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Spectators: 10858 (Terracing: 8145, Seating: 2497, VIP seats: 216) Edwin van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 卓常卫 in the 13th minute of the match. Gonçalo Aguiar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Taisto Pentsinen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eero Uusipaavalniemi hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Long Johnson in the 28th minute of play forced Manchester United FC's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 28th minute Long Johnson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edwin van der Sar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Taisto Pentsinen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gonçalo Aguiar was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by Akanlahti IFK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eero Uusipaavalniemi was slow to take the kick. During this time Manchester United FC's players had a chance to rest. Eero Uusipaavalniemi made a great header on Manchester United FC's corner, it was just that Akanlahti IFK's Gonçalo Aguiar managed to reach the ball for a save. 34 minutes into the match, 卓常卫 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edwin van der Sar. Manchester United FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 卓常卫 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Akanlahti IFK were awarded a corner in the 38th minute after Manchester United FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joakim Nikko took the corner. The corner led to Akanlahti IFK's Rainer Nielikäinen getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Edwin van der Sar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 卓常卫, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gonçalo Aguiar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Taisto Pentsinen, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. 45 minutes had been played when some careless play by Akanlahti IFK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eero Uusipaavalniemi was slow to take the kick. During this time Manchester United FC's players had a chance to rest. Eero Uusipaavalniemi made a great header on Manchester United FC's corner, it was just that Akanlahti IFK's Gonçalo Aguiar managed to reach the ball for a save. Edwin van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rainer Nielikäinen in the 47th minute of the match.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Long Johnson made a kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Akanlahti IFK's 卓常卫 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Edwin van der Sar narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 52 minutes into the match, Manchester United FC's goal looked a bit too open when Rainer Nielikäinen came free, but Edwin van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Akanlahti IFK's Gonçalo Aguiar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eero Uusipaavalniemi in the 54th minute of play. Edwin van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Long Johnson in the 57th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Taisto Pentsinen in the 61st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gonçalo Aguiar prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Eero Uusipaavalniemi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gonçalo Aguiar was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. With a little luck, Manchester United FC's Edwin van der Sar got control of the ball when 卓常卫 tried to sneak it across the goal line. Edwin van der Sar made an important save on a dangerous shot by 卓常卫 in the 70th minute. Gonçalo Aguiar didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Manchester United FC's Eero Uusipaavalniemi shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Manchester United FC made a substitution. Jakob Stam replaced Iiro Riksman. Akanlahti IFK made a substitution. Guto Sabóia replaced Long Johnson. In the 78th minute, Valdemar Kuoppala left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Manchester United FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eero Uusipaavalniemi in the 82nd minute of play forced Akanlahti IFK's goalkeeper Gonçalo Aguiar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rd minute Manchester United FC were awarded a corner. Eero Uusipaavalniemi went to the cornerflag to take it. Thanks to some nice moves 卓常卫 could shoot a difficult shot in the 86th minute, which Edwin van der Sar however easily saved by the left post. If Eero Uusipaavalniemi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When the match had gone on for 89 minutes, Eero Uusipaavalniemi put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Gonçalo Aguiar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Erik Cantona in the 95th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gonçalo Aguiar prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 96thth minute of the game Guto Sabóia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Manchester United FC's Edwin van der Sar was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Manchester United FC's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.