Dundee United vs Dundee 1 half
On the opening weekend of the Scottish Premiership season, a Dundee derby unfolds as Jim Goodwin's Tangerines mark their top flight return by hosting neighbours Dundee at Tannadice.
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00:00to the team in the forward area set pieces he's really become integral to dundee success
00:07master stroke moving him from a wide position into the uh the central midfield role which
00:11he occupies now luke mcgowan making that switch last season
00:30this is the fourth time that these two have met on the opening day
00:33of the league season dundee united so far unbeaten
00:39but there's been such a buzz around this city since united were promoted and they
00:44knew the derby was coming back but especially since the fixtures came out
00:49and day one drew these two famous rivals together again
00:53now so much of dundee's firepower will go through that man there simon murray is
01:04i mean he was probably if not the main reason certainly one of them why ross county remained
01:09in a division i had him at dundee myself on loan i think he's matured as a player i think
01:15his intelligence has really improved as a footballer um but his impact to dundee could
01:20be really really good you know he's already got five goals to his name including a hat trick
01:26against him last week in the league cup he does love a goal in the league cup
01:31trappinowski just beyond van der sander
01:39a symbol
01:45now put alice
01:46yes
01:49miss mcgee just looking at the shape of dundee united actually the bottle up they go quite
01:55narrow the wingers come in quite close to the center forward that protects uh sybil
02:00through the middle and you can see their decking gala really aggressive and stepping in
02:05that's trappinowski who hunted his chances from distance he's direct he's got a bit of magic in
02:11his boots christian trappinowski we've seen that already in his early days at canada's
02:15yeah he's been effective already hasn't it but this man here decking galaga
02:18of course has played across the road there and then park very aggressive it's something that
02:24you know the big fella up top palmer holding he's going to have to get used to it's something that
02:28decking galaga really involves himself in physical contact he's got the running power
02:32of simon murray but he must protect that in order that mccowen lyle cameron can get in touch
02:39tough big character decking galaga
02:42yeah he's on the mission also to try and silence a few doubters that he's heard
02:46whether he can still do it at this level deckling galaga
02:59very holding off ingram as holt gets to it and still hits the deck
03:04now first opportunity for dundee to load the box seller and cramp uncompromising
03:10the boys are moving up from the back now mcgee portales
03:16well set pieces where their thing last season dundee has got 20 goals from them
03:2044 percent of their goals came from set pieces last season
03:34palmer holding amongst those waiting as it's sent forward by lyle cameron
03:42graham's got plenty of physical presence about him too
03:46yeah he has he's been he's been involved in a few challenges already certainly a target to hit
03:51feel that the ball is probably a little bit further than lyle cameron would have liked to have hit it
03:58high line from dundee united though gary you know they're clearly trusting that zone of mark
04:02consistent who are so miserly in the championship last year in terms of conceding goals but this is
04:08different once you're into the premiership different opposition better forwards more attack and threat
04:14to deal with and what we saw last season the championship was that when teams got off the
04:22bus here at tanadise they called the bus here at tanadise and dundee united had to try and
04:28grind the opposition down they'll expect the opposition this season to come at them more
04:31yeah and that's the thing they'll open up then that's why jim's going to the 343 formation it
04:35gives them more flexibility and maybe an extra defender but certainly
04:39more forward-thinking players that he can squeeze into the team
04:55so
05:13of course he's always getting involved that boy
05:18yeah i mean there's nothing on it he's just letting big graham know that he's going to be
05:21with him today for the duration of the match that's a cuddle isn't it when it comes to simon
05:27murray yeah i mean he's the angriest looking goal scorer i've ever seen in my life and i mean he
05:32looks angrier when he scores than he actually does when he's just enjoying the general parts of the
05:37game he's enjoying being back in his city particularly wearing that dark blue shirt of
05:46that's portales
05:56i think as you would expect it's been lively it's been uh lots of contacts in the game
06:02probably a little bit scrappy first 10 minutes into the match you
06:07you would feel that it would start to settle down a little bit
06:10hello
