5 minute mark: Schreurs burns two men.. dribbles down the right sideline.. to the corner of the pitch.. crosses it.. nice curve.. to the near post.. Adriano with a diving header.. upper right corner... GOAL!!!! 1-0.
12 minute mark: Howard stops a 20 yard shot from Adu.
22 minute mark: Van der Vaart passes to Adu in the box.. Howard stops the shot.
23 minute mark: Howard stops a flurry of shots.
30 minute mark: Howard stops a long range shot from Aimar.
Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. They have over 42,000 fans here today.
61 minute mark: Schmidt has picked up a minor injury, so I put Brown in for him.
I also put Ortega in for Schreurs.
78 minute mark: Adu collides with Salva.. Salva is hurt and has to come off. I now have a problem. I have to put a non-defender in a defensive spot. I move Djemba to left back and slide Brown to centreback. I put on Alfonso in at the midfield spot.
80 minute mark: Howard stops a long range shot from Diego.
85 minute mark: Lucio with a series of excellent defensive plays on Adu.
87 minute mark: Fletcher passes to Rooney in the right side of the box.. Rooney shoots from 15 yards out.. upper left corner.... Cech tips it over the bar.
Game over. 1-0 win!!
We were outshot 19-9 (9-8 on target)
Howard wins MoM, 9 for form, with his 9 saves.