International Champions Cup: Manchester United Beats European Champions Real Madrid 3-1 Advancing To Face Off With Liverpool On Monday

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Manchester United was able to beat the European champions Real Madrid 3-1 on Saturday to set up an International Champions Cup final play off against Liverpool in Miami.

The success of United was waved off in front of a crowd of 109,318 fans at the Michigan Stadium. The victory attained confirmed United as the Group A winners.

29-year-old athlete Ashley Young was celebrated as well after he scored his first goal on the 21-minute mark along with Gareth Bale responding from the penalty spot for Real six minutes later after being pulled down by Michael Keane in the box.

Moreover, on 37 minutes, Young scored again when his cross to Wayne Rooney drifted in and substitute Javier Hernandez wrapped up the win in the 80th minute when he converted a delivery from Shinji Kagaway.

United is now scheduled to clash with Liverpool in the final at Florida's Sun Life Stadium on Monday. It is expected that United's new boss Louis van Gaal is about to have his first wave and taste of the bitter and pungent rivalry between the two clubs.

In the starting XI, Real Madrid did not include Crisanto Ronaldo, and the newly signed players Toni Kroos and James Rodriguez. However, they were still able to include a plenty of stars in the starting.

On the other hand, Ashley Young, the United's captain for the night exhibited a show wide from 20 yards after 13 minutes and soon after he played a pivotal role in the spectacular first goal for the match.

Just before the break, Welbeck had an injury and was pulled off and substituted by Wilfried Zaha. The Red Devil's boss van Gaal made three more substitutions at half-time, and another three on the hour.

The final move along with more than 20 passes made the goal very smooth and pleasing in the eye.

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