{"id":15927,"date":"2018-10-24T11:32:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T11:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/?p=15927"},"modified":"2018-10-24T13:00:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T13:00:39","slug":"ferdinand-says-it-was-men-against-boys-after-manchester-uniteds-1-0-loss-to-juventus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/ferdinand-says-it-was-men-against-boys-after-manchester-uniteds-1-0-loss-to-juventus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferdinand Says It Was \u2018Men Against Boys\u2019 After Manchester United\u2019s 1-0 Loss To Juventus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a id=\"SSd9edkmTK53JV2afPPaUQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1052837536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'SSd9edkmTK53JV2afPPaUQ',sig:'eFOPNQutIVime4TiYrP6mKNDukDltku9M_QzBPPxBJk=',w:'594px',h:'406px',items:'1052837536',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center>Rio Ferdinand has described Manchester United\u2019s 1-0 defeat to Juventus on Tuesday as a case of \u2018men against boys\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United went into the game having picked up four points from their opening two Champions League games, two points behind group leaders Juventus.<\/p>\n<p>It has already been a difficult start to the season for Jose Mourinho\u2019s side, and they were once again punished for some slack defending when Paulo Dybala pounced to put the Italian champions ahead after 17 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>While United did put up a bit of a fight towards the end of the game, there was no way past the experienced defensive duo of Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini in the heart of the Juventus defence, who comfortably repelled the few attacks the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefootballfaithful.com\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Premier League<\/a>\u00a0side could muster.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in his role as a pundit, former United defender Rio Ferdinand delivered a damning assessment of the Red Devils performance:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you were having to describe this game short and sharp it\u2019s men against boys. There was a huge difference between the sides on quality on the ball they were bossed today,\u201d Ferdinand said on BT Sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single Juventus player will come off the pitch and say \u2018wow I was under no pressure today.\u2019 The team at home were playing like the away team, Juventus were pressing them rather than the other way around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I went out on a home game and I was told to sit back and retreat I\u2019d be shocked, I\u2019d be thinking \u2018really? this is Manchester United.\u2019 If that\u2019s the tactics they\u2019ve been told before they left the dressing room then I\u2019d be shocked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sourced From: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thefootballfaithful.com\/ferdinand-manchester-united-juventus-men-boys\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Football Faithful<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embed from Getty ImagesRio Ferdinand has described Manchester United\u2019s 1-0 defeat to Juventus on Tuesday as a case of \u2018men against boys\u2019. Manchester United went into the game having picked up four points from their opening two Champions League games, two points behind group leaders Juventus. It has already been a difficult start to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9492],"tags":[601,12123,2446],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15927"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}