Manchester United vs Europe XI Videos
Final Score: Manchester United 4-3 Europe XI.
Manchester United goals: Rooney 2x, Brown, Ronaldo (awesome free kick).
Europe XI goals: Malouda (rifle shot from outside the box, class goal), El-Hadji Diouf 2x (don’t ask why he was playing…)
United were weakened with injuries, and Europe XI were weakened by late withdrawals – the game was half exhibition (first half) and half practice game for United’s 3rd string (second half).
Andy Cole made a cameo appearance for Manchester United, Bolton had a handful of players coming on for Europe XI (nice preview for them a few days ahead of their Saturday visit), so did Liverpool.
Manchester United fans booed Gerrard, Carragher, Zenden and Fowler, which was a shame. Then again, fans are cunts generally, so it wasn’t surprising.
Beckham at Old Trafford
Images from the game
Previous Updates
Update: Ronaldinho withdraws from Europe XI squad due to injury
Update: Squads are finalised – full details below
Match Preview
Truth be told, mid-March is an inconvenient time to be playing silly commemoration matches – even if it is for the Manchester United Foundation.
Still, it’s a chance for Manchester United to take on Europe, despite their injuries and despite the fact that old boy David Beckham is injured and will only be in the stands. Manchester United fans would also love to see Alex Ferguson face off against the favourite candidate to succeed him, Marcello Lippi. Too bad I won’t get the chance to to blow my horn about why Beckham still deserves a spot in the England and Manchester United squads, let alone Real Madrid.
Unfortunately, Arsenal and Chelsea players cannot be part of Europe XI due to ‘fixture congestion’ – which basically means that their League Cup final means they’ll be wanting a rest and we won’t see Fabregas, Henry, Lampard, Terry, Cech, Drogba, Shevchenko, Makelele, Carvalho, Toure, Gallas, the Coles, Robben, Lehmann or Fabregas go up against Manchester United.
Manchester United had pledged to field a full team, with Ferguson fully aware that victory in this ‘friendly’ would do wonders for both team morale and club support (not that they needed much boosting, but still). However, injuries have taken their toll and as you’ll see in the squad lists below, there are several big names missing out.
Manchester United vs Europe XI schedule
Tuesday, March 13. I’ll be covering it here.
Coverage on BBC starts at 7:30 pm for those in the UK, and at 11:30 on SuperSport3 for those in Pakistan.
Europe XI Squad
Real Madrid: Iker Casillas
Liverpool: Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher
Lyon: Eric Abidal, Gregory Coupet, Juninho, Malouda
Barcelona: Ronaldinho, Puyol, Zambrotta, Thuram
AC Milan: Maldini, Gattuse, Pirlo, Ronaldo
Helsingborgs: Henrik Larsson
Roma: Alessandro Mancini
Valencia: Luis Miguel
Bayern Munich: Oliver Kahn
Inter Milan: Marco Materazzi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Fabio Grosso
Manchester United Squad
Fit Players: Kuszczak, Heaton, Neville, Brown, O’Shea, Heinze, Ronaldo, Giggs, Carrick, Scholes, Rooney, Smith, Dong Fangzhou, Park, Richardson, Eagles.
Could Feature if Fit: Van der Sar, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra.
Further discussion at the Manchester United squad for Europe XI page.
Ahmed – you do know we get to see Drogba and co. play against Manchester United twice a season? :p
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Good matches are hard to come by in the Prem 🙂
i am going to that game booked my tickets this morning come on you reds !!!
i am goin wit skwl gona b mint getin tikits 2moz gona b absolutely awsum btw liam wat stand is u in i myt c u der lol
to be honest, I have *zero* desire to see us play against Drogba. Hate him as I do, he’s just kicking so much ass right now. I hope Becks scores against us 🙂
Amen to that 🙂
Any ideas on what channels are going to be showing the game?
Sagar – The game’s being shown on BBC3 as far as i know.
Shame that Ronaldinho won’t be in the red shirt when the European XI come to town! So close to signing him!
Should be an exciting spectacle!
Lets just hope this game doesn’t hinder our march to the league title!
i am happy to say ronaldo has agreed to play and aaron mchugh is a stink
Even though I Suport Barcelona, I’d say that Man U have got the better chance of winning in this Europe Vs Man U match. Seeing as Man U will have a normal team and the Europe team will have a team of players from different teams who muight of not played together ever
im going to the match too. should be sik! and beckhams so hot
man united to win the treble and to beat europe XI
gerrard will score the winning goal!!!!
ahmed bilal r u egyptian???
u sound hot!!
