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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Manchester United overpowered Gamba Osaka

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Manchester United overpowered Gamba Osaka in the semi finals of Club world Cup 2008 at Yokohama and booked their place in the finals. The match ended in a 5-3 scoreline to Man Utd.

Manchester United dominated the first half and lead by 2-0 at break thanks to the goals from Vidic and Ronaldo both from the corner of Giggs. But it was the second half that set the game on fire.

Gamba pulled one back as Yamazaki scored in the 74th minutes. But their hope was gone as Rooney scored within 60 seconds.

Darren Fletcher made it 4-1 in the 78th minutes through a cross from Patrice Evra. Than Rooney scored again after the restart.

In 84th minutes Gamba won a penalty as Gary Naville handled the ball in the penalty box and Endo converted the penalty into a goal. Hashimoto than scored to make it 5-3 in late moments that turned six goals in the last 17 minutes.

United will now play Ecuador's side Liga de Quito on sunday to claim the Club World Cup as first British team.

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