Amorim is hoping for a fresh start this new season - as he works his first preseason as United manager.
He told reporters from their US base: “To tell you the truth, it's not how I returned to my house after the games. How I left to go to the games. Because I felt that sometimes we will struggle. All the struggles that we had in the games, I feel it before the games. So that is the hardest part.
"To go to the games and know that we are not going to be competitive, how we should be. That is the hardest part. When I returned, I just looked to my family and tried to think in different things. But I was really frustrated. But if you want to know the most difficult moment, it was before the games. Because I knew that we will struggle in specific games.”
He also said, “Nowadays I'm better. I'm completely… I can feel... I'm more excited. I think also I learned a lot. Small things. How to build up. How to sometimes not be so romantic. All these things are gone now. I think we will be a better team. Not just because I truly believe that we can be better. But I truly believe that I will be better managing the season.”