LIVERPOOL_VC 1 - 2 man.u (382584260)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 36989 had shown up at Anfield for the match. Elwin de Vrijer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tadeusz Solowski and Hans Teller. LIVERPOOL_VC tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Cardeynaels - Campinho, Maiwald, Rezusta - Feldstedt, Butzev, Colmenero, Petkov, Aybar - Liang Hsi, Eriksson.

man.u decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Oliva - Kryvyi, Krusharov, Földessy - Sandvik, Michev, Sanaksenaho, Kongshaug, Stúber - Massidda, Pruna.

After a fine move down the middle S. Liang Hsi nearly gave the home side a goal after 1 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. After 16 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to man.u's R. Kongshaug being carried off the pitch and replaced by H. Spasov. M. Pruna became the new man.u captain. LIVERPOOL_VC's S. Liang Hsi was shown a yellow card after 34 minutes for slicing down an opponent. LIVERPOOL_VC's J. Eriksson tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. T. Sandvik of man.u was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Halftime score was 0 - 0. LIVERPOOL_VC enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 61 percent of possession.

V. Butzev neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to N. Campinho who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. H. Maiwald sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from S. Liang Hsi after 63 minutes of play, making the score 1 - 0. The visitors refused to give in and, after 73 minutes, G. Massidda evened things up as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. 1 - 1 LIVERPOOL_VC's V. Butzev got himself booked for a foul. 75 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a LIVERPOOL_VC substitution. M. Uddbrant came on for V. Butzev. H. Maiwald was handed the LIVERPOOL_VC captain's armband. man.u took the lead 78 minutes into the game, making the score 1 - 2 after some elegant movement down the middle. M. Pruna was the scorer. 79 minutes into the game, man.u worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. With the clock showing 80 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of LIVERPOOL_VC resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by S. Liang Hsi in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. LIVERPOOL_VC's J. Eriksson made a successful breakthrough on the left after 81 minutes and should have levelled the score, but instead he clipped it over the bar. Possession in this half belonged to LIVERPOOL_VC, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

LIVERPOOL_VC's top performer was clearly A. Colmenero. V. Feldstedt on the other hand, had a terrible day. man.u's best player was G. Massidda. T. Sandvik turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 2.