Doncaster Rovers 0 Sheffield United 4: Luke Freeman adds a fourth for the Blades with Lys Mousset at the double
Slavisa Jokanovic’s men then face Norwich City on Saturday – or are scheduled to, anyway, after City returned a number of positive Covid-19 tests of their own this week, forcing the cancellation of their pre-season clash with Coventry City – before the season gets underway for good the weekend after, at home to Birmingham City.
United will be backed by over 3,000 fans tonight, their largest and indeed only away following since before the pandemic began.
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Robinson heads clear
after a good ball over the top was helped back into the box by Tommy Rowe, Trialist Three then had an ambitious go on the volley but dragged his shot a little and it went wide of Ramsdale’s right-hand post
Good chance for the Blades
as Baldock and Burke combine smartly with a quick one-two, the right-back’s cross is low across the box but it evades everyone - just needed a touch from someone, with Mousset playing centrally as things stand
Trialist 2 is off
to a hearty round of applause and the game continues, Berge is seeing plenty of the ball in midfield, as is Norwood
Early break in play
as Trialist 2 for Donny goes down after a challenge with Norwood and has come off considerably worse, the game has stopped for quite a while as he receives treatment but he looks like he’ll be leaving the field on a stretcher - wishing him all the best and a speedy recovery. Norwood will be fine to continue after a bit of patching up, by the way
Here come the teams
with the Blades in their all black away strip, given a big round of applause from their travelling fans behind the goal before they go into their pre-match huddle
What a great sight and sound it is
to hear Blades fans back in an away end after far too long - over 3,000 at Donny tonight for their first away game in 17 months and maybe a little sign that nature is healing a little and life is getting back to something like normal... fingers crossed, at least
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