Manchester United v Boca Juniors
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Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuudddddd again! 
Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuud, 2-0.
Almost from outside of the box
Almost from outside of the box
RUUUUUUUUUUUUUD!!!!!!!!!
2 - 0
2 - 0
2-0 ruud again
Excellent how are United playing?
no far it was for red and his injury update.
From PA Sport
United failed to produce a chance from a promising position when Giggs' cross
drifted away from the advancing Keane midway through the half and there was a
worry for Ferguson when record signing Rio Ferdinand went down under a late
challenge from Tevez.
Ferguson walked anxiously down to the touchline as the stretcher was called
for but although Ferdinand managed to get to his feet, he could not put any
pressure on his right leg and hobbled unhappily down the tunnel.
John O'Shea was thrown on as a replacement but a pall of gloom was left
hanging over Old Trafford at the prospect of starting the new season without
their £29.3million arrival from Leeds.
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United failed to produce a chance from a promising position when Giggs' cross
drifted away from the advancing Keane midway through the half and there was a
worry for Ferguson when record signing Rio Ferdinand went down under a late
challenge from Tevez.
Ferguson walked anxiously down to the touchline as the stretcher was called
for but although Ferdinand managed to get to his feet, he could not put any
pressure on his right leg and hobbled unhappily down the tunnel.
John O'Shea was thrown on as a replacement but a pall of gloom was left
hanging over Old Trafford at the prospect of starting the new season without
their £29.3million arrival from Leeds.
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HT, United 2 Boca 0
Veron MOM so far
Veron MOM so far
I'm following the match on web-radio... Whats up with Rio? <img src="graemlins/nervous.gif" border="0" alt="[Nervous]" /> Veron seems to have a great game so far? And so has Ruud of course!
Do you think it is another one of them 'kin broken metatarsals?
Veron has had a great game apart from one huge feck up giving the ball away right near our box..
It'll be a hamstring injury. He was only at Leeds 18 motnhs and he was out twice with injured hamstrings.
Said it was a late callenge though.
By an Argentinian.
at Old Trafford.
Deja Vous.
By an Argentinian.
at Old Trafford.
Deja Vous.
HT Manchester United 2 Boca Juniors 0
Rio Ferdinand lasted just 25 minutes of his Old Trafford debut after
hobbling off with what appeared to be an ankle injury against Boca Juniors.
The British record £30million capture from Leeds was caught by Carlos Tevez
inside his own box and although he managed to avoid being stretchered away, he
looked in clear pain as his afternoon was brought to an end under the anxious
gaze of manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
With a Champions League qualifier to come on Wednesday and the start of the
Premiership season just seven days away, it was a worrying development for
Ferguson, who was forced to go into today's game without first choice keeper
Fabien Barthez, who failed to recover from a thigh muscle injury.
Amid the undoubted concern for the England centre-half, Ferguson could at
least take solace from the performances of David Beckham and Ruud van
Nistelrooy, who struck twice to give the home side their interval lead.
last 15 mins of half...
When the action restarted, Beckham began to unhinge the Boca defence with a
couple of trademark right wing bursts.
On the first occasion Burdisso denied van Nistelrooy a goalscoring opportunity
with a near-post clearance, on the second Abbondacieri fumbled Solskjaer's
first-time shot round his left hand post.
The Boca keeper looked more assured as he dived forward to palm Solskjaer's
cross away from van Nistelrooy and he denied the Dutchman again six minutes
before the break with a point-blank save after another Beckham cross.
After such incisive work from the England skipper, it was ironic that van
Nistelrooy bagged his second thanks to Solskjaer's threaded pass.
Taking his strike partner's through-ball on the edge of the box, the Dutchman
clinically dispatched his shot into the corner once more leaving Abbondacieri a
helpless onlooker.
Laurent Blanc nearly grabbed a third when he nodded Beckham's corner
fractionally wide, then Abbondacieri blocked Veron's thunderous volley with his
feet as it headed towards the net.
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Rio Ferdinand lasted just 25 minutes of his Old Trafford debut after
hobbling off with what appeared to be an ankle injury against Boca Juniors.
The British record £30million capture from Leeds was caught by Carlos Tevez
inside his own box and although he managed to avoid being stretchered away, he
looked in clear pain as his afternoon was brought to an end under the anxious
gaze of manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
With a Champions League qualifier to come on Wednesday and the start of the
Premiership season just seven days away, it was a worrying development for
Ferguson, who was forced to go into today's game without first choice keeper
Fabien Barthez, who failed to recover from a thigh muscle injury.