06:14portales looking for murray who was met by holtz and cameron will try and catch up with it but
06:20wasn't able to do so there's another fabulous season for lyle cameron last season following
06:28on from a wonderful championship campaign as well diminutive small player but massive heart
06:36he's very talented as well getting goals assisting goals both him and mccowan
06:41very influential in the middle of the pitch
06:48ingram
06:51holding back from the dundee wing back that's very now sybil
06:57hold
07:01chevelle that's for thompson to try and cause some trouble for graham he's away from graham
07:08is thompson thompson but boosty now that is unlike him into a brilliant position
07:17the headlines were about to be written but he couldn't finish it off well that young man there
07:22is just showing everybody here in tanadise and watching at home that he's such a very direct
07:28player and he's right up for it today beautiful skip by graham and he's got the awareness just
07:34chops back here he's always going to go on the outside then it's all about his pace directness
07:38cut across graham eliminate him that's a lovely little pullback you know but boonsky knows that's
07:43a big chance he can't blame a bubble that's for sure because that surface is pristine
07:47there is a great opportunity for dundee united
07:52we've had the two big opportunities so far here's another one potentially
08:05this famous old football theater in the city of discovery finds its voice again
08:12and it shakes to the sound of dundee and that's a joy well if you make signings you want them to
08:20make an impact and make it quick and there's no better place than a derby and all three are
08:26involved i'll tell you what van der sanden take a little bit because he's awareness is first class
08:33i know this guy's going to get the headline shabanovsky with a quite wonderful finish side
08:38can pose but watch this for a little bit of awareness from the center forward
08:43but once he just drops that in there but look at that little sight glance just knocks it into the
08:48open path of shabanovsky who's making up the penalty box and it's early in the derby match
08:54it's his first taste of it but that's a cool finish joe mccracken has got no chance it's
09:00driven low down into the corner and i tell you it's a it's a magical dream start for the lad
09:08but these dundee united fans on the ground
09:13well if you're going to write the perfect script
09:17to make your league debut in and be a part of that is it the first goal in the dundee derby
09:27wearing the shirt of dundee united scoring on his premiership debut i thought before the game
09:35gary i was talking about dundee are definitely pavers if they have to be they were superb last
09:39year in the top league but this guy has made some signings he's had to shift the squad around and
09:44he realized that winning a championship he would have to regenerate to stay in this division first
09:48of all but i just got a wee bit of a sniff a wee bit of a whip around the environment when i come
09:54in i spoke to him i spoke to different people i think they fancied us today and clearly they start
09:59to suggest that he's already been nicknamed uh trappadonna in training because christian
10:10trappanovski but charlie and his judoist drop a bag of cement sorry charlie too good to miss
10:20he's already not happy charlie with uh asking jim goodwin why he let him go
10:24having a bad day we're just waiting for the uh the smoke to uh clear here from a flare which
10:31was thrown on but in terms of christian trappanovski he's from north macedonia
10:42and in terms of the uh the market in in that part of the world
10:46jim goodwin's profited because he signed of course mayovsky at Aberdeen who trappanovski
10:52knows well and he's gone back into the markets again in that part of the world to sign that man
10:58yeah i watched that from playing off the left but his finish is so cool but again i'll go back to
11:03center forwards he's in the team clearly is trying to be the pivotal player through the central
11:09position van der zander but his awareness is absolutely first class he could have snatched
11:15that out himself totally unselfish
11:24so how do dundee respond here this is cameron to ingram
11:34smuggle through to lyle cameron again
11:37so he was back doing the defending and he's loving that isn't he first job is a wide player
11:42and if you're a wingback and a fullback stop course he's coming into your box
11:46he made up the ground there because there's a nice little bit of football from dundee
11:55the chance for ethan ingram to fling this inside the dundee united box
12:01he's almost out on tannevat street here he comes
12:07i'm holding as the target united have dealt with it for now
12:12it's still up getting there ahead of van der zander
12:21so
12:28led his team down the street from dens park around about midday the players voted to do
