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Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 - 15:14 SGT
Posted By: Gilbert

Live For Mornings Like This

So United suffered a reverse against Pompey - big deal. They absolutely crushed Roma at Old Trafford this morning. In the words of a neutral on the Man Utd forums - "This game will not guarantee you any trophies, but in your lifetime as football fans, and United fans, you will have very few nights like this. You must remember it, and you must enjoy it." To think I was concerned about Roma holding out for a draw before the match, but once Carrick gave United the early lead there was no looking back.


Magnificent Seven


It was a game when everything just clicked. The second goal was a display of incredible passing and pace, for example. Pity the Roma goalkeeper, most of it wasn't his fault, but he still had to suffer the ignomity of being beaten seven times.

First goal - Carrick (11th minute). Doni slightly off his line, but Carrick picked out the edge of his goal with great precision.

Second goal - Smith (17th minute). Defensive error, failure to clear resulting in a favourable one-on-one. Notable for the buildup.

Third goal - Rooney (19th minute). Maybe could have leaped out, but it was skipping away from him as seen in the reverse angle.

Fourth goal - Ronaldo (44th minute). Probably the goal in which Doni was most at fault for, being beaten at the near post by an admittedly powerful shot. Ronaldo is becoming a "cheat-code" sort of talent, nigh-impossible to mark by a single man, and he knows it too. Infectious confidence and optimism.

Fifth goal - Ronaldo (49th minute). Smith was coming through the middle. Nothing to be done.

Sixth goal - Carrick (60th minute). I didn't know he could do that. No goalkeeper in the world would have stopped this. Doni collapsed after seeing this one go in. Not his day.

Seventh goal - Evra (81st minute). Again at the near post, but just off the inside of the post and Doni was wrong-footed. Not the best goalkeeping, but by then it didn't matter, did it?

Roma's scant consolation by De Rossi was pretty neat too, as a further treat for the discerning football connoisseur.

Sneak preview of my 3D Game Programming project (starting to enjoy it):



More to come



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