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Manchester United travelled to Lithuania on Wednesday evening for the primary time because the u19s took on FK Zalgiris within the UEFA Youth League.
United managed the proceedings from the off, with wingers Ashton Missin and Ethan Williams delivering some harmful crosses early on.
Jaydan Kamason’s cross, although, would discover the pinnacle of Gabriele Biancheri to move residence and provides United the lead simply after the half-hour mark.
With a house crowd of over 4,000, Zalgiris had the help behind them. They remained resolute in defence to maintain it 0-1 going into the break.
The floodgates opened after the restart, although, with Ethan Williams doubling the lead 5 minutes into the second half. Godwill Kukonki charged down the left wing earlier than discovering Ethan Williams inside to shoot, which was deflected previous the keeper.
Simply three minutes later, Williams’ shot was blocked into the trail of Biancheri to complete from a good angle.
Williams then added his second of the match with some magic as his shot dipped and swerved into the highest proper nook from 25 yards out.
Into the ninetieth minute, Zalgiris pulled one again after they broke into the field on the left facet and a strong strike beat Will Murdock at his close to put up.
United restored their four-goal benefit shortly after James Scanlon drove residence the unfastened ball within the field.
Extremely, it wasn’t over there, although; the house facet added one other within the dying seconds with a agency strike into the roof of the web from the left facet of the field.
The win sees United take a 5-2 lead going into the return fixture in Manchester in two weeks.
United: Murdock, Kamason, Jackson, Fredricson, Kukonki, Devaney (McAllister 61), Fitzgerald (Baumann 75), Missin (Scanlon 61), J. Fletcher (Lacey 67), Williams, Biancheri (Musa 67).
Unused subs: Byrne-Hughes, Armer, Munro, T. Fletcher
