2 minute mark: Salva with the initiation of the counter attack.. long pass to Downing.. Downing passes to Schreurs.. Schreurs with an amazing dribble.. around one defender.. between two other defenders.. throws a shoulder fake.. shoots.. into the narrow crease by the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!!! 1-0! Amazing strike!
16 minute mark: Brown gets a yellow card for pulling Joe Cole's jersey.
18 minute mark: John Terry with a nice defensive play on my Adriano to prevent him from dribbling into the box.
20 minute mark: Brown gets called for a trip on Adu in the box.. Penalty shot awarded.. Sneijder steps up.. shoots.. lower right corner.. GOAL. 1-1 game. I might have to pull Brown soon if he keeps making bad plays.
24 minute mark: Howard passes long to Rooney.. he shoots.. powerful banana shot from 30 yards.. Cech dives.. catches it.
26 minute mark: Joe Cole passes to Adu in the center of the box.. Adu shoots.. Howard saves it.
41 minute mark: John Terry gets a yellow card for pushing Schreurs.
Halftime: 1-1 tie. We have over 91,000 fans here today.
46 minute mark: Schreurs steals it.. crosses to Rooney in the box.. Rooney tries to fake out Cech.. he backpedals.. Rooney shoots.. Cech blocks it.. Terry clears the rebound.
50 minute mark: Schreurs gets a yellow card for tripping Joe Cole.
53 minute mark: Marchetti starts the counter attack.. long pass to Adriano.. he heads it to Rooney.. the keeper is out.. Rooney chips it.. over the keeper.. it floats just under the bar into the right side of the net! GOAL!!!!! 2-1! Rooney is thrilled with that goal.
59 minute mark: Adu passes to Joe Cole in the left side of the box.. he shoots.. upper right corner.. Howard dives.. catches it! Great save!
62 minute mark: Godoy on for Schreurs and Cook on for Djemba.
80 minute mark: Adu passes to Rafael van der Vaart in the left side of the box.. strong shot.. lower left corner.. Howard dives.. blocks it wide.
86 minute mark: Brown with a key tackle on Adu in the box.
88 minute mark: Rooney gets a yellow card for a trip on Naldo.
90 minute mark: Schmidt passes it long to Fletcher.. he passes it to Rooney who is 30 yards out.. left of the goal.. Rooney shoots a blistering banana shot.. curving.. Cech dives.. it is past him into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!!! 3-1!
Game over. 3-1 win
We each had 13 shots (we had 9 on target, they had 6)
Rooney wins MoM, 10 for form, 13 of 15 passes, 0 of 2 tackles, 2 of 14 headers, 1 interception, 9 runs, 2 fouls drawn, and 2 spectacular goals.
Downing had a 9 for form.