CADICE – MANCHESTER UNITED | Wednesday 8pm
The first without Cristiano Ronaldo. During the World Cup, the world of Manchester United, was shaken by the news of the farewell with the Portuguese: contract terminated between the player and the club that had taken him back from Juventus, with CR7 who, according to the latest rumours, will leave to play in Saudi Arabia, at Al-Nassr, for the derisory sum of 200 million euros per year as a salary. Not bad. Ten Hag, coach of the English, in any case seems to have succeeded in what at one point seemed to be his intention: that of doing away with the player who, on more than one occasion during the first part of the season, watched his teammates. Now for United obviously begins another era, this time a definitive one, without Ronaldo.
Turning to the friendly, it will be the first the Red Devils play in Spain this December before returning to England where official fixtures begin on 21 December with the EFL Cup. A difficult match, no doubt, against a formation, Cadiz, that has only given one element to the World Cup unlike the Premier League team. Some important faces will be there, but little compared to the team that Ten Hag has at his disposal. And that is why an away win is not a foregone conclusion, not at all.
Cristiano Ronaldo, former Manchester United
Cadiz-Manchester United line-up and prediction
A match which, in the meantime, should certainly provide at least one goal per team. At the back, United will play Lindelof, who has seen little of the pitch in this first part of the season. Cadiz, for their part, will want to make a good impression and will try to take a result that will be worth nothing for any classification but that could give morale for the second half of the season. In the end, it could even end in a draw.
- CADICE (4-4-2): Ledesma; Carcelen, Fali, Cala, Espino; Alejo, Fede, Alcaraz, Sobrino; Alex, Lozano.
- MANCHESTER UNITED (4-3-3): De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Mengi, Williams; McTominay, Iqbal, Van de Beek; Elanga, Martial, Garnacho.
POSSIBLE EXACT RESULT: 2-2
