Manchester United, who have been suffering from a shortage of manpower in the backline, had to start youngster Kamwala in their Christmas Express opener away to Westham on Saturday. However, it seems that Helen and Alejandro Canazo forgot how to shoot in front of the goal, and the back line even made a series of cheap mistakes, eventually losing 0-2. This was the eighth loss in the league this season, and the fourth consecutive game in all competitions without a goal, and both the offense and defense looked unstable.
Captain Bono Fernandes is back after serving his sentence, but center players such as Harry Muguni, Victorian Diluve, and Ricciardo Martinez are out of action due to injuries, while right winger Dallozzi has to serve his sentence, and even Wahlani is out of the team due to illness. Manager Tannhäuser can only promote the 19-year-old French youngster from the youth army, Gan Wala, and his 16-year veteran partner Johnny Evans to defend the center, while striker Rashford continues to sit on the bench. United didn't panic against Westham, coached by Chaloboyun, and two pinpoint passes from Anthony Mafios almost created scoring chances for Alejandro Canazo, but unfortunately he missed those chances.
Westham started the second half with a high bombardment, Chalo Pao-yun pressed hard from a corner kick but it was valiantly parried by Onana. United then replaced Helen with Rashford, but the effect of strengthening the offense was not obvious. It wasn't until the 72nd minute that Lucas Pakida's clever pass led to Chaloboyun's quick shot, which was parried away by Onana, but he followed it up with a header to score.
