Man Utd Ramblings – Audi Cup 2009 & Other Stuff…

By: Wayne Farry | March 25th, 2009

It has been confirmed that this summer United will compete in the Audi Cup 2009, to take place in the Allianz Arena. The tournament will take place over two days from July 29, with Boca Juniors, AC Milan and obviously Bayern Munich the other participating teams.

United will play Boca and Bayern will play Milan in the Semi-Finals on July 29. The Third-Place Playoff and the Final will be held the next day, July 20. Dunno what the winner, but I’m gonna guess that the player of the tournament gets a car, probably an Audi!

Sounds like it will be a good tournament. Four good teams ‘battling’ it out in a great stadium. It seems that these new tournaments spring up every summer. Does the Amsterdam Tournament even exist anymore? No word about what TV station the tournament will be broadcast on but I’m going to guess either Sky Sports or Setanta.

(Tickets for the Audi Cup 2009 are available at the Bayern Munich Official Website.)

In another tidbit, United’s Patrice Evra has come out and said that he’s not too concerned about United’s current form. His, as well as United’s form, has dipped noticeably recently but the French left-back isn’t fazed by the occurrences of the past few weeks.

“I have been at Manchester United for three years now and this is the first time I have lost two straight matches.

“I am sure it is just a little accident.”

Staggeringly in-depth comments from the French international, I know. I wonder if all United’s players are as nonchalant about what’s happened? They’ve been truly awful in the last two games and I think that if they all have this attitude there might be another defeat around the corner.

Finally, an interesting piece over at The Guardian by Rob Bagchi regarding Rooney in the aftermath of his red card at Fulham. He raises the point (that many have recently) that if he wants to be one of the best, he has to channel his anger into something positive. Check it out here, I don’t agree with some of it but it’s interesting.