Manchester United’s Defender Beats the Premier League’s Muscle King: Lisandro Martinez Sends Traore to the Gym Early

In the first round of the 2024/25 Premier League season, Manchester United faced Fulham. During this match, Manchester United’s 175cm tall defender, Lisandro Martinez, successfully contained Traore, who is known as the “King of Muscles.”

Early in the game, Martinez inadvertently allowed Traore to break through on the left flank, causing a momentary disruption in Manchester United’s defense. However, the team did not concede a goal from this situation. Soon after, Martinez quickly adjusted his performance and implemented a series of precise and decisive tackles against Traore, making the usually unstoppable forward appear lost. After causing some initial trouble for Manchester United at the start of the match, Traore gradually lost his threat and was substituted off in the 78th minute.

Traore is famous for applying lubricant to his arms before matches, but he did not do so when playing at Old Trafford.

After the game, Martinez commented, “In the first encounter, Traore seemed like he wanted to kill me. But then I got my revenge and sent him to the gym early.”

In this match, Martinez demonstrated a high level of competitive performance, contributing with 2 tackles, 3 successful aerial duels, 1 goal-line clearance, and 4 accurate long passes.

In addition to Martinez, Manchester United’s Maguire also performed excellently, effectively dealing with Fulham’s aerial attacks and making crucial interceptions in one-on-two situations. Moreover, new signing Mazraoui showcased his abilities, achieving impressive statistics in his debut: a 92% pass success rate, 5 tackles, 6 successful aerial duels, 3 interceptions, 2 clearances, and 2 successful challenges.

De Ligt also made an appearance towards the end of the game and used his strong physique to suppress Fulham’s attacking players.