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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 10 (setup 3, season 7)
Manchester United
v.
Palmeiras
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
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Ben FOSTER61JÚLIO CÉSAR Soares de Espínola
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
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RAFAEL Pereira da Silva627Luis Pedro FIGUEROA Sepúlveda
Patrice EVRÀ3Pablo Estífer ARMERO
Michael CARRICK4LUCAS Pezzini Leiva
Jonny EVANS5DANILO Larangeira
Micah RICHARDS6RAFAEL TOLOI
Luis 'Antonio' VALENCIA Mosquera7Lucas PIERRE Santos Oliveira
Ryan GIGGS8Edimo Ferreira Campos, EDINHO
Mame Biram DIOUF9Gonzalo Gerardo HIGUAÍN
ANDERSON Luís de Abreu Oliveira7106ROBERT de Pinho de Souza
GIOVANI dos Santos Ramírez611Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, RONALDINHO
Manager
Gabriel OBERTAN12SANDRO Laurindo da Silva
Tomasz KUSZCZAK13Heurelho Silva GOMES
Sergio Gontán Gallardo, KEKO146EWERTHON Henrique de Souza
John O'SHEA15HENRIQUE Adriano Buss
Wes BROWN16MAURÍCIO Donizeti RAMOS Júnior

Manchester United 2 Palmeiras 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 39,075, Stadium: Old Trafford, Referee: Claus Bo LARSEN 7)
27 Giggs, 65p DioufScorers25og Valencia
65 Rafael <=> O'SheaSubstitutions84 Danilo <=> Ewerthon
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners5
10Fouls13
2Offsides0
5Shots on2
10Shots off7
15Total shots9
2Shots saved1
44%Possession56%
Man of the match: Patrice EVRÀ
1ANDERSON beat PIERRE and flicked the ball to DIOUF who fumbled his shot wide.
10A corner bobbled toward RONALDINHO who forced an effort over the bar.
11RAFAEL snapped at a simple chance.
14A pin-point pass bobbled toward VALENCIA and his looping shot went narrowly over.
23A free-kick from DIOUF went just beyond the near post.
25GOAL!! A shot from RAFAEL TOLOI deflected off the head of VALENCIA and raced past the helpless Manchester United 'keeper and into the net.
27GOAL!! A EVRÀ run down the middle resulted in a perfect cross for GIGGS to tap in. (1-1)
36The bemused 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from RAFAEL TOLOI dropped just over.
45+2CARRICK beat FIGUEROA but knocked the ball into the arms of the Palmeiras 'keeper.
45+3GIGGS ran onto a delightful ball from CARRICK but fumbled his shot wide.
45+4ANDERSON made space on the left and touched the ball to DIOUF who fired the ball over.
 
48ANDERSON touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
49A penalty box meleé resulted in DANILO driving the ball over.
53A poor shot from HIGUAÍN bounced agonisingly wide.
54GIOVANI was put clear by DIOUF and he pulled away from the Palmeiras 'keeper but rammed his shot over.
57FIGUEROA beat four Manchester United players and slammed a shot just beyond the near post.
57LUCAS headed wide.
63GIGGS whacked a looping shot just beyond the near post from thirty yards out.
65GOAL!! Manchester United were awarded a penalty after a foul on CARRICK, and DIOUF put it past the Palmeiras 'keeper sending him the wrong way.
67HIGUAÍN brought the ball round O'SHEA and poked a poor shot past the post.
72A useful ball from VALENCIA on the right was collected by GIGGS who scuffed his shot over.
75Uncertainty in the Manchester United defence enabled ROBERT to hit the ball inches wide.
76RONALDINHO worked the ball to HIGUAÍN, EDINHO gathered his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of FOSTER.
87A shot from ANDERSON seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear.