Manchester United defender, Axel Tuanzebe has described his first outing for the club as captain.
He said it is a remarkable experience after a penalty shootout win vs Rochdale.
In the game, Man Utd scored through Mason Greenwood in the 68th minute of the game but Rochdale equalised 8 minutes later when Luke Matheson netted against Sergio Romero.
Axel had no idea that he was going to be captain until moments before the game kicked off, and he was happy to see that dream come true.
His words, “Dreams do come true. I had goosebumps as I was walking out. It is something I have been working on for a long time and the moment finally came,”
“I am just grateful to the manager and grateful to the club and the players I am playing with for sharing this moment with me.
“It was a nice surprise. I was literally getting ready to stretch and loosen up and Mike Phelan just came to me and said ‘are you ready to go and see the referee’.
“I said ‘what do you mean?’ and he said, ‘Come on you are captain’. So I said ‘alright, let’s get it’.”
“It made it that bit more sweeter, a bit more special,”
“I had a lot of family and friends who came to watch the game so to have my first game as captain in front of them was remarkable.”
“They defended well first and foremost,”
“Big respect to them, they came out here and battled all the way. They had confidence. It is a hard place to come to, Old Trafford, and play. But they did and all respect to them and good luck to them for the season.
“We had a lot of chances that we weren’t able to execute, but we always find a way to win and we are through to the next round, and that is important.”
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