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Article by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official
Reporter @ MUFCINFO.COM
Manchester United with relative ease booked a place in the
Club World Cup Final against Liga Deportiva Universitaria
Quito of Ecuador after an 8 goal thrilling match against
Japan's Gamba Osaka, the Japanese outfit will now play
Mexico's Pachuca for third place in the tournament.
A brace from Wayne Rooney & headed goals from Vidic,
Ronaldo & Darren Fletcher were more than enough despite a
late flurry of goals from United's opponents.
The current Asian Champions League winners
started with promise when
Tomokazu Myojin tried from distance testing EVDS and United
replied with Carlos Tevez crossing for strike partner Ryan
Giggs.
Ryuji Bando found himself with only EVDS to beat later but
the Dutch Veteran made a block.
Ronaldo then sent a shot fizzing wide as United looked
extremely dangerous as the gulf between the teams began to
show, the Champions of Europe then took a deserved lead as
from a set piece which Gamba looked venerable under Ryan Giggs
crossed a corner & defender Nemanja Vidic nodded easily into
the back of the net after Goalkeeper Yamaguchi hesitated
Ronaldo skipping past Osaka almost at will, delivered a
cross to Brazilian midfielder Anderson unmarked in the box
and rather than opening his Goalscoring account he partially
headed the ball with little accuracy.
At the stroke of half time, Ronaldo put daylight between the
two sides as he met another headed cross from a corner as
the Osaka defenders contributed to saying sayonara to their
chances with kamikaze defending.
Soon after the
second half started United found the net again, however
after Patrice
Evra had fed Carlos Tevez into the box the Argentine Striker
was adjudged to have been offside as he slipped the ball
into an empty net after beating the Osaka Keeper.
SAF then added to
his previous changes of Fletcher & Evans for Scholes & Vidic
and changed Wayne Rooney for Carlos Tevez.
With United clearly sleeping, a quick attack down the right
saw Osaka score through Masato Yamazaki who took his chance
superbly by beating EVDS taking the score to 2-1.
With barely the dust settling on the Osaka goal, with his
1st touch of the match Rooney made it 3-1 when Darren
Fletcher fed the United strikers run into the box & it has
to be said poor defending again contributed to Rooney
scoring for the United.
Patrice Evra then demonstrated why he will be missed when
his English ban commences on the return of United to England
as attacking found Darren Fletcher with a dangerous cross
the Scot headed into the net with ease making the score 4-1.
Rooney claimed his brace in the 78th minute for 5-1 after
Nani & the impressive Ryan Giggs combined, the Welshman
claiming his third assist of the night.
Gary Neville was then penalized harshly for a handball in
the United penalty area after Bando's
cross struck the veterans arm and Endo easily converted the
resulting penalty for 5-2.
The final & most impressive goal of the night came next as
Gamba made it 5-3 when Hashimoto speared the ball with venom
past EVDs in the United goal.
What's your
opinion on the Match?.....HAVE YOU'RE SAY BELOW |
Yamazaki(74 mins),
Let one person argue!!!, three assists for the Welsh
Veteran.
