Manchester United players pose for a team picture ahead of their preseason friendly against Club America. (Photo : Reuters)
Premier League club Manchester United is set to collide with French champions Paris Saint-Germain in a 2015 International Champions Cup friendly match at the Soldier Field in Chicago on Wednesday, July 29. This would be the final game of both the Red Devils and PSG in this annual friendly competitions.
Louis van Gaal's squad is fresh from a confidence-boosting 3-1 destruction of La Liga champs Barcelona last weekend at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, via ESPN.
United captain Wayne Rooney scored the first goal of the match, and his first of the tourney as well, in the eighth-minute mark to initiate the English side's attacks. Barça was only able to answer right before stoppage time to make it a little respectable at 2-1, but Belgian winger Adnan Januzaj scored a minute later to push the final score.
Meanwhile, Les Parisiens is coming off a close penalty shootout loss to Premiere League winner Chelsea, 1-1 (5-6), at the Bank of America Stadium in North Carolina also on Saturday, as per the Mirror.
The game opened remarkably for Laurent Blanc's men with vice-captain Zlatan Ibrahimović scoring a goal right at the 25th minute, but PSG never scored again in regulation to prompt the shootout.
This match against the Old Trafford giants will be the challenge that the Parisians need to elevate their game before the new season starts.
The predicted result is a 3-2 win by the Red Devils over Les Rouge-et-Bleu. Van Gaal's new recruits are slowly getting into the groove of things and they will continue their stellar preseason against the French men.
Manchester United starting lineup (4-3-1-2 formation): Johnstone; Shaw, Blind, Jones, Darmian; Schneiderlin, Carrick, Mata; Young; Depay, Rooney
Paris Saint-Germain starting lineup (4-2-2-2 formation): Trapp; Kimpembe, van der Wiel, Maxwell, Aurier; Matuidi, Rabiot; Moura, Ongenda; Ibrahimovic, Augustin
