4 minute mark: Rooney gets the ball left of the box.. he passes to Salva!?!? Salva has come up to join the attack.. he shoots.. lower right corner.. excellent save by the keeper.
6 minute mark: Alfonso dribbles down the left sideline.. he centers to Rooney.. Rooney shoots.. the keeper blocks it.. the defender tries to clear to the right sideline.. Alfonso intercepts it.. passes to Rooney in the middle of the box.. Rooney shoots.. blistering shot.. upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. it's past him! GOAL!!!! 1-0.
15 minute mark: Grygera passes to Schreurs in the right corner of the pitch.. Schreurs crosses it.. over Adriano's head.. the keeper tries to catch it.. he bobbles it.. Adriano kicks the dropped ball.. GOAL!!!!! 2-0! That is Adriano's 15th of the year.
26 minute mark: Adriano gets a yellow card for holding Woodgate's jersey.
35 minute mark: Hitzlsperger with a 30 yard powerful banana shot.. upper left corner.. Howard dives.. catches it!
36 minute mark: Woodgate heads Howard's kick to Hitzlsperger.. he shoots from 30 yards out... powerful banana shot.. upper left corner.. Howard dives.. it is past him! GOAL. 2-1 game.
41 minute mark: Salva gets a yellow card for tripping Postiga outside the box.
Halftime: 2-1 lead for us. There are over 90,000 fans here for this game at Wembley.
46 minute mark: I let out a sigh of relief as a 30 yard shot from Postiga sails wide right by inches.
47 minute mark: Joaquin gets a yellow card for a trip on Fletcher.
51 mintue mark: Alfonso passes to Rooney left of the box.. Rooney centers to the middle of the box.. Adriano with a diving header.. into the upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-1!
60 minute mark: John passes between Salva and Lucio to Postiga in the box.. he shoots.. lower right corner.. excellent save by Howard.
63 minute mark: Rooney takes a corner kick.. curves it to the near post.. Adriano heads it.. it hits the left post.. bounces in! GOAL!!!! 4-1. That is Adriano's hattrick!
73 minute mark: McFadden on for Rooney, Godoy on for Adriano, and Marchetti on for Grygera.
Rooney and Adriano each get a standing ovation as they head off.
Game over. 4-1 win! That is 1 down and 3 to go for the quadruple
We outshot them 15-12 (10-5 on target)
Adriano wins MoM, 10 for form, 11 of 14 passes, 1 key pass, 2 of 6 tackles, 8 of 12 headers, 2 fouls drawn, and 3 goals.
Schreurs, Alfonso, and Rooney all had 9's for form.