12:33the traditional walk to the ground and they'll be walking back as well he'll be hoping they'll
12:39be walking back there's something in their back pockets in terms of a point or three
12:45so yeah i think i think they've just started a little bit hurried in possession i know
12:52it's a very familiar shape that tony's playing today
12:56but i just feel that dundee united have settled into the occasion better
13:02and we're on the back foot here now as mccowan looks to pick up
13:05and it's dropped to murray
13:16now he is an instant hero in the dundee derby attendance
13:22so
13:32a corner of dark blue which had a nice is a serious celebration
13:37for anything that you can do i can do tony dobbs just said these new signings
13:42he must be feeling good i was just saying about how dundee united is set to go into the match
13:46better but there's simon murray he always does it pulls into the wide area that's a brilliant
13:51challenge from kevin hall but he's up on it again simon murray because he never stops working the
13:56boy and he flashes that across goal and there's his strike partner just to benefit from the goalkeeper
14:03yes the goalkeeper is a big hand and i've all i can do is shove it into the path of palmer hold
14:08him and all he's going to do is just make sure you're hitting target look at this points from
14:15this place is just erupted
14:24well no goals in the premiership on saturday we've already had two
14:28on sunday in this fierce dundee derby attendance
14:37and the sound of the target here is straight through to it
14:40mortales manages surprise the ball away from the dundee united front man civiled in strongly
14:46that's still up now mcgowan who helped create that equalizer of a dundee
14:53mortales trying to get back on his feet trapping offsteam coming for it likewise john mccracken
14:58so
15:05i feel like this game's been breakfast palmer holding
15:09you can see there i think he's used some amount of energy in the celebration which is always the
15:14case you're taking up with the atmosphere he's got a lot to thank for the man at the side of him
15:19simon murray just doesn't stop but this has been a quite breathless opening to the derby
15:26it is living up to its billing the bunsky they're swarming around him
15:31in strongly on sybil's and it will be a free kick for dundee united
15:40well i mean it's not one of these best goals but it'll feel pretty high on that list i just want
15:46to keep a wee eye on simon murray here he pulls that away there and watch as he rolls it into
15:51just keep an eye on him he keeps going that's a top save from walking but he just reacts doesn't
15:57he simon murray flashes it across goal and there's his straight partner just to knock it home
16:04and a little knee slide into the bargain doesn't quite execute it perfectly but it
16:09will feel pretty good gary yeah at least it wasn't on tv
16:12wow he was uh
16:18it's being uh marked at one stage by loran and lisandra martinez
16:22and an epic cup game against manchester united was sebastian palma holding
16:31there's graham
16:34now larkesh
16:36looking to link up with murray fighting by mccowan again away by kevin holt there's graham
16:50sila
16:53sybil's there's van der sander
16:57uh
17:04once again no holding back it is that kind of day that kind of game and i think the players
17:10have just been sucked right into the atmosphere haven't they both sets of fans have been brilliant
17:15and probably couldn't have wished for a better start than the united early opening the scoring
17:19and dundee heading back
17:28so we will have to bring play to our hearts
17:41stronger on his right side now ferry showing the inside takes up the invitation
17:50to score again it's millard thompson
17:59this derby is swinging one way then the other 22 minutes in three goals already
18:06dundee united right now have the edge against their neighbors from up the road
18:12i'm going to need a wee lie down in a minute gary i mean this has just been end to end
18:16i tell you if the awareness from van der zander and the first goal
18:20with top class this is absolutely immense what a pass it is and i'll call it a pass
18:28from the wide area watch this first time whipped into the space there and there's thompson just
18:36creeping into the back post making sure that he gets a nice solid contact a nice firm ankle on it
18:43just to knock it into the goal joe mccracken coming across he's never going to get there
18:48but again it's all about answering back dundee united up the other side a quite brilliant cross
18:54and that young man will remember that for a long time this game has had everything so far
19:02let's come through the youth academy here at tanner dice's miller thompson
19:08well these two haven't seen each other for over two years they are making up for lost time
19:14and now dundee have to try and respond again
19:20i mentioned earlier they were a team who conceded plenty of goals last season but
19:25still scored enough to make the top six
