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Manchester United girls booked their place within the ultimate of the inaugural World Sevens event by beating native rivals Manchester Metropolis 2-0.
The Pink Devils completed prime of their group after wins over AS Roma, SL Benfica and Paris Saint-Germain within the group stage.
United began brightly, and Simi Awujo had the primary effort on purpose however ballooned her shot from an acute angle.
Leah Galton hasn’t scored but within the event however she nearly opened her account when she charged down a clearance however might solely drag her effort large.
United didn’t want to attend for much longer to get their noses in entrance nonetheless, as on 4 minutes Melvine Malard scored with a world-class strike.
The French ahead expertly managed an extended ball up the pitch and immediately turned to rifle an unstoppable effort into the highest nook. United have scored some nice objectives up to now in Portugal however this might have been the choose of the bunch.
Marc Skinner’s aspect nearly immediately doubled their lead however Elisabeth Terland’s strike was nicely blocked by the keeper.
Metropolis had loads of the ball however didn’t get previous a water-tight United defence. Simply earlier than the half-time break, Awujo had a shot from distance parried away by Khiara Keating.
Each side struggled to carve out many clear-cut probabilities firstly of the second half till the twenty fourth minute.
Galton broke freed from the Metropolis defence and teed up Grace Clinton, however the often lethal finisher rattled the crossbar when she actually ought to have scored.
Nonetheless, United responded in one of the simplest ways attainable and Gabby George’s nice solo purpose gave them a 2-0 lead with simply 5 minutes to play.
The defender raced down the touchline and beat the Metropolis participant for tempo and energy. She saved her composure and dinked the ball previous Keating to place United within the driving seat.
Skinner’s aspect largely saved their opposition at bay till the twenty ninth minute when Poppy Pritchard fired an effort large after breaking free from the United defence.
That was to be the final try of the sport and it will be the staff from the purple half of Manchester that might make the ultimate.
United will tackle Bayern Munich in a while tonight, hoping to have higher luck than they’d within the FA Cup ultimate final weekend towards Chelsea.
ONE, TWO, THREE: TEAM! ❤️#MUWomen || #WorldSevensFootball pic.twitter.com/RhISiLIXRA
— Manchester United Girls (@ManUtdWomen) Could 23, 2025
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