Home Football Mason Greenwood’s first match in 20 months met with mixed reviews when making his Getafe debut after being loaned to Man Utd

Mason Greenwood’s first match in 20 months met with mixed reviews when making his Getafe debut after being loaned to Man Utd

Football — 09/18/2023

In today’s 3-2 win for Getafe over Osasuna, MASON GREENWOOD made his debut off the bench to mixed reviews.

Greenwood came on in the 77th minute

In the 77th minute, with the score equal at 2-2, manager José Bordalás made a substitution for Greenwood.

The Getafe supporters welcomed Greenwood as a replacement for forward Juanmi Latasa in a largely favorable manner.

However, with only 9,000 spectators in the 16,000-seat Estadio Coliseum Alfonso Perez, it wasn’t the best turnout.

There are often 12,000 people present.

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Guillermo Rai of The Athletic reported that Osasuna supporters were yelling “Greenwood die” and appeared to be jeering the player.

Greenwood hasn’t played in 20 months; his last game was for Manchester United in January 2022 against West Ham.

After being detained on suspicion of rape, using coercive or controlling behavior, and assault resulting in actual bodily damage, the winger was later suspended by United.

The CPS withdrew all criminal allegations against Greenwood in February of this year as a result of “the withdrawal of key witnesses and new material that came to light.”

Greenwood was in the middle of Getafe's celebrations as they netted a late 3-2 winner

After conducting an internal investigation into Greenwood, United came to the conclusion that he would not represent them on the field in August.

“All those involved, including Mason, recognize the challenges with him resuming his career at Manchester United,” the statement read. Therefore, it has been decided that doing so outside of Old Trafford would be most suitable. We will now work with Mason to make that happen.Greenwood won two corners after coming on, with Maksimovic scoring from the secondDue to this, Greenwood was permitted to continue playing football abroad, and on the final day before the deadline, he signed a loan agreement with Getafe. After being introduced in the 77th minute, Greenwood quickly won two corners. When Nemanja Maksimovic scored off a Carles Alena corner kick in the second, Getafe went up 3-2. The players from CA Osasuna made some agricultural challenges against the United loanee. Iker Munoz, a central midfielder, gave Greenwood a hard challenge in the middle of the field.ImageDespite the fact that the referee issued eight cards during the game, Munoz was not carded for the tackle. Despite not coming off the bench, Getafe left-back Fabrizio Angileri was given a red card in the last moments of the match. The following Sunday, when Getafe travels to the Basque country to face Real Sociedad, Greenwood will have another chance to play.