Amid the undoubted concern for the England centre-half, Ferguson could at
least take solace from the performances of David Beckham and Ruud van
Nistelrooy, who struck twice to give the home side their interval lead.
last 15 mins of half...
When the action restarted, Beckham began to unhinge the Boca defence with a
couple of trademark right wing bursts.
On the first occasion Burdisso denied van Nistelrooy a goalscoring opportunity
with a near-post clearance, on the second Abbondacieri fumbled Solskjaer's
first-time shot round his left hand post.
The Boca keeper looked more assured as he dived forward to palm Solskjaer's
cross away from van Nistelrooy and he denied the Dutchman again six minutes
before the break with a point-blank save after another Beckham cross.
After such incisive work from the England skipper, it was ironic that van
Nistelrooy bagged his second thanks to Solskjaer's threaded pass.
Taking his strike partner's through-ball on the edge of the box, the Dutchman
clinically dispatched his shot into the corner once more leaving Abbondacieri a
helpless onlooker.
Laurent Blanc nearly grabbed a third when he nodded Beckham's corner
fractionally wide, then Abbondacieri blocked Veron's thunderous volley with his
feet as it headed towards the net.
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Dont even think hamstring..... <img src="graemlins/nervous.gif" border="0" alt="[Nervous]" />
people are saying ankle...but i haven't heard anything definite.
Not to alarm you but he is weak there. He missed heaps of matches at the end of last season out with a hamstring injury (that included missing the Italy friendly and another england friendly I think) plus he was out the season before for a couple of weeks with the infamous hamstring injury done while resting his foot on a coffee table
Hopefully he'll be OK as it would be a shame for him to be injured so close to the new season.
Hopefully he'll be OK as it would be a shame for him to be injured so close to the new season.
An Ankle injury
... right ankle ... didn't really look nice at all ... definately ruled out for wednesday possibly longer ...
(radio commentary)
<img src="graemlins/nervous.gif" border="0" alt="[Nervous]" /> <img src="graemlins/nervous.gif" border="0" alt="[Nervous]" /> <img src="graemlins/nervous.gif" border="0" alt="[Nervous]" />
(radio commentary)
<img src="graemlins/nervous.gif" border="0" alt="[Nervous]" /> <img src="graemlins/nervous.gif" border="0" alt="[Nervous]" /> <img src="graemlins/nervous.gif" border="0" alt="[Nervous]" />
aww..ankle isnt much better is it....
Does Boca have any class players out there?
This commentry team are hopeless
"It all going well for united"
"It all going well for united"
whoever said the commentators are useless was right...they can't even tell if we scored...
Wes Brown was given the chance to bid for a right-back berth when he replaced
Neville at the interval.
Abbondacieri dashed from his line to deny van Nistelrooy the chance to get
onto the end of Beckham's lobbed pass.
Carroll had enjoyed a relatively quiet afternoon and his save from Tevez's
15-yard effort was also fairly straightforward.
Schiavi hooked back Solskjaer as he looked to get on the end of van
Nistelrooy's wall pass and Beckham could not punish the indiscretion when his
free-kick curled harmlessly over.
The introduction of Butt, Scholes and Forlan for Veron, Keane and van
Nistelrooy came shortly afterwards.
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Neville at the interval.
Abbondacieri dashed from his line to deny van Nistelrooy the chance to get
onto the end of Beckham's lobbed pass.
Carroll had enjoyed a relatively quiet afternoon and his save from Tevez's
15-yard effort was also fairly straightforward.
Schiavi hooked back Solskjaer as he looked to get on the end of van
Nistelrooy's wall pass and Beckham could not punish the indiscretion when his
free-kick curled harmlessly over.
The introduction of Butt, Scholes and Forlan for Veron, Keane and van
Nistelrooy came shortly afterwards.
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Originally posted by Hawkeye:
<strong>An Ankle injury
Oooops
Originally posted by farawaylands:
<strong>whoever said the commentators are useless was right...they can't even tell if we scored...</strong><hr></blockquote>
It is still 2-0, right?
Originally posted by marchingontogether:
<strong>
Oooops
nice post mate
Originally posted by marchingontogether:
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Oooops
how much are you paying the argies marching?
Please make it just be a twisted ankle
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