IT IS UNFORTUNATE BECKS WILL MISS THE GREAT GAME AT MANCHESTER. I REALLY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE HIM FACE SOME OF HIS OLD TEAM MATES LIKE GIGGS, SCHOLES, RIO, WES BROWN, SLVESTRE, OSHEA ET AL. THAT IS SPORTS AND ESPECIALLY FOOTBALL, INJURY CAN TAKE YOU OFF THE RECORD AT ANY TIME SO FOR BECKS, IT IS UNFORTUNATE. I WOULD ALSO MIGHT HAVE LIKED SEEING ROY KEANE IN THE LINE UP OF EUROPEAN IX BECAUSE HE ACTUALLY DESERVES IT. HES ONE OF THE GREATEST MIDFIELDERS TO HAVE GRAZED OLD TRAFFORD. LONG LIVE KEANO
its bein shown on itv and im goin wiv hope high
united will win……. no bother
Im goin to the match sittin stretford end!! it will be sikkkk !!
I am at that game it is my first time at old trafford it should be a quality game i don t care who wins as long as there are lots of goals , tricks and most of all excitement
come on united were gonna win europe XI get ready
to be honest manchester united will lose and i am a great man u fan but there not ready there not in form to take on greats like ronaldinho and eto o . but we might be back in form i dont know and i carnt perdict whos going to win because if manchester united are in form we could upset them alot if we win and if anyone one wants to know wacth channel is on its on bbc 1 7.30pm. and i wish i could go and wacth that game live but i dont live in manchester no more but o well come on united illl be wacthing on bb1 🙁
I am extremely delighted with the europe XI and man u squad. I cant wait 4 the match!!
COME ON RONALDINHO!!!
ronaldoooooo will be back to his scoring wayzzz u jus w8 n watch….shame he left madrid stupid cappelo but oh well….ronaldo, gerrard, junhino…main threatt!!!!!! ( possibly ronaldhino not all that no more)
woop man u!!!
ohhhhhhhhhh man im such a man u fan but i dont live in the uk i live in australia, anyone knw if they are gonna be showing it on our sattelite???? plz i need to really knw!!!!! cristiano ronaldo is so gonna kick all the other players ass by the way.
Man utd. the best club in the world. and man utd will win the game fully, coz manchester have the top players. thnx……..
i am sure that i will win over europian collection player. and cristiano ronaldo will score 2 goals. amd more i hope that boyz…
and we (manchester supporters) also win in the champion ship.
thnx
manchester united are going to get hammered
manu will get hammered no matter what the team. cmon u europe 11
come on you mighty reds what a great europe team hopefully it will be a awesome game lots of good goals get someones shirt after the game c u lot there COME ON!!!!!
euro 11 will absoloutly hammer manchester united because ronaldinho and gerrard on the same team unite have no chance
man utd hv a good chance if they have here main players but i doubt it coz some are injured
alex ferguson should play it seriously
COME ON UNITED RONALDO WILL SCORE FIRST GD LUCK UNITED 4 LIFE………….
Man united will win first goal from Ronaldo come on boys
I don t know but they say that Ronaldinho is not going to play in Europa XI.Is it true?Please someone answer on this question.It is important to me because I am Barcelona fan.
Damir – you’re right, Ronny’s out because of injury.
what about robinho and other exiting talents
No is not on injury, he played last game against Real Madrid on Saturday.But they are talking that he will not play.Do you or anyone else know why???Please answer.
The reason given for his withdrawal from the Europe XI squad is injury.
Does any one know how to see the match in India i’m desperat!
Shit, he will not play tonight.OK thank you.
am in dubai on showtime and aljazera, am wondering on match local time and where is it showing?? need help big time, u wouldnt me miss this match:)
Which channel in India will show this match?
So eager, its almost kick off time!
I am such a Ronaldinho fan!!
I cant wait 4 the match!!
The best thing in my life is football!!!!!
COME ON EUROPEAN XI!!
I also like man u!!!
RONALDINHO IS DA BEST!!!!!!!
Huma! I like u a lot!!
Manchester United Will Win, END OF! I Think without the players from Chelsea and Arsenal, Europe XI have not one slightest chance. Also, I CANNOT BELIEVE ROY KEANE isnt in! I know He Retired but come on!
HOW COULD THEY NOT CHOOSE ROBINHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUst waite till h gets till his prime! THE NEXT Johan Cruyff
4-3 man unt great goal by ronaldo cant get much better its like becham number 2 lol but better at tricks dont ya think.
man u won 4-3 i ad a gud felling they would man are goin al da way liverpool are scum but not bad players sheffield united are gud but never beat man u keep on goin XXX