Regardless of the result, Cunha\u2019s performance was impressive<\/a>, and the potential for him to form partnerships<\/a> at Old Trafford<\/a> is immense. <\/p>\n A sign of his popularity in the dressing room can already be seen from the fact that he seems to have received a new nickname from his teammates. <\/p>\n Matheus Cunha\u2019s nickname at Man Utd<\/p>\n Amorim praised Cunha\u2019s ability to put the blinkers on and run forward with the ball in small spaces, something which Man Utd lacked last season. <\/p>\n That quality seems to have transferred to the dressing room, with Manuel Ugarte<\/a> and Lisandro Martinez<\/a> coming up with a nickname for the player.<\/p>\n Cunha posted on Instagram after the game with the message, \u201cBlessed! What a feeling to wear this shirt and have my first minutes with the boys, hungry for more. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n In response, both Manuel Ugarte and Lisandro Martinez called him \u201cToro\u201d, which translates from Spanish as \u201cBull\u201d, an animal that perfectly encapsulates Cunha\u2019s skill set. <\/p>\n Ugarte simply wrote, \u201cToro\u201d with a bull emoji and a clapping emoji, while Martinez wrote, \u201cSos un toro\u201d, which translates to \u201cYou are a bull\u201d, with a bull emoji. <\/p>\n Everyone from Patrick Dorgu, Matthijs de Ligt, and Amad to Mason Mount, Marcus Rashford, and Leny Yoro liked Cunha\u2019s post. <\/p>\n Cunha\u2019s \u201cToro\u201d quality was much-needed at Man Utd<\/p>\n It has been repeated ad nauseam and was on full display against Leeds, but it\u2019s striking how big a difference a direct dribbler makes to this team. <\/p>\n Amad did it on the odd occasion when he was stationed as the wing-back, but he needs some space in front of him to really get into it. <\/p>\n Cunha, on the other hand, has deceptively quick acceleration and a change in direction that scrambles defences and creates space for others. <\/p>\n United found it near impossible to break through deep blocks last season, with transitions looking like their best source of goals. <\/p>\n Not only can Cunha run the transitions well, but his direct dribbling in small spaces between the lines makes him a priceless asset against deep blocks. <\/p>\n The \u201cToro\u201d running through deep blocks with fearlessness should be quite a sight to behold at Old Trafford.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some players just scream \u201cManchester United\u201d with their fearless and forward-thinking playing style, and Matheus Cunha is a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[22708,22709,22710,403,99],"class_list":["post-25966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-lisandro-martinez","tag-manuel-ugarte","tag-matheus-cunha","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Lisandro](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-21-075704.jpg\")
Lisandro Martinez nickname for Matheus Cunha in an Instagram comment<\/p>\n