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Season 23 Archive: Elite FA Cup, Group F Game 2

Manchester Utd 3 - 1 AC Milan

Elite FA Cup Qualifiers 2nd Leg Match, Manchester Utd vs. AC Milan (Wed Oct 12)


                       Manchester Utd  |  AC Milan
                            4-3-1-2 N  |  4-3-3 A
                         Derek Purvis  |  Neil Abbott
                                       |
                      Tom_Clements GK  |  GK M_Steklenburg
                       J_Talamonti DF  |  DF A_Hansen
                        M_Cassetti DF  |  DF S_Wonder
                         P_Hoskins DF  |  DF T_Gemmell
                           C_Puyol DF  |  DF G_Piqué
                       Fernandinho MF  |  MF Mo_Diame
                         C_Ronaldo MF  |  MF L_Macleod
                         A_Griffin MF  |  MF D_Boerrigter
                          W_Barker AM  |  FW G_Pelle
                       Van_Tijkaan FW  |  FW R_Wolford
                          G_Hooper FW  |  FW Ricardo
                                       |
                        M_Marshall SUB |  SUB L_Hedstrom
                        P_Zabaleta SUB |  SUB J_Richards
                           A_Pirlo SUB |  SUB P_Coutinho
                          L_Suarez SUB |  SUB Alexis
                       BrianLavery SUB |  SUB Ewandro

Referee: A_Barken (Norway)


Min. 1  :(amn) G_Piqué kills the ball dead
          ...  He sees a team mate in space!
          ...  He plays the ball in to him!
          ...  A_Hansen gets on the end of the pass
          ...  A_Hansen has time and space on the edge of the box!
          ...  He shoots towards goal!
          ...  Terrific shot
          ...  It takes a bounce of the defender
          ...  The deflection takes it just wide
          ...  That's unlucky!
Min. 1  :(mnu) W_Barker with the dribble
          ...  T_Gemmell is easily beaten
          ...  G_Pelle with a terrible tackle
Min. 6  :(amn) L_Macleod looks to play the ball out wide
          ...  He plays the ball across to Ricardo
          ...  A_Griffin with a bad challenge
          ...  There's no place in the game for that kind of challenge
          ...  He gets away with that one
          ...  It's just a warning
Min. 7  :(mnu) Van_Tijkaan with the mazy dribble
          ...  He takes it past the defender
          ...  Van_Tijkaan with the deft touch!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  It clips the post!!
          ...  The net bulges !!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  That's given Manchester Utd the advantage!
          ...  Manchester Utd 1-0 AC Milan ...
Min. 7  :(mnu) C_Ronaldo skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to G_Hooper
          ...  Ricardo fouls badly
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was unlucky to be booked for that
Min. 10 :(mnu) Van_Tijkaan with electric pace
          ...  He eases past G_Piqué
          ...  A delicate chip from Van_Tijkaan !
          ...  M_Steklenburg parries it
          ...  The defender clears it
Min. 10 :(amn) D_Boerrigter gets to the by line
          ...  He looks up and lobs in a cross
          ...  Ricardo is unmarked
          ...  G_Hooper leaves his foot in with the challenge!!
          ...  That's a bad foul!!
          ...  Shown a YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 11 :(mnu) C_Ronaldo jumps over the defender's challenge
          ...  Oh, beautiful nutmeg
          ...  He's clean through
          ...  A_Hansen with a perfectly timed tackle
Min. 17 :(mnu) M_Cassetti whips the ball across to C_Puyol
          ...  C_Puyol with a powerful header !
          ...  It hammers off the bar onto the line
          ...  A_Barken talks to his assistant
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  That looked like the wrong decision
          ...  The Manchester Utd fans celebrate though!
          ...  Manchester Utd 2-0 AC Milan ...
Min. 19 :(mnu) C_Ronaldo with the first time pass to G_Hooper
