Manchester United players Tom Cleverley, Danny Welbeck, and Patrice Evra had the opportunity to play with the likeness of themselves on a personalized foosball table in Hong Kong.
The Manchester United players had fun with the table football at a Nike Q&A session in Mong Kok. The rain outside forced them from playing actual football. Yes, I’m an American saying football in place of soccer.
During his interview with Egyptian National Team Coach Bob Bradley, The Daily Show host John Oliver made a hilarious joke about an Englishman using the word soccer. “Every time a British person says the word soccer somewhere else in the world another British person dies.”
And yes, the word football applies to table football or foosball.
Here are the Manchester United in action photos. United is 0-2-1 as it continues its Far East tour. David Moyes claims the losses are due to the fact they’ve faced some very good Japanese teams.
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