Louis van Gaal is not an easy man to please, but Bastian Schweinsteiger might have thought he’d get an easy ride after only his second appearance for Manchester United.
Van Gaal’s side ran out 3-1 winners in their meaningless friendly against San Jose Earthquakes – with Memphis Depay on the score sheet – but the manager was less than impressed.
“The first half I was satisfied – the players have performed what we wanted in the defensive organisation, and they have created a lot of chances, 10, and they scored two goals so I was satisfied,” said Van Gaal.
“But the second half I thought we played very bad – a lot of ball losses, very unnecessary. The only highlight was the goal from Pereira.”
Asked about Schweinsteiger’s performance, the Dutchman added: “He was also bad. Players can play bad, certainly when you have only three days or six days training session in your legs and you have to play 45 minutes.
“Everybody can think it is easy to step in but it is not easy. I thought the first match (Schweinsteiger) played very well and now he played bad but that is also a process.”