19:30ingram stands his ground
19:34so
19:52well we know what he needs right now 24 minutes into the game and
19:56it's hard enough to get your breath taking one in the throat looks okay
20:05fabulous season last season craig sybil but the heart of the dundee united midfield
20:13he did perform well too in the season in which oh they were relegated and uh
20:20we'll just about get to that john mcgee just weakening
20:23do up there make sure it is a on point
20:25very having a look and seeing that ingram is right behind it sorry i just called
20:47and he wants his team to be aggressive to be on the front foot
20:50tony doherty to entertain just as they did last season
20:56not to take a step back
20:58they were starved for goals yesterday and he wouldn't bet on any uh
21:03any stalemate from this position i don't think this game's going to stay the same you know
21:21what plenty of action in both boxes so far from the united have the edge
21:28morse ferry back to halt
21:32and the sander yeah good play fizzed in by kevin holt there under real pressure as well from silla
21:50okay
22:03once again panic yeah mcgowan looking up with murray united with enough bodies back
22:11dundee putting the press on their neighbors yeah defensively just getting a little bit ragged
22:15then the united kevin holt just slashing at that one
22:29and it's great
22:36they'll tell us again
22:39in the united back into their shape off the ball of uh 5-2-3
22:46on in the second tier under jim goodwin last season but he uh felt that this system would
22:51suit them best this campaign he studied a lot of by labor coups in last season
22:55and their system albeit different players of course different division different challenges
22:59but he he liked what he saw with that system of 3-4-3 when they're in possession good model that
23:06a very successful side of course xavi alonso but if you can make it work and you can get players
23:12at foot into it then why not let's impress aggressively and they have players in almost
23:20every area around the pitch as well so that's one of the reasons he switched to it yeah well
23:24the signs are there that uh he's certainly added to the squad very very well i mean that ball
23:30and chevelle was just incredible i can't wait to hear what the boys have got to say about it
23:34at halftime i think we've been really treated to some very good goals good movement but the actual
23:41occasion has been a i think it's been grace with the players their tempo to the game their attitude
23:47to the match so far has been it's been really first class
23:59lakesh looking for murray
24:05up against graham who is stronger on his left side rather than his right
24:10he's used to playing on the right side of the fence right now
24:17so
24:25graham again into mcgowan around the corner to ziad lakesh
24:39that's graham again
24:49graham chevelle in the way for the home team being pursued by sila just that job so well
24:57winning it back in a way with effort ultimately from dundee's goal scorer sebastian palma holding
25:04yeah he does well just a raw possession and he makes his mind up very very early
25:07not one of his finest strikes leaning back never going to trouble jack walton and goals
25:14but he made his mind up very early i think you can see there mcgowan just he's right
25:20he was wanting the ball play down to him then he could have developed the play
25:26he's managed to keep curtis main out of the dundee starting 11 here today as sebastian
25:31palma holden scored a couple against inverness last week in the league cup
25:38chevelle involved again there's thompson
25:46sybil
25:51now babonsky
25:57babonsky again he's always demanding the ball is the former barcelona man
26:02yeah we're in the armband now he's going to dictate the play as well as the tempo of the
26:08game looks really good i know he's come from great pedigree but that's one thing coming here
26:15to shore there's another one so far so good for jim goodman he started really well in our
26:20tangerine jersey ingraham rising highest above ferry
26:26oh
26:30very involved again he drips away from ingraham superbly very there's a step over
26:36babonsky he thought he was being out of the thing he's flying wide ultimately yeah he's asking that
26:42uh was that a lot of pool and i think it's looking
26:48seven it's close but brilliant from ferry isn't it
26:52really good from welfare he cuts inside he's awareness here a little pullback
26:55miller thompson looks like he's going to take it but he's showing great awareness
26:59mose babonsky's just behind them and it's not a bad touch you know he's just trying to
27:03stroke it into that far corner just half a yard wide under a bit of pressure from mccowen
27:11well var are having a look at this stephen mcclain just told the referee to delay it
27:16but now he's just uh checked complete so no case to answer there for dundee no there's there's
27:22contact and there's a there's a foul there it would impede them i don't think there's enough
