Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Manchester United v.s. All-Stars.

Well, it was never going to be easy for the MLS All-Stars against the English Champions. While the All-Stars did have some opportunities, United almost danced their way to victory with Wayne Rooney setting-up 2 goals, Park Ji-Sung played around a defender to score once, and another coming from Danny Welbeck. The MLS looked good at first, having several chances which came to nothing. Anderson started the game rolling though, collecting a ball from Rooney in the 20th and finishing smoothly out of the reach of goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon. David Beckham actually did well for himself, nearly equalizing 2 minutes later but it came to nothing as Manchester's goalie Ander Lindegaard parried the shot away. It was in the 45th when the next goal came, this time from the dangerous foot of Park Ji-Sung. Running on to a pass from Patrice Evra, he then danced around MLS defender Sean Franklin before launching a ball into the top-right corner of the net. 2-0 for the English. Into the second half, Rooney again came up with an assist again as he swung a ball in to Dimitar Berbatov who effortlessly chipped the ball over the All-Stars' back-up goalie Tally Hall. It was denied by the wood-work. No matter, Berbatov simply controlled it down before cannoning the ball into the back of the net. So, 3-0 in the 52nd minute. Last but not least came Danny Welbeck's 68th minute strike from outside of the box. It took a wicked deflection from defender Geoff Cameron which left goalkeeper Hall hanging out to dry as the ball landed in the net. Beckham and the other All-Stars tried some other times, but to no avail. 4-0 was the scoreline when time was called. An exciting match, unless you wanted the All-Stars to win.

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