Man United v Europe XI

dannyd20

Man United v Europe XI
Uefa Celebration Match
Date: Tuesday 13 March, 2007 GMT
Venue: Old Trafford
Coverage: Live on BBC Three from 1930 GMT with live streaming on the BBC Sport website. (UK users only)


Coach Marcello Lippi has AC Milan quartet Paolo Maldini, Gennaro Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo and Ronaldo for Tuesday's match against Manchester United.
Liverpool's Steven Gerrard is in the squad as is striker Ronaldinho and keepers Iker Casillas and Oliver Kahn.
Henrik Larsson is in the Europe squad, days after his loan spell at United came to an end.
The match marks the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome and United's 50 years in European competitions.

Full Europe XI squad:
Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn, Grégory Coupet, Iker Casillas.
Defenders: Paolo Maldini, Jamie Carragher, Eric Abidal, Lilan Thuram, Carles Puyol, Marco Materazzi, Fabio Grosso.
Midfielders: Gianluca Zambrotta, Steven Gerrard, Juninho Pernambucano, Florent Malouda, Luis Miguel, Gennaro Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo. Strikers: Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Alessandro Mancini, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrik Larsson.

Should be an interesting game to watch. So what would your team Europe XI (with a little help from Brazil!) be?

Mine is:

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Coupet

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----Puyol--Materazzi--Maldini----

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Gattuso--Pirlo

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--Gerrard--Juninho--Ronaldinho--

----Ibrahimovic----Larsson

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PHB

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Casillas

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-Carragher-Maldini-Puyol--Abidal

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Gattuso

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Pirlo--Juninho--Ronaldinho-

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Ronaldo---Ibrahimovic----

madds

I'm sure Fergie is delighted that this match was scheduled at this time of the season! Would be more interested to see the Utd lineup - wonder will start with a full strength side and then make a raft of changes at the break? Would love to see King Eric make a 10-min appearance!!

madds

A number of casualties on Lippi's team....Ronaldhino is out for one......replacements? Fowler and Zenden!!! :eek:

Should give the United faithful something to keep them amused.

eirebhoy

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Kahn

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Zambrotta--Thuram--Maldini--Abidal

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Pirlo

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Gerrard---Juninho

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Ronaldinho

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Ronaldo---Larsson

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Mossy Monk

this game is also on RTÉ Two for those without BBC Three

super_furry

madds wrote:

A number of casualties on Lippi's team....Ronaldhino is out for one......replacements? Fowler and Zenden!!! :eek:

Should give the United faithful something to keep them amused.

I expect Robbie's five star salute to go down well with the Stretford End again.

super_furry

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Carragher

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Carragher--Carragher--Carragher--Carragher

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Carragher

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Carragher---Carragher

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Carragher

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Carragher---Carragher

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We all dream....

mcgarnicle

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Coupet

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---Maldini---Carragher---Thuram---Grosso---

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Gattuso

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Pirlo

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Gerrard

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---Ronaldinho

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Mancini---

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Ibrahimovich

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Vokes

No Ronaldinho available, so perhaps....

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Kahn

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--Puyol--Thuram---Maldini---Grosso--

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Pirlo

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Zambrotta

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Malouda

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Gerrard

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Ronaldo---Ibrahimovich

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dannyd20

Mossy Monk wrote:

this game is also on RTÉ Two for those without BBC Three

good shout!

Fowler and Zenden as replacements - the proverbial scraping of the barrel! It will indeed be interesting to see what kind of line-up Manyoo put out although the official site reads: Lippi's squad looks an imposing proposition for Sir Alex Ferguson, who has said he will put out his strongest available side!

~Rebel~

Usually in these games the defenders take it pretty easy and allow plenty of movement and attacking to make the game more entertaining for the spectator.

Praying Cara plays - couldn't see him letting Ronaldo drift past him without getting in a crunching tackle!

gustavo

Iker Casillas.
Lilan Thuram, Carles Puyol, Marco Materazzi,Paolo Maldini,

`Mancini Gennaro Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo. : Ronaldinho

, Ronaldo, , Zlatan Ibrahimovic,

Fanny Cradock

Considering there really is nothing at stake here I'm surprised it is getting so much coverage. I'm sure both teams will be told to relax on the crunching tackles and not to overextend themselves in any way.

My prediction:

A drab and tepid 90 minutes, devoid of any form of entertainment. What a terrible time to schedule a match of no importance. That said, there are some class players there.

PHB

No no, it's gona be a fun game, with no tackling, so therefore totally favouring the attacking team, my prediction, 7-4 to United.

bucks73

Think Im gonna watch Sunderland instead. Havent seen Roys boys for a while and they are on a great run at the moment.

Guy:Incognito

Whats the point in sticking matches like these in at this stage of the season? Surely they'd bebetter used as a pre-season game. Maybe on the same weekend as the Charity shield or in the week before or after.

Having said that, it's always good to see these games. Not so good if players pick up injuries.

Tusky

Does anyone know if anywhere in town will be showing this ?

Dave!

Stekelly wrote:

Not so good if players pick up injuries.

Depends which players ¬_¬ Just messin

Should be a good match.

Mr. Presentable

Maldini is out.

Call Me Jimmy

bucks73 wrote:

Think Im gonna watch Sunderland instead. Havent seen Roys boys for a while and they are on a great run at the moment.

ah nice one, I completely forgot about that after seeing the ad the other day, I'm surprised they haven't been on tv more.

Guy:Incognito

What was the european starting 11? Only switched in time to see the subs.

Really obvious already that no one wants to risk any sort of injury. A few alls just going a yard too far and players not even attempting to stretch for them. Undersdatndable enough I spose.

Hope Canizares makes a better effort than that if hes got a 1 on 1 against Chelsea.:D

Guy:Incognito

2-0 Utd. The caramel assasin sneaks in at the back post.:)


It's a pity Sunderland are playing tonight, wonder would Roy have got a game?
Would have been great craic if Utd had Xidane as a special guest.:)

Guy:Incognito

Lawrenson with a great bit of trivia. "If you notice in the Champions league last week, every team that scored an away goal went through" . Missed the Liverpool - Barce game, eh Mark?:)

KdjaCL

Stekelly wrote:

Lawrenson with a great bit of trivia. "If you notice in the Champions league last week, every team that scored an away goal went through" . Missed the Liverpool - Barce game, eh Mark?:)

Pool scored an away goal, 2 of them actually


kdjac

The Rooster

Trevor Steven won't be let back into an RTE studio after calling Ronaldo "the most entertaining player around"

Ibrahimovic crashes ball against bar from penalty spot.

3-1 for the mancs at the mo.

Who got the goals?

_blank_

Rooney (2), Browne and Ronaldo for United.

Malouda for EuroStars.

4-1 Now.

dr.bollocko

Four one! This game is almost hilarious.

Guy:Incognito

KdjaCL wrote:

Pool scored an away goal, 2 of them actually


kdjac

I no but every team that scored an away goal cant have gone through, especially as both in the tie did.

Guy:Incognito

Nothing to see here. double post

Dave!

Lovely free kick from Ronaldo! Was gas to see him tripping over himself earlier on though As usual, wha!

Gerard to score the next goal!

Zapp Brannigan

Criminal, Gerrard should be on that pitch!!

Ronaldo and Malouda's goals were crackers.
It aint a fantastic match but it's better than i expected.

EDIT: Why the hell isnt Villa in the Euro XI!?

Tusky

Gerrard getting boo'd every time hes on the ball :rolleyes:

tdv

Slurms wrote:

Criminal, Gerrard should be on that pitch!!

Ronaldo and Malouda's goals were crackers.
It aint a fantastic match but it's better than i expected.

EDIT: Why the hell isnt Villa in the Euro XI!?

Only allowed 3 players per team

Guy:Incognito

Tusky wrote:

Gerrard getting boo'd every time hes on the ball :rolleyes:

Carra aswell. yet they dont mind Diouf.

Is it personal abuse to call a large amount of people collectivly gob****es?

Tusky

Stekelly wrote:

Carra aswell. yet they dont mind Diouf.

Not a Liverpool player anymore!

I expected a couple of boo's but seeing as its a charity game I didnt expect it to happen everytime they got on the ball... pretty shameful.

Guy:Incognito

Tusky wrote:

Not a Liverpool player anymore!

Yeah but no one likes him.

Zenden not getting the same treatment either.

PHB

ANyone think these are possibly the worst commentators ever? Do they even know who is on the pitch, and if they do, they've no idea what they look like

Guy:Incognito

PHB wrote:

ANyone think these are possibly the worst commentators ever? Do they even know who is on the pitch, and if they do, they've no idea what they look like

What channel?

Tusky

Out of curiosity, do Man Utd fans boo Gerrard/Carragher when they play for England ? I dont understand it.

Guy:Incognito

HEHE heres Robbie. Hope he sticks one in. C'mon Robbie.

Tusky

PHB wrote:

ANyone think these are possibly the worst commentators ever? Do they even know who is on the pitch, and if they do, they've no idea what they look like

If you are talking about the RTE2 commentary, I agree. Awful, constantly getting player names wrong. Sounds like they dragged some random farmer off the street to do it.

Tusky

tdv wrote:

Only allowed 3 players per team

Gerrard, Carragher, Zenden & Fowler... ?

Guy:Incognito

Tusky wrote:

If you are talking about the RTE2 commentary, I agree. Awful, constantly getting player names wrong. Sounds like they dragged some random farmer off the street to do it.

I watched a bit of the first half on RTE , when the peno hit the bar he went on for about 5 mins about the bar still rattling " the bar at the stretford end is still rattling, in old trafford, the bar is still rattling. after that penalty that hit the bar just there the bar is still rattling"

Guy:Incognito

Thats more like the John O'Sea we all know.

BaZmO*

Jimmy "the sports encyclopaedia" Me Gee shouldn't be allowed to commentate on football matches. He really is terrible. Although I laughed in the first half when the mobile phone rang and he said, "It's Ronaldo"

Zapp Brannigan

Jimmy McGee is my favourtie commentator! He's comedic gold!

Guy:Incognito

Slurms wrote:

Jimmy McGee is my favourtie commentator! He's comedic gold!

Yeah but its more of the "lets laugh at what the senile old fool comes out with next" variety of comedy as opposed to "what a genius stand up he is"

Guy:Incognito

has to be robbies.

Boo urns to Diouff, I hate that man so much, wish he fell on his arse trying that stupid peno.

redzerdrog

the worst atmosphere i have seen at a match. have man utd not even got a song they could sing?:rolleyes: all i can here is the stupid air horns doing my head in

Zapp Brannigan

Diouf being a cocky twat, not letting Robbie take the peno.