MUFC - Champions of the World!
World Champions
By Chris,
December 21 2008
10-man Manchester United crowned themselves champions of the world following a well-deserved 1-0 win over Liga de Quito on Sunday. A crisp finish from Wayne Rooney late-on was enough to seal the contest at Yokohama's International Stadium despite Nemanja Vidic’s red-card. We’re officially the finest club on the face of the planet!
We are the Champions,
Champions of England,
We are the Champions, Champions of Europe,
We are the
Champions, Champions of the World!
Manchester United became
the first club to win FIFA's World Club Cup with a deserved 1-0 win over LDU
Quito.
A superb strike from Rooney
with 73 minutes on the clock was enough to seal the silverware for the 10-man
United.
Sir Alex Ferguson's men
had dominated the opening period but were frustrated by a series of saves from
impressive Quito
‘keeper Jose Cevallos.
The Ecuadorians went close
when Jairo Campos somehow flicked Alejandro Manso's free-kick wide, but, aside
from that, all the first-half chances came United's way. Rooney and Tevez both
went close, whilst Ronaldo's sparkiling footwork dazzled a packed house in
Yokahoma.
The South Americans
started to make a mark on the game after half-time, thanks mainly to the 49th-minute
dismissal of Vidic. The Serb foolishly lashed out at Claudio Bieler with an
elbow and was immediately shown red by referee Ravshan Irmatov.
With a man advantage, Quito started to show some
of the attacking flair that helped them win the 2008 Copa Libertadores and
Edwin van der Sar was called into action on a handful of occasions.
However, United remained
the better side and deservedly broke the deadlock with seventeen minutes left. Ronaldo
found Rooney with a neat pass and the England striker curled home a
superb finish from the left-hand corner of the penalty area. Fantastic.
Quito threatened late-on and United had to defend a
handful of corners - but we held on to deservedly win the crown of the world's
finest football club.
Manchester United - World Champions. A truly great honour.
Full Time - Liga de Quito 0-1 Manchester United
Attendance - 62,619
Champions of Europe
Champions of the world
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As laudatory as those other achievements last season were, dont get me wrong, I thave a sneaking suspicion all of you would have preferred your team didnt fly to Japan for possibly the most meaningless tournament in professional football.
A bit of envy perhaps at losing to Sao Paulo in 2005 and not becoming world champions yourselves? I would probably have agreed with you had you, Chelsea and Arsenal not blown it.
We beat Fulham and Wigan with our games in hand and we're 1 point behind, so no real harm done plus we came back from Japan with the world championship, no injuries, 5 day break.
Dont get me wrong i know that htat isnt a good indication of a world championship and that most top teams in europe can beat that opposition but it is what it is and im proud that we were their and Chelsea werent.
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A couple of wins will put us right up there.
We are at risk of fixture congestion, however, with the F.A Cup tie at Southampton and two games against Derby County coming up.
Merry Christmas everyone! Just finished rapping all the presents!
CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 