Pre-season games usually don't have any motivation for the top clubs to win the game. Yes, I agree that in this match both teams gave one hundred percent of their abilities. But this is not the first time a top team from the English league has lost to a mediocre team. I think Manchester United really made this a game to test a lot of different tactics. Rosenborg scored a goal late in the game so I think both teams played very well. But a defeat is still a defeat and Ten Hag also said that this was not the performance United should have.
If Ten Hag has started to realize this at Manchester United, of course he himself knows what he actually has to do before the season actually starts. Because in terms of time, it is still possible for Manchester United to make more evaluations and better strategies to be able to start next season as well as possible. And apart from that, losing in the pre-season match also didn't harm Manchester United even though it could make the mediocre team feel happy and enthusiastic enough to start next season in the Premier League.
They may have lost to Rosenborg, but if you look at the match statistics, Manchester United could not show any presence. Rosenborg found 22 positions, while Manchester United found only 5 positions. Manchester United has been playing mediocre in the pre-season. If these games continue this year, we will probably see Ten Hag dismissed from the team before the end of the season.
MU again appeared inferior when facing Rosenborg. Despite fielding a team with many great players like Rashford, Casemiro, or Mason Mount,... MU showed an extremely lackluster playing style. It is worth mentioning that MU appeared relatively deadlocked and lacking ideas in attack. The players need to improve a lot to be worthy of the club's stature.
I see two obvious problems in the match in Trondheim. One is that MU players have not reached their best physical condition. Ten Hag's students have just reunited. Second, defense continues to be MU's weakness. The most important thing for Ten Hag right now is to find the hole in the defense and fix it as soon as the season is about to start. If Ten Hag teachers and students continue to maintain this appearance, I think MU fans should prepare themselves for another terrible season. And I believe the MU leadership will no longer be patient with Coach Ten Hag.