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Sheffield United started their pre-season preparations with a victory after beating their sister club Ferencvros 3-2 last night. A second-half winner from Billy Sharp added to a Danny Webber brace as The Blades cemented their good relations with Fradi in downtown Budapest.In front of around 4,000 fans in the Stadion Albert Flrin, Kevin Blackwell fielded a strong team and handed a debut to loan signing Greg Halford. Fellow summer signing Sun Jihai didnt feature, James Worthy Jersey but is expected to play when United move on to Belgium and Holland later this week.Webber was making his return in a Blades shirt after mi sing a large part of last season with injury, and he wasted no time reminding the travelling Sheffield contingent of his talents by opening the scoring inside two minutes. After a fortunate deflection off Dwight Howard Jersey the referee, Webber rounded the home goalkeeper and slotted the ball past Ivorian defender Skou Tidiane Souare on the line.Just eight minutes later, Webber doubled his tally and put United two goals up. After another mistake in the Fradi defence, from former Chengdu Blades defender Souare, the former Watford man put himself firmly in Blackwells thoughts by slotting the ball home via the underside of the cro sbar. The two goal deficit woke up the home side, who halved Uniteds advantage and pulled a goal back through Csiszar on 29 minutes, heading home a curling free kick.Another former Blade, Paul Shaw, then came close to George Mikan Jersey equalising for the hosts, forcing Paddy Kenny into a smart save from inside the area. The half time whistle signalled a ma s of substitutions for both sides, with Blackwell making six changes, but one player in the starting eleven, Jon Stead, had a great chance to restore Uniteds two-goal advantage but couldnt capitalise after finding himself well clear, firing wide of goal.Billy Sharps predatory instincts brought United a two goal cushion ten minutes from time. After Lee Hendries effort LeBron James Jersey had been parried by the home sides substitute goalkeeper, Sharp was on hand to bury the rebound and put his name on the scoresheet. He was soon joined by another ex-Chengdu Blades player, Kourouma Mohamed Lamine, whose audacious effort beat Kenny and went in off the post to ensure a tense finish. Blades loanee Matthew Bartholomew came close to snatching an equaliser but Kenny was equal to the effort, tipping it over his cro sbar, and United managed to hold out against increasing pre sure to record their first win of the season.Ferencvaros: Michael-Williams, Fulop, Szkukalek, Shaw, Fitos, Csiszar, Souare, Ashmore, Abdi, Jerry West Jersey Bamba, Diaz.Subs (all at half-time): Holczer, Dragoner, Baranyai, Nagy, Bartha, Downing, Lipcsei, Bartholomew, Toth, Wolfe, Lamine.Blades: Kenny, Naysmith (Armstrong 45), Morgan, Stead, Webber (Sharp 45), Hendrie, Speed (Quinn 45), Tonge (Montgomery 45), Gillespie (Naughton 68), Geary (Halford 45), Ehiogu (Kilgallon 45).Unused: Bennett, Hulse, Sun Jihai, Carney. |
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发表于 2023-5-31 18:14:59