Football: United draw with Cape Town
Substitute Bebe scored two minutes into stoppage time to salvage a 1-1 draw for Manchester United.
ROME:
Substitute Bebe scored two minutes into stoppage time to salvage a 1-1 draw for Manchester United at Ajax Cape Town yesterday in the second match of a pre-season world tour. The Portuguese tapped a low cross into the net after Ajax snatched the lead four minutes from time at a chilly Cape Town Stadium through a looping Alcardo van Graan back-heel from a corner. In another friendly, Bayern Munich fell 3-2 to Napoli in the final match of the Bavarians’ pre-season training camp. Bayern’s David Alaba scored first in the 17th minute, with Paolo Cannavaro equalising shortly before half-time. Xherdan Shaqiri equalised for Bayern after Macedonian striker Goran Pandev put Napoli 2-1 up, only for 21-year-old forward Lorenzo Insigne to claim victory for the Italians with seven minutes remaining.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 22nd, 2012.
Substitute Bebe scored two minutes into stoppage time to salvage a 1-1 draw for Manchester United at Ajax Cape Town yesterday in the second match of a pre-season world tour. The Portuguese tapped a low cross into the net after Ajax snatched the lead four minutes from time at a chilly Cape Town Stadium through a looping Alcardo van Graan back-heel from a corner. In another friendly, Bayern Munich fell 3-2 to Napoli in the final match of the Bavarians’ pre-season training camp. Bayern’s David Alaba scored first in the 17th minute, with Paolo Cannavaro equalising shortly before half-time. Xherdan Shaqiri equalised for Bayern after Macedonian striker Goran Pandev put Napoli 2-1 up, only for 21-year-old forward Lorenzo Insigne to claim victory for the Italians with seven minutes remaining.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 22nd, 2012.