Midweek International Round Up

By David Hobbs
September 7 2005

Premiership action returns this weekend after an eventful international week for many Manchester United players, who have been all over the world.

ManUtdWeb brings you a brief report of every game a Red Devil has featured in:

Northern Ireland 1 - 0 England

As reported on ManUtdWeb, Northern Ireland re-wrote their record books as David Healy earned his side a tremendous win over England. Wayne Rooney had a poor game on the left of midfield and behind Michael Owen in a 4-5-1 system. Rio Ferdinand also featured as The Three Lions fall behind World Cup Qualification Group 6 by 5 points to Poland. For more details on this game, click here.

Holland 4 - 0 Andorra

Ruud van Nistelrooy struck in each half to help Holland secure a 4-0 victory of Andorra. The solid Edwin van der Sar kept a clean sheet in-between the sticks for Oranje. Rafael van der Vaart opened the scoring before Lima's own goal.

Russia 0 - 0 Portugal

Despite losing his father, Cristiano Ronaldo played for Portugal as they were held to a goalless draw in Russia. Charlton midfielder Alexei Smertin was dismissed for Russia. ManUtdWeb's condolences go out to Ronaldo.

Republic of Ireland 0 - 1 France

France boosted their chances of qualifying for Germany with a narrow 1-0 win against the Republic. Roy Keane and John O'Shea did what they could to prevent a defeat, but the likes of Zinadine Zidane and Thierry Henry - who bagged the only goal - proved too much in the end.

Norway 1 - 2 Scotland

Kenny Miller's brace earned Walter Smith's side a well battled win away in Norway. Darren Fletcher played his part in midfield as Scotland build on their 1-1 draw with Italy from the weekend.

Poland 1 - 0 Wales

Maciej Zurawski's second-half penalty put Poland on top of Group 6 ahead of England as Ryan Giggs continued his spell as Welsh skipper.

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