After a breathtaking Thursday night, Manchester United’s U18 side were in action on Friday afternoon, completing an impressive come from behind of their own.
The atmosphere at Old Trafford on Thursday night is something that academy players will be desperate to be a part of in the future. This should serve as motivation for the Manchester United youngsters who will have seen Harry Amass in the thick of the celebrations.
Due to this, the gauntlet has been set for academy players to earn their chance with the opporutnity never being clearer than it is right now.
So on Friday afternoon, as the U18s kept their U18 Premier League title dreams alive with a 4-3 win over Derby County, it was intriguing to see who stood out.
Shea Lacey is simply far too good for U18 football
United were 2-0 down to Derby on Friday inside the opening 33 minutes, before Bendito Mantato entered the scoresheet with a big goal, which was assisted by Gabriele Biancheri.
There was then a long wait in the game until the next goal, and it took the introduction of Shea Lacey to ignite a fire in United’s play. Lacey did all the work to create James Scanlon’s equaliser without getting the assist, before he scored a goal of his own to give United the lead.
Derby then equalised before Lacey was key in helping create Victor Musa’s winner.
To have such an incredible impact from the bench despite playing such few minutes this season just showcases that Lacey is far too good for U18 football now, and if he can remain fit there is no reason Amorim won’t be making him an academy graduate this season.
United have taken their time with bringing Lacey back to fitness, and so the perfect way to reward his hard work and end the season on a high would be perfect; he is certainly proving he’s ready.
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