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FC Shorty · 17-01-2009, 03:19 PM

^Rooney and Ronaldo celebrating after Ronaldo's goal^

Team Changes: This was Man United’s first home game of the season and they were hoping to give the Man United fans something to cheer about. Sir Alex Ferguson made a few changes after the 5-3 win over Portsmouth. Ryan Giggs was moved over to the Left Wing and Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick started in Centre Midfield for the first time this season. Lloris and Pique were both dropped to the reserves, and Van Der Sar and Ferdinand both came back into the starting line-up.

This match started at a very high tempo as Man United hit the bar twice well once really. Giggs got the ball from the kick-off and ran at the Bolton defence. He tried to curl his shot with the outside of his boot around the keeper but the shot was just too high and it hit the bar. Bolton managed to clear but the ball was fizzed into the box a Bolton defender stuck his leg out and the ball went off his foot and onto the bar. All this happened in the first 5 minutes.

Man United did take the lead in the 13th minute when Ronaldo headed the ball into the net from a Ryan Giggs corner. It didn’t take long for Man United to extend their lead and it came from a header too. In the 16th minute the ball was crossed to the far post and Rooney scored with a diving header.

Rooney got his second of the game in the 34th minute. He had some very quick feet and close control to dribble past the whole Bolton defence on the edge of the box and then just place the ball into the corner leaving Al-Habsi rooted to his spot. Rio Ferdinand nearly got rare goal 2 minutes later. The ball was curled into the box superbly from a corner and Ferdinand came running in but his bullet header came back into play from the bar and Man United went into the break 3-0 up.

It didn’t take long for Man United to pick up were they left off as Berbatov got his 3rd of the season. It only took 3 minutes into the second half for Berbatov to head past Al-Habsi from a wonderful cross to put United 4-0 up. It took 55 minutes for Bolton to get their first chance of the match and it was a very good chance. Kevin Davies shot was saved by Van Der Sar but the rebound somehow hit the bar from close range.

Ronaldo got his goal in the 62nd minute. Rooney was one-on-one with Al-Habsi but instead of shooting he chipped it over to Ronaldo and he volleyed it into an empty net. Man United then had a cause for concern when Berbatov went down after a crunching tackle. He has taken off and Tevez came on and Scholes came off for Nani and Giggs went into centre mid.

Every player in the Fantastic four (Rooney, Tevez, Berbatov, Ronaldo) got a goal today. In the 84th minute Tevez tapped the ball into an empty net to cap off a wonderful day for United. Man United have West Ham United in the Super Cup next

17-01-2009, 03:19 PM	#263 (permalink)
FC Shorty Elite Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Wexford,Ireland Age: 15 Gender: Male Posts: 8,316	Man Utd 6-0 Bolton ^Rooney and Ronaldo celebrating after Ronaldo's goal^ Team Changes: This was Man United’s first home game of the season and they were hoping to give the Man United fans something to cheer about. Sir Alex Ferguson made a few changes after the 5-3 win over Portsmouth. Ryan Giggs was moved over to the Left Wing and Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick started in Centre Midfield for the first time this season. Lloris and Pique were both dropped to the reserves, and Van Der Sar and Ferdinand both came back into the starting line-up. This match started at a very high tempo as Man United hit the bar twice well once really. Giggs got the ball from the kick-off and ran at the Bolton defence. He tried to curl his shot with the outside of his boot around the keeper but the shot was just too high and it hit the bar. Bolton managed to clear but the ball was fizzed into the box a Bolton defender stuck his leg out and the ball went off his foot and onto the bar. All this happened in the first 5 minutes. Man United did take the lead in the 13th minute when Ronaldo headed the ball into the net from a Ryan Giggs corner. It didn’t take long for Man United to extend their lead and it came from a header too. In the 16th minute the ball was crossed to the far post and Rooney scored with a diving header. Rooney got his second of the game in the 34th minute. He had some very quick feet and close control to dribble past the whole Bolton defence on the edge of the box and then just place the ball into the corner leaving Al-Habsi rooted to his spot. Rio Ferdinand nearly got rare goal 2 minutes later. The ball was curled into the box superbly from a corner and Ferdinand came running in but his bullet header came back into play from the bar and Man United went into the break 3-0 up. It didn’t take long for Man United to pick up were they left off as Berbatov got his 3rd of the season. It only took 3 minutes into the second half for Berbatov to head past Al-Habsi from a wonderful cross to put United 4-0 up. It took 55 minutes for Bolton to get their first chance of the match and it was a very good chance. Kevin Davies shot was saved by Van Der Sar but the rebound somehow hit the bar from close range. Ronaldo got his goal in the 62nd minute. Rooney was one-on-one with Al-Habsi but instead of shooting he chipped it over to Ronaldo and he volleyed it into an empty net. Man United then had a cause for concern when Berbatov went down after a crunching tackle. He has taken off and Tevez came on and Scholes came off for Nani and Giggs went into centre mid. Every player in the Fantastic four (Rooney, Tevez, Berbatov, Ronaldo) got a goal today. In the 84th minute Tevez tapped the ball into an empty net to cap off a wonderful day for United. Man United have West Ham United in the Super Cup next __________________ Come on Man Utd!!!