manU-arsenal FA CUP semi PBP [R]

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i had to make a new thread because i forgot to put an R

we are 5' in and arsenal have already had 3 huge near misses

in the span of 30 seconds...

bergkamp breaks in alone but carroll slides out to block the first shot

bergkamp stays with it and lines up one his patented curlers in the sights, he hits it perfectly but brown collapses quickly to head off the line

vieira follows up with a blst that smashes the crossbar

then toure heads on but carroll goes to full backward stretch to fingertip the effort over

WHEW!

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united playing with OGS up top?

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manU start to turn the tables after a furious gunner start

7'

solskjaer, giggs and scholes cause trouble on the left on three successive swings up the field

clinchy heads out of big trouble after a deflectd solskjaer cross

"scholes is all over the pitch right at the moment"

manU FK at MF

12'

danger FK drawn by Cronaldo, perfect spot for giggs

... blocked by the wall




btw the LINEUPS

ARSENAL
1. Lehmann, Jens
28. Toure, Kolo
22. Clichy, Gael
23. Campbell, Sol
7. Pires, Robert
4. Vieira, Patrick
8. Ljungberg, Fredrik
17. Edu,
12. Lauren,
30. Aliadiere, Jeremie
10. Bergkamp, Dennis
Substitutes
33. Stack, Graham
5. Keown, Martin
14. Henry, Thierry
25. Kanu, Nwankwo
9. Reyes , José

MANU

13 Carroll, Roy
27. Silvestre, Mikael
22. O`Shea, John
2. Neville, Gary
6. Brown, Wes
18. Scholes, Paul
11. Giggs, Ryan
16. Keane, Roy
24. Fletcher, Darren
7. Ronaldo, Cristiano
20. Solskjaer, Ole
Substitutes
14. Howard, Tim
3. Neville, Philip
8. Butt, Nicky
19. Djemba-Djemba, Eric
12. Bellion, David

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united playing with OGS up top?


hes kinda wide, strangely enough giggs seems the CF at times lol

FACTOID: sir alex has never lost a domestic semi

Cronaldo does a little dance to get in the area and finds ole GS, but sol moves quickly to pick his pocket 12M from goal

15'

ljungberg has had very few touches and shoots way wide and over to ruin a nic arsenal mve

Cronaldo hits a danger cross to earn CK

CR takes... sol heads out

16'

this is quite the crackling affair so far

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the announcer: "oh! and he's given the ball away!" - sounds JUST like fifa 2002

another danger FK for manU wide right - great serve by scholes but toure is there to head clear

20'

this one's at villa park, but the singing makes it sound like old trafford right now

manU defenders slow it down

bergkamp steals at MF, scholes regains

manU come forward but CR's cross is horrribly awry - GK arsenal

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23'

fletcher looking quite good so far, playing centrally - the scots do have some nice young attacking talent coming up in the world

oh my god you should see the chick outside my window right now!!! "hi"... "and helloooo!"

hehe

injury pause as alladiere goes flopping

OMG!!! campbell with a surging run all the way to the manU area, he slips thru for dennis on the R, bergkamp floats across for pires... who nods just over D'OH!!

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really some delicious attacking play so far in this one, could already be 2-1 arsenal easy

CR wheels and deals to win another CK

CR to take... campbell clears, but manU recover, work the ball to the R, where giggs fires a low dipper that lehmann manages to take in

29'

neville mugs pires and the frenchman wheels around with the elbow

pires booked

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lord dennis wins a CK

poorly taken long but sylvestre almost seems to handle - REPLAY: more of a ball to hand i think

keane smashes pires' calf and gets his booking - boy i tell ya, that looked almost an intentional kick

32'

CR does well again on the R, but manU cant make it happen

1-0 manU scholes

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scholes rips home a low shot from a lovely square pass from giggs

1-0 32'

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manU fouls on the subsequent attack

34'

bergkamp caaaaant quite pull down a lob feed in the area - carroll collects

suddenly arsenal have tilted the pitch again

alladiere with a magical (lucky?) center but ljungberg is dumped and arsenal have a CK

pires takes... comes to nothing

36'

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FK manU at MF

Cronaldo is showing the whole bag today

arsenal come back, but Cronaldo hustles to pick vieira's pocket

lauren with a nice tackle to stop a rampaging giggs

39'

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FK from 35M for arsenal - pires serves.... keane nods out for a CK

pires again... carroll does nicely to punch in a crowd, another CK

edu takes... carroll catches

40'

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Cronaldo comes again to win another CK

CR takes... ole having a little tussle with sol... finally taken,cleared away

41'

sylvestre ends the alladiere led counter

clinchy with a nice read to stop manU

neville dumps pires at MF, FK arsenal

brown makes two interceptions in a row

43'

danger FK for arsenal as CR tackles vieira

perfect spot for henry... ohph never mind!

dennis serves, oshea clears for a CK

pires takes... berglamop and edu have shots blocked

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44'

CR tugs pires' shirt - FK arsenal

the commentators wonder "will wenger bring henry on?"

45:00

1 minute ET coming

arsenal FK near MF... WOW! vieira's header shaves the post and goes wide, GK manU

HT

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what a first half!!! can't believe its only 1-0

btw i was mistaken earlier, it was edu who hit the bar and not vieira

best players so far

arsenal: campbell, edu, vieira, toure, bergkamp

manU: Cronaldo, scholes, giggs, fletcher, brown, carroll

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For anyone interested.... there is live audio feed from the Beeb...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/default.stm#

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For anyone interested.... there is live audio feed from the Beeb...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/default.stm#


is it free? can i stop?

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LMAO

ian wright just said pires should have seen red for what was "really a bit of a beee-yatch slap, wasn't it?"

no changes at HT

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CK manU, CR takes... fletcher cracks a hot from the top of the area, but its blocked

49'

bergkamp goes down at the edge, but the referee is having none of it

51'

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lehmann is getting a yellow for shoving CR to the ground for no good reason as he chases the ball to take a GK

53'