Manchester United were humbled in the team’s defeat against the ASEAN All Stars.
Apart from Leicester City, who we beat four times, it has felt like Manchester United were capable of losing against anyone in 2024/25.
United managed to lose against Tottenham in a European final, a moment of humiliation when you wonder if it could actually get any worse.
The answer all season long has been ‘yes, it can get worse’, and this continued on the team’s ridiculous postseason tour.
Photo by Ash Donelon/Manchester United via Getty Images
Photo by Ash Donelon/Manchester United via Getty Images
Manchester United lose to ASEAN All Stars
Manchester United contrived to lose the team’s postseason tour friendly in Malaysia against the ASEAN All Stars.
Even boasting a starting line-up including £64 million striker Rasmus Hojlund, five-times Champions League winner Casemiro, £80 million defender Harry Maguire, and bringing on captain Bruno Fernandes in the second half, the team managed to lose 1-0.
Friendly results do not matter, but performances do, and this was not a display that inspired any confidence at all.
It was summed up in the moment Chido Obi unleashed a shot at goal from the edge of the box, only to see it blocked by teammate Alejandro Garnacho.
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Despite some promising moments from some of the younger players, it was a pathetic low-energy performance from the team.
And while you could not blame them for lacking motivation for these pointless postseason games, they should still have served up something better than this.
Ineos deserve the humiliation
Manchester United have been a laughing stock all season. And you could not blame rival fans for taking a dig at United for travelling all the way to Malaysia to lose a friendly.
This was just the latest humbling in a humiliating season. And quite frankly, Ineos deserve it.
Ineos organised this tour in order to raise funds. It was a decision made out of a combination of greed and desperation, with the club set to earn £8 million from the two games.
And even if they are a necessary evil, we can’t have any sympathy for Ineos after what Ruben Amorim described as a ‘disaster season’.
We have seen United finish in 15th place, fail to win a trophy, fire a manager, sack the director of football just months into his role, while laying off hundreds of staff.
Manchester United supporters deserve better, but Ineos should feel the burden of misery in the humiliating situation they have helped to create.
Whatever happens in the final friendly against Hong Kong, there is one positive to take. This season will finally be over once and for all.