World Soccer - Manchester United Champions of the Club World Cup
By Ally White
The current English Premier League champions, Manchester United, became the Club World Cup Champion after defeating the team Liga de Quito of Ecuador 1-0 at one of the biggest cities in Japan, in the Yokohama Stadium.
During the game, Quito of Ecuador tried to play a great and physical defense to prevent the offense of United to play consistently. Manchester had their opportunities to open the score in the first half of the game, although the goalkeeper Jose Cevallos saved in great way the Red Devils’ attempts. Moreover, Quito de Ecuador as well had two clear options with Alejandro Manso but they were also saved spectacularly by United’s goalie Edwin Van Der Sar. The two attempts came one at minute 63 and the other later close to the end at minute 89.
During minute 49th the defender of United, Nemanja Vidic was given a red card after elbowing Claudio Bieler in the face. That situation forced Coach Ferguson to take off Tevez to put the defender Johnny Evans in the game. Even with 10 players, Manchester kept attacking Quito de Ecuador, who never found the way to control the game. And just closer to the end of the game, at minute 73 a pass of Cristiano Ronaldo to Wayne Rooney gave the first and unique goal for Manchester United, which finalized the game as champions of the Club World Cup for the first time.
After the game, the Manchester United’s goal scorer of the game expressed that it was a very difficult match for them, especially after having to play with only 10 players on the field for almost 41 minutes. "I'm very happy to have scored and for us to become the best club in the world is something we can be very proud of," Said Rooney.
With this accomplishment, the Red Devils became the first English Club to win the cup in its present format. Manchester United had their first Club World Cup participation in 2000, where they didn’t classified to the final. In 2005, Liverpool got to the final but lost the championship against the Brazilian team Säo Paulo. So this is the first time Manchester United wins this contest, nevertheless, in 1999 they did achieve the ancestor tournament of this event, which was called Intercontinental Cup.
The teams with more titles at this tournament are the Brazilians. They won the first two editions of the new contest format that began in 2005 and the AC Milan won last year. We have to mention that this tournament is getting importance especially by having the best teams of Europe and America playing in it. We hope this tournament can become one of the most expected competitions for clubs around the world.
As for the Red Devils, their next games of the Premier League will be on December 26th against Stoke City and on the 29th against Middlesbrough. Currently Manchester United is in 4th place of the Barclays Premier League with 32 points, 7 points behind the leader Liverpool. These games are really important for United because they need to add more points to get closer to the top of the table.
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Ally White is a top senior copy writer for the International Soccer as well as the top ranking sports betting: www.instantactionsports.com/uk/
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