Reserves Vs Rochdale (MSC) - 2pm KO

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Team is as follows:

Tomasz Kuszczak;

Alberto Massacci, Michele Fornasier, Tom Thorpe, Ezekiel Fryers;

Paul Pogba, Matty James, Davide Petrucci;

Federico Macheda, Will Keane, Mame Biram Diouf.

Subs: Luke Giverin, Liam Jacob, John Cofie, Rafael Leao.

Apparently, Scholes in there watching.
 
Its 1-1 early in the second half.

Will Keane scored the goal just before the break. Tomasz Kuszczak has made a couple of good stops.

This from the official site.
 
2-1 FT

United should have scored a couple more in the 2nd half, Macheda and Diouf both had good chances*.

*According to twitter.
 
Res: Rochdale 1 United 2

United's winning start to the Manchester Senior Cup continued with a hard-fought victory over Rochdale.

Kiko Macheda bagged the second-half winner for Warren Joyce's side, after Will Keane's opener had been cancelled out by Dale's Neal Trotman.

United forged ahead shortly before the interval through Keane's improvised, scooped finish. Trotman powered home a header shortly after half-time, finally finding a route past an on-form Tomasz Kuszczak in the away goal.

Macheda had the final say, however, when he finished off fine approach play from Keane with a powerful drive which spun into the Dale goal, off David Lukas' hand.

Full report to follow...

United: Kuszczak; Massacci, Fornasier, Thorpe, Fryers; Pogba, James (Giverin, 46), Petrucci; Macheda, W.Keane, Diouf.
Subs not used: Jacob, Cofie, Leao.
Rochdale 1 Man United Reserves 2 - Official Manchester United Website
 
How are the two Italian defenders - Massacci & Fornasier - coming along?
 
What a glut of strikers we have in the reserves and not in a good way -- since it will block the progress of Cofie and Keane.