a duel between Scott McTominay and Jan Oblak raised the temperature. The Scot appeared to elbow the Slovenian keeper in the face, and all the players on the pitch rushed to the spot. After a couple of minutes of shoving and biting, both McTominay and Oblak ended up getting the yellow card. The match was generally reminiscent of a typical training match with a slow tempo and wide spaces despite both teams using their supposedly best players. AMPERT: Despite the fact that it was only a training match, the temperature on the pitch was occasionally high. Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB Danish debut Before the match, one of the tense moments was whether Christian Eriksen would make his debut, and with 20 minutes left on the clock, the Dane was ready on the touchline. And Eriksen was the man who created by far the loudest volume in the stands. On his way onto the field, he received a standing ovation, followed by tactful “Eriksen” shouts and applause at each and every involvement with the ball. The Dane also created United’s biggest chance with a quarter of an hour remaining from a corner kick. The applause from the crowd inspired the Dane to hit a perfect cross onto Harry Maguire’s head. The captain was allowed to go up unmarked, but steered the ball just wide of the goal. Nevertheless, Eriksen was hailed with new rhythmic “Eriksen” shouts from the Norwegian audience. Goal and red card Five minutes before the end, it became clear how large a proportion of the Ullevaal crowd were United supporters. João Félix was allowed to shoot unpressured from 16 meters and decided the game in the Spaniards’ favour. Some cheers were heard from the stands, but for most it was a rather boring end to the folk festival at Ullevaal. In stoppage time, Fred also received his second yellow card when he first fouled Álvaro Morata and then, clumsily, jumped on Morata who was down.
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