1st minute mark: Parker gets a yellow card for tripping Simao.
9 minute mark: Mantorras pushes Lucio.. Zorro argues the call.. Zorro gets a yellow card.
10 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney left of the box.. Rooney draws two defenders.. sharp pass between them to the center of the box.. Schreurs has it.. he shoots.. wide left! Horrible shot.. should have been a goal.
25 minute mark: Rooney dribbles left of the box.. past a defender.. into the box.. draws two other defenders.. Rooney passes to Schreurs inside the 6 yard box... he shoots.. wide right!
45 minute mark: Downing dribbles into the left side of the box.. past a second defender.. crosses it to the far post.. Schreurs heads it.. into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 1-0.
Halftime: 1-0 lead. 3-0 on aggregate. Disappointing attendance: 67,000. I'd expect more for a Champions League Match.
46 minute mark: Schreurs tries a 40 yard shot! The keeper easily saves it.
48 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney outside the box.. Rooney dribbles past one defender.. past a second defender.. deep into the box.. he shoots from 10 yards away.. low and to the left corner.. the keeper was playing the sharper angle.. it's past him! GOAL!!!!! 2-0.
55 minute mark: Parker dribbles it down the right side of the pitch.. quick long cross to Downing.. he heads it to Rooney in the box.. Rooney shoots.. upper right corner.. it's past the keeper before he can even react.. excellent strike! GOAL!!!! 3-0. 5-0 on aggregate.
57 minute mark: Marchetti starts the counter attack.. long pass to Downing.. he heads it to Rooney in the left side of the box.. Rooney shoots.. lower left corner.. it's past the keeper.. just inside the post! GOAL!!!! 4-0! That is Rooney's hattrick! I can remove him without feeling bad about pulling him with 2 goals now
60 minute mark: Godoy on for Rooney, Cook on for Parker, and Ferdinand on for Schmidt.
66 minute mark: Downing dribbles own the left side of the pitch.. centers for Cook.. he passes it to Schreurs who is just right of him, barely in the box.. Schreurs shoots.. it deflects off heavy traffic in front of the goal.. GOAL!!!! 5-0. That is Schreurs' second.
70 minute mark: Angelo gets the ball from Petit just inside the box.. Angelo shoots.. upper right corner.. Howard is slow to react.. it is past him. GOAL. 5-1 game.
78 minute mark: Schreurs passes to Adriano in the right corner of the pitch.. Adriano centers to Schreurs in the middle of the box (after holding it for 10 seconds.)... Schreurs shoots.. wide left.. he misses his opportunity for the hattrick.
Game over. 5-1 win
7-1 on aggregate.
We outshot them 16-3 (7-1 on target)
Rooney wins MoM, 10 for form, 8 of 9 passes, 2 key passes, 0 tackles, 2 of 3 headers, 1 interception, 6 runs, 1 foul drawn, and 3 goals.
Downing also had a 10 for form. Schreurs had a 9 for form.