Minute-by-Minute: Gamba Osaka vs Manchester United

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Goal Manchester United

Good corner whipped in by Giggs and Vidic puts in a relatively easy header from the centre of the box.
 
Tevez plays it to Evra, who cuts it back across the box. Well picked up by their defender, though, who shows good composure by playing it through the onrushing Tevez's legs.
 
Tevez nearly in behind by another good pass from Anderson over the top, some nice pieces of movement by Tevez so far. He's showing again that he can play in this role and play it well with his hold up play and ability to bring others into play, and he has shown another dimension this season in terms of movement in behind.

Nani's been sloppy throughout and isn't taking his chance to impress today.
 
A nice pass from Giggs plays Ronaldo down the wing who whips in a fantastic cross to Anderson.

With a free header, two yards out, he completely misses.

He'll never score.
 
Anderson misses a near-open goal! Good play by Tevez, Giggs and Ronaldo results in a Ronaldo cross which Anderson fails to finish off with a fairly simple header. Looks like he'll be waiting a while longer for that first United goal.
 
Tevez with a nice bit of hold up play finds Giggs, who plays it onto Evra who whips in a poor cross.

Giggs then gets it back and nearly sets Nani in on goal.
 
Good work from Tevez to hold off two attackers. Their defenders clear from the resulting cross but United come back at them. Giggs tries a lovely through ball which Nani just fails to keep in. Osaka goal kick.
 
Perhaps the most surprising thing about this match is Collymore's usage of the word "synergy".

Meanwhile, Ronaldo is played away down the right, but totally fails to pick out an unmarked Tevez in their penalty area.

Straight down the other end Lucas tries a speculative shot from outside of the area which goes high.
 
Osaka with a nice piece of play with nice one touch passing and a powerful shot by Lucas.

Well off target but he's been the one who's been most involved in their attacks today. Powerful shot, good in the air and an intelligent mover off the ball, the rest of the team seems to play off him.
 
Giggs tries an ambitious ball which is cut out in the middle of the pitch, but Giggs wins it back evntually. Could have been danergous.

Osaka eventually win it back and they whip in a great cross, typical experienced defending from Neville sees it out though.
 
A very careless ball from Ferdinand gives the ball straight to their attacker, who runs straight at Vidic and blasts the shot over. Could have been very dangerous, though.
 
Ball given away cheaply by Rio and Bando hits a powerful shot which goes high and wide, didn't make enough of that chance.
 
Lucas picks out Endo, whose pass is easily picked up by Van der Sar.

Down the end Ronaldo finds Tevez, whose shot on the turn results in a block and United corner.
 
Lucas finds Endo with a great ball, but Endo whips in a weak cross.

United go up the other end and Ronaldo, Nani and Tevez link up with Tevez eventually getting a corner from it.

Ronaldo scores from the corner!
 
Goal Manchester United

So much for us not being good enough from corners, and it's another great corner whipped in by Giggs. Great header by Ronaldo.

Half-time.
 
Osaka showing brief flashes of movement, ability and willingness to attack but they've been defending poorly from passes in behind the defence, passes out to the wing and corners.

United playing at a steady pace with Ronaldo, Giggs and Tevez at the heart of most of United's play with Ronaldo the standout performer even without his goal. Giggs with two assists.
 
Half-time

Unable to score from corners in the league, United have scored twice from them in this match. Some decent attacking play could have resulted in more goals for United, but Osaka haven't been pushovers. They could easily have taken the lead, and should have done more at the end of the first half when Ferdinand had a panic attack.

An open, decent game. Looking forward to an exciting second half.
 
Second Half

Immediate attack by Osaka wins them a freekick just inside the United half. They look like they've come out with an intention to score. A series of blocked shots on the edge of our area result.
 
Manchester United late out of the dressing rooms.

So much for Ronaldo not enjoying himself here, him and Anderson came out laughing away with each other.

Osaka kick off with a very impressive period of possession for them keeping United penned inside the box with a couple of blocked shots.
 
United get a grip on the game again, and we win a throw just inside their half. Neville's ball finds Giggs who turns one defender well but is then tackled. The ball is won back, though, and Tevez backheels a ball through for Nani, who does well to control it and try a pass. Once again it is superbly tackled at the last.
 
Some nice interplay between Tevez and Nani who, with some nice footwork, nearly picks out Ronaldo free in the box brilliantly.

Well defended.

Another nice piece of interplay involving Tevez and Scholes gets a chance inside the box.

People need to watch Tevez in this game and the Blackburn game, tells you everything you need to know about his quality.

Tevez wrongly called offside from which he scored, it was a tight call though.
 
Period of strong possession by United results with Tevez supplying Neville in the box. Neville plays it back out for Scholes to run on to, but his shot is some way off-target.
 
Anderson with a nice burst forward leads to some good play between Neville and Anderson.

Eventually comes to Tevez who picks out Neville brilliantly.

Lays it off to Scholes who fires way off.
 
Great play by Nani, Tevez and Giggs. Giggs gets inside the box and nearly gets a cross away.

Corner to be taken by Giggs.

Doesn't beat the first man.
 
Giggs and Tevez with some lovely play which ends up giving United another corner. Another corner, another goal?

No. Osaka counter attack, but are too slow and the United defenders get back into position.
 
Some very sloppy play by us, from Anderson early and then Giggs, which results in a good chance for Osaka and a very good block by Vidic who's injured his knee and is in real pain.

Looks alright now.
 
Osaka with a great chance, some lovely inter-change in our box sets up Bando again. His shot was beating Van der Sar but was blocked.

Vidic down in agony, looks like a groin injury from sliding to intercept a through ball.
 
Vidic having a little jog now, though, and is back on the field. Maybe he crushed a bollock?

Straight down the other end Anderson plays through Tevez, but he just couldn't reach the ball and the Osaka 'keeper gathers.
 
Nearly a great chance for Tevez. Great through ball by Anderson and a great run by Tevez.

Anderson's played a number of great through balls but he and Scholes haven't clicked at all and neither have played as well as they could.
 
Vidic clearly not too injured, as he's running freely now. Osaka with some decent play but Yasuda's cross was poor.

Lucas with another shot that's so awful it goes for a throw-in.
 
Osaka enjoying some nice possession but not threatening enough and that's shown by a wild shot from Lucas.

The movement that was shown earlier in the match just isn't there.
 
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