Uefa Celebration Match

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The first Uefa Celebration Match celebrated both the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, which set the backbone for a united europe, and the 50th year of Manchester United's participation in Europe. Representatives felt it would be most appropriate to celebrate the landmark in Britain using a football match rather than other celebrations like musical concerts. A Europe XI took part against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Tuesday 13th March at 20:00GMT. The match was televised live on BBC Three in the UK and also live-streamed on bbc.co.uk. The £1.2 million raised will go towards the Manchester United Foundation. The match was officiated by Marcus Merk.

1 Match Facts
2 Starting Line-Ups
3 Manchester United Squad
4 Europe XI Squad
5 Injuries
6 See Also
7 External Links

[edit] Match Facts

Attendance: 74,343
Goals: Manchester United 4-3 Europe XI
Yellow Cards: 0-0
Red Cards: 0-0
Goals: Man Utd: Rooney(2). Brown. Ronaldo Europe XI: Malouda. Diouf. Diouf(pen)

[edit] Starting Line-Ups

Manchester United:

Kuszczak
Neville
Brown
Heinze
Richardson
Ronaldo
Scholes
Giggs
Park
Rooney
Smith

Subs:

Heaton (Kuszczak 45)
O'Shea (Neville 45)
Eagles (Ronaldo 45)
Carrick (Giggs 45)
Cole (Rooney 45)
Dong (Smith 72)

Europe XI:

Canizares
Zambrotta
Ayala
Materazzi
Abidal
Mancini
Pirlo
Gattuso
Malouda
Ibrahimovic
Larsson

Subs:

Coupet (Canizares 45)
Campo (Zambrotta 64)
Stefanovic (Ayala 45)
Christanval (Materazzi 45)
Kallstrom (Abidal 45)
Gerrard (Mancini 45)
Stelios (Pirlo 45)
Carragher (Gattuso 45)
Diouf (Malouda 45)
Zenden (Ibrahimovic 45)
Fowler (Larsson 64)

[edit] Manchester United Squad

Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson
Goalkeepers: Edwin Van der Sar⁺, Tomasz Kuszczak, Tom Heaton
Defenders: Gary Neville, Patrice Evra⁺, Gabriel Heinze, Rio Ferdinand^{+^{, Wes Brown, Nemanja Vidic^{+^{, John O'Shea, Mikael Silvestre⁺}}}}
Midfielders: Christiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Ji-Sung Park, Michael Carrick, Paul Scholes, Kieran Richardson, Darren Fletcher⁺, Chris Eagles
Strikers: Wayne Rooney, Louis Saha⁺, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer⁺, Alan Smith, Dong Fangzhuo, Andrew Cole⁺⁺

⁺ Pulled out through injury.

⁺⁺ Special Guest

[edit] Europe XI Squad

Manager: Marcello Lippi
Goalkeepers: Gregory Coupet, Santiago Canizares
Defenders: Jamie Carragher, Eric Abidal, Marco Materazzi, Roberto Ayala, Dejan Stefanović, Philippe Christanval
Midfielders: Gianluca Zambrotta, Steven Gerrard, Florent Malouda, Gennaro Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo, Bolo Zenden, Ivan Campo, Kim Kallstrom, Stelios Giannakopoulos, El-Hadji Diouf
Strikers: Alessandro Mancini, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrik Larsson, Robbie Fowler

[edit] Injuries

After the initial squad was announced, some players were forced to withdraw from the squad through injury: Europe XI

Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn, Iker Casillas
Defenders: Paolo Maldini, Lilian Thuram, Carles Puyol, Fabio Grosso,
Midfielders: Juninho Pernambucano, Miguel Monteiro, David Beckham, Ronaldinho
Strikers: Ronaldo

[edit] See Also

Manchester United

Uefa

Treaty of Rome

European Union

[edit] External Links

Man Utd Official Website

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