          ...  G_Hooper leaps into the air to perform a scissors kick!!!
          ...  The shot slips through M_Steklenburg's hands
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  What a terrible mistake
          ...  Neil Abbott looks gutted
          ...  Manchester Utd 3-0 AC Milan ...
Min. 21 :(mnu) Fernandinho picks out C_Ronaldo with the cross
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from D_Boerrigter
Min. 22 :(amn) L_Macleod is taking a throw in
          ...  He dries the ball on his shirt
          ...  He throws the ball to G_Pelle
          ...  J_Talamonti brings him down in the area
          ...  There can only be one outcome surely!
          ...  But A_Barken waves play on!!!
Min. 23 :(mnu) C_Ronaldo slows the ball down and waits for support
          ...  He spots his team mate making a run now
          ...  He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now!
          ...  His team mate plays the through ball for him!
          ...  C_Ronaldo sees M_Steklenburg off his line !
          ...  But M_Steklenburg palms it away
          ...  He could have caught that!
Min. 25 :(mnu) C_Ronaldo backtracks with the ball
          ...  He hoofs the ball up field
          ...  G_Hooper gets on the end of it
          ...  G_Hooper with the strike !
          ...  M_Steklenburg narrows the angle and turns the ball away to safety
Min. 26 :(mnu) J_Talamonti is out on the left
          ...  He moves the ball right to Fernandinho
          ...  Fernandinho shapes up for a shot!
          ...  But M_Steklenburg palms it behind
          ...  A_Barken has given a goal kick
          ...  He's not having the best of days !
Min. 33 :(amn) D_Boerrigter pushes it past M_Cassetti
          ...  D_Boerrigter with a stunning strike !
          ...  The shot slips through Tom_Clements's hands
          ...  But Tom_Clements recovers to save!
          ...  He got away with that!
Min. 34 :(mnu) Fernandinho with a reverse pass to W_Barker
          ...  W_Barker with the side footed shot!
          ...  But M_Steklenburg punches it away
          ...  That's gone out for a throw in
Min. 37 :(mnu) P_Hoskins sidesteps his marker
          ...  He's been running his marker ragged all game
          ...  P_Hoskins with a thundering volley!
          ...  M_Steklenburg saves it
          ...  He got his body behind the ball there
Min. 37 :(amn) Ricardo kills the ball dead
          ...  Beautiful turn
          ...  He could get a shot of here
          ...  Ricardo controls the ball well!
          ...  He hits the shot towards goal!
          ...  He hits the sponsor hoarding with that effort
Min. 38 :(mnu) Van_Tijkaan with the dribble
          ...  The defender is easily beaten
          ...  S_Wonder reads him well and hoofs it clear
Min. 40 :(mnu) Fernandinho is taking a throw in
          ...  He takes a couple of strides back
          ...  He throws the ball to A_Griffin
          ...  Excellent sliding challenge from G_Piqué
          ...  It goes out of play
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  C_Ronaldo chips the ball into the area!
          ...  S_Wonder wins the ball
          ...  And he heads it away
Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th referee signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on
Min. 43 :(amn) Ricardo finds his way through
          ...  His quick turn fooled C_Ronaldo
          ...  Ricardo rifles it at the goal !
          ...  Tom_Clements saves it but to be fair he didn't have to move for that one
Min. 44 :(mnu) C_Ronaldo pass splits open the defence and finds C_Puyol
          ...  C_Puyol hits the shot with the inside of the left foot!
          ...  It goes wide for a goal kick
Min. 45 :(amn) G_Pelle holds the ball up and waits for support
          ...  He sees a man in space!
          ...  He hits the ball up to R_Wolford
          ...  R_Wolford hits the shot with the outside of the left foot!
          ...  It goes wide!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity

*************  HALF TIME  ****************
Half Time Score: Manchester Utd 3-0 AC Milan

Min. 47 :(amn) Mo_Diame runs at A_Griffin
          ...  The defender slips and falls over
          ...  G_Hooper slides in to knock the ball out for a corner
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  G_Piqué lofts the ball in!
          ...  Tom_Clements reads it well, and claims it!
Min. 48 :(amn) Mo_Diame with a superb first touch
          ...  He sees a team mate making a run!
          ...  He plays the ball across to him!
          ...  A_Hansen gets on the end of the pass
          ...  A_Hansen with a thundering shot!
          ...  GOAL !!
          ...  His manager looks unmoved
          ...  Manchester Utd 3-1 AC Milan ...
Min. 49 :(mnu) Fernandinho with the mazy run
          ...  D_Boerrigter with an ugly foul
          ...  The fans are chanting "OFF!!! OFF!!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!, he is in the book for that one
Min. 50 :(mnu) P_Zabaleta will replace J_Talamonti and play DF
Min. 50 :(mnu) W_Barker with the through ball to G_Hooper
          ...  L_Macleod fouls
          ...  That was disgusting
          ...  Shown a YELLOW CARD!!
Min. 51 :(mnu) Van_Tijkaan finds a hole in the defence
          ...  T_Gemmell tackles cleanly
Min. 55 :(mnu) a big roar from the crowd as BrianLavery comes on for W_Barker to play FW
Min. 55 :(mnu) M_Cassetti is closed down
          ...  He plays a quick pass under pressure
          ...  Van_Tijkaan latches onto the ball
          ...  Mo_Diame slides in hard!
          ...  And knocks the ball out for a throw!
Min. 55 :(mnu) C_Puyol kicks D_Boerrigter off the ball
          ...  He's Butted him !
          ...  A_Barken has stopped play
          ...  He could be off here!
          ...  A_Barken reaches to his pocket!
          ...  He jots down his name!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  I think he was lucky to escape with a caution!
Min. 59 :(amn) Ricardo beats P_Hoskins
          ...  He showed great skill there
          ...  Fernandinho with the tackle
          ...  He left his foot in there!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!!
          ...  He was unlucky to be booked for that
Min. 60 :(mnu) a big roar from the crowd as A_Pirlo comes on for Fernandinho to play MF
Min. 60 :(amn) D_Boerrigter looks around for support
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He knocks a through ball to Ricardo
          ...  Ricardo with a low drive through the rain!
          ...  He hits the side netting
Min. 62 :(mnu) M_Cassetti latches onto the ball
          ...  He has some space now
          ...  M_Cassetti hits a great drive!
          ...  It hits the side netting!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 68 :(mnu) P_Hoskins plays it forward to BrianLavery
          ...  A_Hansen reads the play well
Min. 68 :(amn) D_Boerrigter skips past a challenge and gets over a cross to G_Pelle
          ...  G_Pelle with the strike !
          ...  Tom_Clements parries it, he follows it up
          ...  He fires it over!!
Min. 69 :(amn) Mo_Diame plays a first time ball through the defence to G_Pelle
          ...  G_Pelle with the chance !
          ...  Its sails over!
          ...  He has squandered a golden opportunity
Min. 70 :(amn) P_Coutinho takes off his tracksuit, he'll replace Mo_Diame
          ...  He'll play as a AM
          ...  The manager will be hoping the substitution pays off
Min. 70 :(amn) Alexis is going to be brought on
          ...  L_Macleod is leaving the pitch
          ...  He hasn't had the best of games today
          ...  Looks like his replacement will play AM
Min. 70 :(amn) Ewandro is ready to come on to replace Ricardo
          ...  Looks like he will play as a FW
Min. 73 :(mnu) A_Griffin takes possession
          ...  He looks up
          ...  He's in acres of space
          ...  A_Griffin attempts to drive it home!
          ...  M_Steklenburg gets the finger tips to it
          ...  And puts it over
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Pirlo floats the ball in!
          ...  G_Hooper with the header
          ...  But he miskicks and puts it well off target
          ...  The AC Milan fans taunt him about that effort
Min. 75 :(amn) The defender under hits the back pass!
          ...  Alexis is through!
          ...  But he steps on the ball and falls over!
          ...  C_Puyol looks embarrassed to take the ball off him!
Min. 76 :(mnu) C_Puyol with a simple pass to Van_Tijkaan
          ...  But he loses control of it
          ...  S_Wonder belts it clear
Min. 76 :(amn) P_Coutinho plays a clever one-two with his team mate
          ...  He heads towards the goal
          ...  He slides it past the defender!
          ...  P_Coutinho tries to place it in the corner !
          ...  Tom_Clements saves, but he fumbles
          ...  But he gathers at the second attempt!
Min. 79 :(mnu) BrianLavery with electric pace
          ...  He eases past the defender
          ...  BrianLavery with only one thing on his mind!
          ...  He hits the ball towards goal!
          ...  Brilliant save from M_Steklenburg
          ...  That must have impressed his national manager sitting in the stands
Min. 80 :(mnu) A_Pirlo cuts the ball back to P_Hoskins
          ...  P_Hoskins looks to see where M_Steklenburg is!
          ...  He shoots!
          ...  OOOOHHHHH!!!!
          ...  Unbelievable!!!
          ...  It's gone wide
Min. 80 :(amn) D_Boerrigter is taking a throw in
          ...  He is taking a run up at it!
          ...  He throws it long to G_Pelle
          ...  G_Pelle with a stunning strike !
          ...  Tom_Clements with a fantastic point blank save
          ...  He shows why he is the number 1
Min. 81 :(amn) P_Coutinho beats M_Cassetti
          ...  Cleared by BrianLavery
Min. 84 :(mnu) A_Griffin has a go!
          ...  It hits the defender
          ...  G_Hooper collects the loose ball!
          ...  G_Piqué knobbles the attacking player.
          ...  A_Barken blows up for a foul
          ...  He had to endure a strong lecture from A_Barken
          ...  FREE KICK
          ...  Just inside there own half
          ...  P_Hoskins knocks it forward
          ...  A_Pirlo gets on the end of it
          ...  A_Pirlo shoots towards goal !
          ...  It takes a deflection!
          ...  But flies wide of the post!
          ...  CORNER!
          ...  A_Griffin hits it into the box!
          ...  M_Steklenburg reads it well, and claims it!
Min. 88 :(REF) The board goes up indicating that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on
Min. 91 :(mnu) P_Hoskins finds G_Hooper with a perfectly weighted pass
          ...  A_Hansen wins control of the ball with his hand!!
          ...  Play On!!
Min. 91 :(amn) Alexis looks around for some movement
          ...  His team mate makes an overlapping run now!
          ...  He hits the ball to R_Wolford
          ...  R_Wolford heads the ball towards goal !
          ...  But Tom_Clements hits it away
          ...  He could have held onto that!
Min. 91 :(mnu) G_Hooper breaks clear of the defence!
          ...  He is clean through on M_Steklenburg!
          ...  Alexis brings him down!
          ...  He's in trouble here!!
          ...  YELLOW CARD!
          ...  He deserved that! And was lucky it wasn't more!

