[Eaglesfan27]

1st minute: Adriano is tripped by Kompany.. Ibrahimovic argues the call.. the ref warns him.. he continues to argue the call! Yellow card for him.

8 minute mark: Ibrahimovic gets a breakaway.. shoots.. lower right corner.. Howard saves it.

16 minute mark: Howard starts a counter attack.. he passes it to Downing who heads it to Rooney.. Rooney takes a few dribbles.. shoots from 35 yards.. a fabulous curling strike.. into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0. On the replay, the announcer notes, "we are used to that sort of strike from Rooney." That is Rooney's 30th goal of the year! Amazing.

35 minute mark: Pizarro intercepts the ball at midfield.. passes it to Tevez outside the box.. he dribbles between Lucio and Ferdinand.. crossover dribble.. fakes out Howard.. shoots.. lower left corner.. GOAL. 1-1.

38 minute mark: Howard stops a long range strike from Tevez.

45 minute mark: Tevez gets off a shot from 15 yards.... blistering shot.. great save by Howard.


Halftime: 1-1 tie. 3-1 lead on aggregate in our favor. They have over 69,000 fans here today.


47 minute mark: Rooney steals it from the keeper.. shoots.. Kompany blocks the shot from going into the goal.. Adriano shoots the rebound.. the keeper saves it.

49 minute mark: Pizarro passes it into the box for Ibrahimovic.. he heads it.. into the upper left corner.. GOAL. Down 2-1 (but up 3-2 on aggregate.)

51 minute mark: Djemba passes it into the left side of the box for Rooney.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. great save by their keeper.

60 minute mark: Djemba passes it into the box to Rooney.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper blocks it.

72 minute mark: Djemba passes to Rooney on the left wing.. he dribbles up the left sideline.. past three players.. he cuts inside past another defender.. running parallel to the end line.. shoots.. another shot that is parallel to the endline.. it curves.. curves.. into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-2! Rooney is amazing! Juventus' fans are leaving early. They have seen enough.



Game over! 2-2 tie. 4-2 win on aggregate! We are through to the champions League Final!!!


We outshot them 21-14 (16-8 on target)

Rooney wins MoM, 10 for form, 19 of 23 passes, 1 of 1 tackles, 4 of 17 headers, 9 runs, 4 fouls drawn, 2 goals.

Howard had a 9 for form.

Chivu, Lucio, Eagles, and Downing all had 8's for form.

The rest of the team had 7's.


I can't wait to see who we will play in the final of the Champions League.