Pranav Nair
Twitter reacts to Manchester United’s international matchup on Twitter
Manchester United have had a number of football’s biggest names represent us over the last few decades.
Quite a few of them have come from European powerhouses such as the Netherlands and France. The club’s official Twitter account sought to settle the battle as to who would prevail if the Reds from both nations went against each other.
The matchup was a five-a-side game involving some of the biggest names to don the red shirt.
The Dutch have the better goalkeeper in Edwin van der Saar in comparison to the error-prone Fabian Barthez.
Laurent Blanc and Patrice Evra are excellent defenders, but Jaap Stam was a beast who would take some tackling. Once again, we will have to give the dutch colossus the edge here.
The midfield battle will go to the French, who have the likes of Paul Pogba and Eric Cantona against the likes of Arnold Muhren and Daley Blind. although Muhren is a celebrated Dutch star, the Pogba-Cantona duo would edge the competition.
The attack was the easiest to call given the gross mismatch involved. Anthony Martial is an excellent player, but he does not hold a candle to Ruud van Nistelrooy and Robin van Persie.
The Dutch duo are two of the celebrated strikers of their era and present a credible threat to the French side.
We believe the Dutch side is better equipped to win due to their prowess in attack and the defence. And it appears a majority of the fans on Twitter agree with us.
We take a look at some of the responses below.
Twitter reacts to Dutch Reds vs French Reds
Barthez is getting smoked man😭
— AD (@UTDFuture) June 10, 2020
What an announcement it would be if they had sneaked Van de beek in Dutch side. Just imagine 😄
— TJ (@UtdTalha) June 10, 2020
The Dutch of course. Better goalie, better defender, you can discuss about the midfield (Cantona or Mühren?) and much, much better strikers!
— Roerend Eens (@Roerend001) June 10, 2020
Dutch. Absolute poachers up front.
— Drew Evans (@dae_1989) June 10, 2020
Ruud and Robin both might get hattrick against Barthez and Van der Saar better than you expect because he more often than not in the right position
— Faiz Ramadhan (@faizrmd) June 10, 2020
Dutch team, The strikers are unbelievable, great goalkeeper And a powerhouse in defence and 2 players in midfield who are good on the ball
— Bow (@Veyseylaaa) June 10, 2020
Can you imagine? The brutal beating the Dutch team would enact. 🤣🤣🤣
— Rich (@UtdPotential) June 10, 2020
I feel sorry for Barthez..
— Ɽon (@UtdRonnie) June 10, 2020
I honestly think Stam would murder Martial… Cantona would be left on his on as Pogba would be too busy dabbing/getting his hair done/injured/ all of the above. Larry White was past his prime when he was with us. Barthez prone to a howler. You have to say the Dutch
— Graham (@cylindricalgoal) June 10, 2020
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RVN and RVP in the same team is unfair😭😭. The quality of finishing would be immense.
— Elite Martial (@MysticalMartial) June 10, 2020