27:30brings the ball back again getting it away from vander sander this is cameron
27:34marques just having to readjust
27:37uh
27:56cameron now it's murray
27:58he's always an option and he's running back again here is like cameron there's still a
28:08cameron again to mccowen still up
28:15it's lokesh murray was lurking but seen off by gallagher
28:28two decades now they've not let dundee leave here with the goods since 2004
28:44we're in front in this latest episode
28:50so
29:08he almost hesitated because he felt that trapanowski wasn't going to roll him in again
29:12brilliant rob there of mccowen from baboonsgate ferries bombing on watch him go here and he just
29:19slows up a wee bit there just to keep himself on side maybe another real positive run from the
29:26wing back there's another new signing who's already made an impact will ferry
29:35so
29:51gives up a set piece for dundee which we know last season they were absolutely brilliant
29:59that's how good they were
30:0520 goals some set pieces no one could match that
30:22yeah wonderful header it comes from deep as well not a bad ball for mccowen
30:26when you're looking to work it short
30:29just really aggressive stepping out making sure that he's taking responsibility
30:48murray
30:49he was here as a dundee fan in with the dundee fans back in 2015 when dundee united beat them
31:016-2 here a few days later he signed with dundee united he had a bit of explaining to do to his
31:06i'll bet you did
31:18just like to move in from the left side
31:22but again dundee united come up with the asset yeah he likes that wee channel he's maybe a bit
31:26short with the pass needed to just fizz it in so he could either be playing first time
31:32well okay it's just around the corner otherwise you take a touch a secure touch
31:35but when it's played then slow you risk a counter-attack by somebody stepping in and
31:40gaining possession but he always favors that channel on the left side simon murray
31:50it's bald again that's mccowan
31:53oh
32:02now sybil's scoring back to win it back chance for cameron to drive at united
32:10that means a better pass is that channel again that i speak about simon what he just likes to
32:15live in he just pulls off just down the side there and if the pass is better he can take
32:22that on the straight just there and he's feeding his left foot his forward foot
32:27but because it's the back foot he has to take it back across him and the chance is gone
32:34no foul by van der sande on silla and dundee united approaching again
32:40thompson taking aim again but mccracken came up with the answer
32:44yeah i don't mind that son really don't mind that really positive from miller thompson
32:51i don't think there's an awful lot of challenge there's a little bump but not enough for me i
32:54think it's good refereeing as he knocks it on there he could have cut back he could have waited
32:58in support he wants to take a shot on testing mccracken forcing a save from the goalkeeper
33:06very positive play from a young man
33:08yeah he's showing his versatility again here today miller thompson who has played as an attacker
33:15as a wingback
33:27clipped in by ferry that's larkesh
33:29he had to get it right didn't he
33:38but graham had to make sure he got contact with the ball there because there was a big
33:42chasm or space for murray just to drive into
33:47so
33:55look at his space here for mccowan
33:58we're going to smuggle it through to cameron that's bubunsky
34:04comes mccowan again at the heart of things again for dundee
34:06a player that's uh not surprisingly is wanted elsewhere
34:15dundee hoping they don't have to open the door to office before the window closes for luke mccowan
34:21he's picking up these pockets of space now just with the the two sybil don't bubunsky in there
34:26they're almost outgunned at times but if they don't have the wide players don't tuck in they've
34:30got the three sylla cameron and of course mccowan he's picking up little pockets of space i'm just
34:35looking at him he looks kind of tired already it's i know it's not sunny today but it's very
34:41very clammy very mild in this game the pace has been frenetic
34:49energy off the pitch and energy on it has made this a special opening 38 minutes at tanadise
34:56that's a special move there for murray who couldn't pick out sebastian palma holding his
35:02strike partner mccowan ingram berry is in the way
35:15yeah just a moment ago when when he takes it
35:19when he takes it in and he's he's looking for a pass he should just stay central
35:25it was a brilliant take from simon murray but if the big strike partner just stays central let
35:29him bounce it off you get round them launched in by ethan ingram and it dropped him vitally to
35:39lockesh feels for handball as cameron sends it go once again there will be a goal kick and nothing
35:45more at the moment
35:49bang off yeah okay this really catches it sweet you can see deck and gallagher is fully opened
