[Eaglesfan27]

11 minute mark: Igor Burzanovic gets a yellow card for a trip on Alfonso.

20 minute mark: Deivid gets a yellow card for a push on Marchetti.

38 minute mark: McFadden gets it at midfield.. dribbles past a midfielder.. past a defender.. up the left sideline.. past another defender.. into teh left corner.. sharp cross.. to the far post.. Adriano heads it.. into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.

42 minute mark: Rob Davis gets a yellow card for pushing Adriano.



Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. We have over 91,000 fans here today.


47 minute mark: Delaney takes a free kick from 25 yards out.. over the wall.. towards the upper left corner.. Howard dives.. catches it! Great save.


61 minute mark: Hargreaves takes a corner kick.. to Delaney by the near post.. he heads it.. into the upper right corner.. GOAL. 1-1 game.

70 minute mark: Rooney on for McFadden and Ortega on for Alfonso who is exhausted.

I also tell the offense to be more creative and aggressive.

83 minute mark: Long pass from Brown to the edge of the box.. Schreurs gets to it.. shoots.. upper left corner.. very good save by the keeper.


End of regulation. Manchester City is playing us tough.


100 minute mark: Their defenders stop a flurry of shots before they even reach goal. Wayne Dunn is playing great.


Halftime of extra time.

Godoy on for Parker who is exhausted.

107 minute mark: Godoy passes to Ortega in the box.. he shoots.. upper left corner.. the keeper saves it.

109 minute mark: Godoy gets called for being offside.. Cook argues the call.. Cook gets a yellow card.

110 minute mark: Ortega dribbles past a defender.. crosses from the left corner.. to the middle of the box.. Adriano heads it.. over the bar.

111 minute mark: Rob Davis trips Rooney.. yellow card.. that is his second! He is ejected!

116 minute mark: Schreurs with a long range shot.. the keeper saves it.


Extra time is over. This one is going to penalties.



I pick the following order:

Rooney (very good penalty shooter), Cook (great penalty shooter), Ortega (average penalty shooter), Godoy (below average penalty shooter), Adriano (bad penalty shooter - penalty shots are the only thing he does badly.)



Hargreaves steps up.. shoots... lower right corner.. it's out of Howard's reach.. GOAL. Down 1-0.



Rooney steps up... shoots.. upper right corner.. the keeper dives.. Arenas pushes it wide!


Lee Croft steps up next... he shoots.. upper right corner.. Howard dives.. catches it!


Cook steps up.. blasts a shot into the upper right corner.. it's past the keeper! GOAL!!!! 1-1.

Boutahar steps up next... shoots a weak shot to Howard's left.. he easily saves it!


Ortega steps up.. he shoots to the keeper's left.. the keeper ran right and is out of position! GOAL!!!! 2-1.

Earnshaw steps up.. shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL. 2-2.


Godoy steps up.. shoots... upper left corner.. the keeper dives.. blocks it!


Borrowdale steps up... shoots to Howard's left.. he barely misses it. Down 3-2.

Adriano steps up.. he must score... he shoots.. lower left corner.. wide left! NO!!! NO!!!

Game over. We lost 3-2 on penalties. No quadruple. The best we can do is the treble.