Amorim at Old Trafford
Amorim at Old Trafford
Ruben Amorim has suggested Manchester United players will play walking football in their preparations for the Premier League fixture at home to Everton.
United kick-off against Sean Dyche's side less than 72 hours after their Europa League victory over Bodo/Glimt, with the game allocated the early lunchtime slot on Sunday.
Amorim made six changes to the United side against the Norwegian champions on Thursday evening and indicated he would rotate again for the first of nine games in 30 days in December.
United have an indoor pitch in the academy building that is due to be used by some players for their pre-match prep. Those who did not appear against Bodo/Glimt will have full training sessions on Friday and Saturday but those who played the majority of the 90 minutes and are selected to start against Everton will have a gentler build-up.
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"I was a football player. Football players: videos more than 12 minutes? Forget!" Amorim laughed at the suggestion of video analysis. "Because they lose the concentration.
"So, we have to work on... imagine there's an indoor stadium - we have that. Instead of video, we do it like walking and jogging, it’s a way to do it. Showing some video.
"Then we have all the staff. For example, Carlos (Fernandes) is with the strikers. They will show individual moments. So we will try to cope with that. Everybody has a job in the staff and they are maybe more important than me!
"Trying to see the game and what is missing. They are very good players, they need to believe and we will show individual stuff. Team stuff. And work. If you cannot run, you can jog and make the same exercise."
Amorim indicated Luke Shaw, who made his first United appearance in more than nine months at Ipswich on Sunday before his second-half introduction against Bodo/Glimt, trained after the game on Thursday night as United carefully manage each player's workload.
"Without training we have to use the games," Amorim explained. "I felt that we press a little bit higher tonight and all the time and Mason Mount did 60 minutes with high intensity. Rasmus (Hojlund) was dead in the end.
"The guys playing have to push more. Push the guys to the limit. And the other guys have to train tomorrow. Luke Shaw did some minutes and he's going to train now because we can do today some things tomorrow we cannot do and we will manage with all the staff how to cope with that."
Everton's visit marks Amorim's first home game in charge in the Premier League against a side with two wins from 12 games this term. Everton have also failed to score in their last three matches.
When asked what he expected, Amorim replied: "A win. I am hoping to win., It’s going to be a different match with a lot of fighting, long balls, second balls. They have a quality coach (Sean Dyche) that understands the league, that understands the moment of the opponent.
"We need to have the ball because we have a short time to recover. We need to rotate the team. I hope for a win and I hope to see different things and to see my team improve like we did from Ipswich to now (Bodo), with Everton, without training. But I expect to see different things and better things."
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