36:06up there test the core out big man
36:19okay
36:25graham's header there is gallagher
36:29still and ingram getting in each other's way
36:31sybil's trying to set thompson away on the far side of the pitch and thompson gets to it
36:42with the delivery graham in the way has sybil again
36:49raheem stepping forwards maybe a sign of the derby occasion getting to the dundee united
36:55centre back he got a wee bit excited there unless he's got somebody placed behind that stand
37:00for a match ball for a wee souvenir yeah yeah yeah the big man um i don't think he'll be
37:06getting a partner back from the manager for that shot yeah even jim goodwin smiling
37:11oh
37:13understand they're giving chase to that in a battle with mcgee
37:19her still up
37:23moved on by vitico chevelle who's had a good first half so far for dundee united thompson
37:28likewise and he forces a call yeah right side they're looking dangerous he travels well doesn't
37:35young thompson direct positive clearly enjoys going on the outside
37:44also feeling the pace of the game
37:48so are you in europe here i took one knee on this chair here
37:52so
38:02krapanovsky is waiting just by the goalkeeper mccracken
38:07beyond them and sybil tries to stick a boot out
38:22um
38:28just to lean him out of the way yeah just a
38:31nice wee bump there just making sure that it's going to follow
38:35all the way through to the goalkeeper mccracken
38:46gallagher in the way
38:49that's mcgee
38:52and i'll be spending a bit more of his time at center back this season for dundee rather than
38:57in the midfield area he's also played as a wing back as well mcgee
39:02very effectively for dundee last season scored some goals from that position
39:09at the moment he's right at the heart of the dundee back three there he is
39:13so
39:30that's graham comes from perth now the dundonians simon murray seen off again
39:37and graham getting to him and it's done the united fan against dundee fan ingram
39:49swung in by portales
39:52i'm gonna try to make his presence felt and away by van der sander
39:57dundee looking to try and finish the half on the front foot another one for mccracken to deal with
40:02everybody awake in the dundee go children he's tasting them now hasn't he
40:07he's not been keen to his goalkeeper
40:12this ball through sam mccowan larkesh cowan's continued his run now he checks
40:18back this is larkesh still in possession
40:32now graham
40:39dundee and he just looking to see this one out last couple of minutes making sure they go in
40:45ahead in the game at halftime you need to really concentrate defensively you would you would imagine
40:51the dundee will have one last push three additional minutes at the end of the first half and that's
40:59too long for sebastian palmer holden more live football coming your way after this
41:07we're at celtic park flag day there celtic against kilmarnock four o'clock sky sports football
41:14and then tomorrow we're not too far away from here at saint johnson against aberdeen 7 30
41:18on sky sports football at the moment the dundee united fans are enjoying derby day
41:29so
41:36van der sande that's thompson who stepped in field
41:40he's forced that ball through to babinski who's gone for the chip
41:46couldn't quite pull it off but inventive creative thinking from the former barcelona man not bad
41:53really not bad thompson strong again that awareness is shown there that's an audacious
41:59little effort you know and he's not too far away mccracken's off his line he's only about three or
42:04four yards off his line but with a lovely little attempt from the new signing new captain
42:13clearly got an eye for goal
42:14from a famous sporting family babinski's dad played football his brother was at
42:23real madrid's academy when babinski was uh at the camp new
42:45uh
42:56again at times we've seen the importance of mozilla playing that role
43:04just in front of the dundee back three this is a fairy who's uh amongst the dundee fans
43:09not amongst friends there i think we don't want that do we no
43:18no we don't want to see that
43:22very takes that throw still gets to it trapanovsky
43:29and mccracken managed to get to it
43:33yeah really good from mccracken you know because so instinctive
43:36now palma holding looking to cause problems at the other end
43:43keeping declan gallagher at arm's length
43:46dundee united have managed to get bodies back that is the final action of the first 45 minutes
43:50quite a first 45 minutes at tanner dice these two haven't seen each other for a couple of years
43:56but they've been making up for lost time because that first half was worth the way
43:59trapanovsky firing home goal number one to put dundee united in front
44:04and then sebastian palma holding leveling up for dundee but then the home team hit back again
44:09with miller thompson terrific first 45 minutes here at the great katana dice dundee united to
44:16dundee one