[Eaglesfan27]

1st minute: Adriano gets a yellow card for a trip on their centreback.

2nd minute: Asprilla gets a yellow card for tripping Ferdinand.

11 minute mark: Ashton passes it to Asprilla in the box.. he has a breakaway.. 10 yards out.. shoots.. upper left corner.. Howard dives.. blocks it.. Grygera clears the rebound.

14 minute mark: Djemba gets a yellow card for tripping Ashton.

15 minute mark: Adriano steals it at midfield.. passes it up the pitch to Rooney.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. barely tips it over the bar.

19 minute mark: Downing crosses it to the far post.. Eagles heads it.. upper right corner.. the keeper saves it.

21 minute mark: Howard witha corner kick to Adriano at midfield.. he passes it to Rooney.. Rooney shoots a powerful banana shot from 30 yards out.. curving towards the upper right corner.. great save by the keeper.

23 minute mark: Eagles burns two defenders.. dribbles towards the right side of the box.. passes it to his left to Adriano.. great pass.. Adriano shoots.. upper right corner.. powerful shot.. the keeper dives.. it is out of his reach! GOAL!!!! 1-0.

30 minute mark: christian Wilhemsson has tripped Downing.. yellow card for Wilhemsson.

35 minute mark: Fletcher passes to Rooney 25 yards out.. Rooney with a hard curving shot.. the keeper punches it over the bar.

40 minute mark: Jordan Stewart trips Eagles.. yellow card on Stewart.


Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. There are over 90,000 people here today.


51 minute mark: Grygera passes it down the right side of the pitch to Adriano.. he crosses it for Downing.. the keeper intercepts the pass.

60 minute mark: Rooney steals the ball from Gallacher who was inexplicably dribbling it in the box for 5 seconds or so after his defender passed it back to him.. Rooney shoots.. into the middle of the net! GOAL!!!! 2-0!

73 minute mark: Rooney gets the ball in the left corner of the ptich.. passes it long to Eagles in the right edge of the box.. he quickly passes it to Downing by the far left post.. Downing shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.

76 minute mark: O'Shea on for Grygera, Parker on for Djemba, and King on for Adriano who is tired.


Game over. 3-0 win for us! We have won the English League Cup!!! That is the 1st of a hopeful Quadruple this year.

We outshot them 16-12 (11-2 on target)

Rooney wins MoM, 10 for form, 18 of 23 passes, 2 of 2 tackles, 4 of 11 headers, 1 interception, 11 runs, 1 foul drawn, and 1 goal.

Now, I can praise Rooney again and hopefully assauge some hurt feelings.

Eagles and Downing both had 9's. Every other starter had an 8. The reserves all had 7's in very limited time.