Man Utd kicked off their Far East tour of Asia with an entertaining 2-2 draw against J-League champions Urawa Reds as goals from Darren Fletcher and Cristiano Ronaldo saw United come back from a 1-0 first half deficit before Japanese favourite Shinji Ono grabbed the equaliser in the 78th minute.
Noticeable omissions for the squad were new signings, Nani and Hargreaves as Alan Smith also found himself having to come on only in 2nd half to stake a claim for regular first team football next season.
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Team sheets
United: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand (Evans, 45), Vidic (Simpson, 45), Evra (Silvestre, 45), Ronaldo, Fletcher, Carrick (O'Shea, 69), Giggs (Smith, 69), Scholes, Rooney
Subs: Kuszczak, Heaton, Bardsley
Urawa Red Diamonds: Tsukuki (Yamagishi, 45), Hosogai, Horinouchi, Nene, Yamada, Uchidate (Hiriwaka, 45), Hasebe, Soma (Okano, 91), Ono, Ponte (Koike, 83), Tanaka (Nagai, 75)
Subs: Tsutsumi, Sakai, Nishizawa
TD: considering that our rivals Chelsea and Liverpool got off to winning starts, it must be really disappointing to get this result (especially if u gotta head back to an office full of Pool and Blues fans).. it isn't a big tragedy though as this is still just a friendly competition and i'm pretty sure things would have been different if we were playing for 3 points..
still eagerly waiting to see Nani and Hargo in action.. this fri i hope..
oh and for those of u in S'pore who are wondering how to catch United pre-season matches, go check out http://www.asiaplatetv.com/ for FREE internet broadcast of the matches. Got it from a friend of mine and it's been serving me pretty well ;)
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