*************  FULL TIME  ****************


Match Details
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Venue                : Old Trafford
Attendance           : 57,000
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Manchester Utd Match Info
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Best player          : C_Ronaldo (Man of the Match)
Scorers              : Van_Tijkaan (7), C_Puyol (17), G_Hooper (19)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : G_Hooper (10), C_Puyol (55), Fernandinho (59)
Injured              : N/A
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AC Milan Match Info
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Best player          : Mo_Diame
Scorers              : A_Hansen (48)
Sent Off             : N/A
Booked               : Ricardo (7), D_Boerrigter (49), L_Macleod (50), Alexis (91)
Injured              : N/A
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Match Statistics
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                           Manchester Utd |     AC Milan
Attempts on Goal     :          16        |       12
Off target           :           5        |       6
On target            :          11        |       6
Possession           :          66        |       34
Corners              :           3        |       1
Red Cards            :           0        |       0
Yellow Cards         :           3        |       4
Subs Used            :           3        |       3
Fouls                :          10        |       17
Key Tackles          :           4        |       9
Key Passes           :          16        |       11
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Final Score          : Manchester Utd 3 - 1 AC Milan
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Player Statistics - Manchester Utd
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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Tom_Clements   GK  28   2   3   2  42 |  93   6   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0   0
J_Talamonti    DF   2  25  12   7  13 |  51   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
M_Cassetti     DF   3  24   8   6  30 |  93   0   0   2   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  35   1
P_Hoskins      DF   2  23   8   5  10 |  93   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   0   0  20  40  26
C_Puyol        DF   1  23   8   5  36 |  93   0   1   1   0   2   1   1   0   0  18   8  19
Fernandinho    MF   4   7  25   9  25 |  61   0   0   3   0   1   0   1   0   0  18  48  23
C_Ronaldo      MF   3   6  25   8  21 |  93   0   0   4   1   1   0   0   0   0   0  55   5
A_Griffin      MF   2  10  24  10  15 |  93   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
W_Barker       AM   1   9  23  14  25 |  56   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5
Van_Tijkaan    FW   1   8   8  26  22 |  93   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  25
G_Hooper       FW   2  10   4  23  26 |  93   0   1   0   0   3   1   1   0   0  18  -2  24
M_Marshall     GK  27   1   2   3  32 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Zabaleta     DF   2  24   4   1  27 |  42   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
A_Pirlo        MF   1  12  24   7  11 |  32   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   1
L_Suarez       FW   2  10   6  24  34 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
BrianLavery    FW   2   6   8  23  32 |  37   0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  20   0   5

Player Statistics - AC Milan
Name          Pos  St  Tk  Ps  Sh  Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb
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M_Steklenburg  GK  32   3   1   1  32 |  93   9   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  15   0   0   0
A_Hansen       DF   3  26   6  10  19 |  93   0   3   0   0   2   1   0   0   0  60   0  21
S_Wonder       DF   2  24  12   9  12 |  93   0   3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  60   0   0
T_Gemmell      DF   2  24   4   9  42 |  93   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  20   0   0
G_Piqué        DF   2  23   9   6  22 |  93   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  20  10   0
Mo_Diame       MF   2  13  24   7  42 |  71   0   1   2   1   0   0   0   0   0  20  35   0
L_Macleod      MF   2   9  24  10  31 |  71   0   0   2   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2  18  -2
D_Boerrigter   MF   2   8  23  11  32 |  93   0   1   4   0   1   0   1   0   0  18  38   3
G_Pelle        FW   1   7   7  25  20 |  93   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   0   0 -20 -10 -13
R_Wolford      FW   1   1   2  25   8 |  93   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   0 -20 -20 -14
Ricardo        FW   1   7   9  24  21 |  71   0   0   0   0   3   0   1   0   0  -2  -2   5
L_Hedstrom     GK  27   4   5   4  10 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
J_Richards     DF   1  23   6   7  22 |   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
P_Coutinho     AM   2   7  23  15  31 |  22   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5
Alexis         AM   3   9  23  13  12 |  22   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  -2   8  -2
Ewandro        FW   2  10   5  24  14 |  22   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
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