Community Shield - Manchester United and Portsmouth - Aug 10
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Manchester United vs Portsmouth
Sunday, 10 August 2008
Channel 24
Preview : 9:30 pm
Start : 10:00 pm - (Live)
Post Show : 12:30 am
Manchester United are making their 25th appearance in the FA Community Shield, formerly known as the Charity Shield, and are attempting to claim the silverware exactly 100 years after doing so on the first occasion it was contested.
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These sides met three times last season. The league fixture at Fratton Park ended 1-1 and United won the reverse 2-0. They then faced up in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, when a 78th minute penalty from Sulley Ali Muntari saw Pompey qualify for the last four.
THE REFEREEPeter Walton has been appointed as a replacement for original appointee Mark Clattenburg, who is suspended from officiating while the FA investigate allegations relating to debts of companies connected to the Fifa-listed referee.
Walton from Northamptonshire, issued three red cards and 74 yellow in 24 Premier League games last season.
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uhm from neutral pt of view,
i tink Pompey gt chance to upset le..
as all MU pre-season games were played very far from UK..
while Pompey were all at Africa..
so in terms of freshness i tink MU abit disadvt. but in terms of class of cos MU better..haa
anyway may e best team win..
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I'm not expecting goals galore. I think will go to penalties.
Just get through the game without any injuries. The squad is thin enough liao.
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I hope they dont win on a few goal, i hope they will open the flood gaates!
HELL I HOPE THERE WONT BE A DAMNED PENALTY SHOOTOUT!
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GO PORTSMOUTH GO
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Crouch aiming to shoot down United
Peter Crouch wants to make an impact at PortsmouthFormer Liverpool striker Peter Crouch is out to get his Portsmouth return off to a flying start - by helping shoot down champions Manchester United at Wembley on Sunday. The giant England striker returned for a second spell at Fratton Park following an £11million transfer from Liverpool.
Crouch is likely to form a little-and-large partnership with Jermain Defoe as Pompey look to build on their FA Cup triumph, and he cannot wait for the action to get under way. He said: "I've got good memories of the Community Shield - I scored the winner in it two years ago, when Liverpool beat Chelsea 2-1.
"I was right by all the Liverpool fans and ran to them - it was a great feeling. "Sunday is going to be a really difficult match, but we will be fit and ready and hopefully we will give them a good game. "I think we have had a good pre-season, so hopefully we can continue the way we have been and start the season well."
Crouch told the club's official website, www.portsmouthfc.co.uk: "It's a fantastic occasion - like a cup final. "It's the first game of the season and all the new signings are out. "With my great memories of that day, scoring the winner against Chelsea, I'm really looking forward to Sunday."
Portsmouth's FA Cup final hero Kanu faces a fitness battle to play this weekend. The striker picked up a dead leg while on international duty with Nigeria and has been stepping up his rehabilitation in order to face United.
With fellow forward David Nugent sidelined with a groin problem, youngster Ben Sahar - on loan from Chelsea - could be included. Captain Sol Campbell is recovering from a virus and is expected to face United, but fellow former Gunner Lauren is a doubt with a dead leg. -
man utd will win la
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we played all ur preseason games in africa also leh...
and we just beat portsmouth in africa leh...
why so pessimistic?
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Form Guide
United have enjoyed a satisfactory pre-season, winning six games and drawing two, while conceding only two goals - one of them against Pompey in Nigeria two weeks ago.
Pompey have been scoring freely in pre-season, netting 22 times in eight games. Their only defeat has come against United.
Manchester Utd:
06 Aug v Juventus (H) DREW 0-0
04 Aug v Peterborough (A) WON 2-0
02 Aug v Espanyol (H) WON 1-0
27 July v Portsmouth (N) WON 2-1
26 July v Kaizer Chiefs (A) WON 4-0
22 July v Orlando Pirates (A) WON 1-0
12 July v Aberdeen (A) WON 2-0
Portsmouth
05 Aug v Havant & Waterloo Ville (A) WON 4-0
04 Aug v Oxford Utd (A) WON 2-1
30 July v Ajax (N) WON 2-1
27 July v Manchester Utd (N) LOST 1-2
26 July v Kano Pillars (N) WON 5-0
21 July v Bournemouth (A) WON 4-1
18 July v Swindon (A) WON 3-1
16 July v Exeter City (A) DREW 1-1
Man United Squad: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Neville, Brown, R Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, O'Shea, Evans, Evra, Silvestre, F Da Silva, Nani, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Gibson, Possebon, Giggs, Martin, Tevez, Campbell.
Portsmouth Squad: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Utaka, Diop, Pedro Mendes, Kranjcar, Crouch, Little, Sahar, Diarra, Defoe, Davis, Kanu, Wilson, Duffy, Lauren, Nugent, Mvuemba, Cranie, Ashdown.
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Hmmm... Actually I don't even care if they win or lose this match cos its against Portsmouth... If they were playing against Arsenal, Chelsea or Liverpool then I would very much hope they win it.
This Community Shield has become less important cos its Portsmouth... So winning or losing won't make much of a difference... Just don't lose anymore players to injuries will do...
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i bought 0-0 out of their yearly community shield draw trend, lol
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i thought CS should be a tradition between top 2 teams - in this case Utd and Chelski?
Why Pompey? Hmmmm..
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i hope man utd wins. Pompey? -.-
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Originally posted by gigabyte14:
i bought 0-0 out of their yearly community shield draw trend, lol
i went to buy 4D instead
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Originally posted by trendz:
i thought CS should be a tradition between top 2 teams - in this case Utd and Chelski?
Why Pompey? Hmmmm..
nope, its EPL winner vs FA Cup winner =)
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Originally posted by sand king:
nope, its EPL winner vs FA Cup winner =)
this was what i was told when i started watching soccer 2 seasons ago :P
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what happens if both the epl and fa cup winner are the same?
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1st and second i think or maybe carling cup winners
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LiveStream Links: http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=16156&part=sports
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Originally posted by chrisbenoit:
what happens if both the epl and fa cup winner are the same?
If that a team does an FA and EPL double, the opponent will be the Leauge runner up.
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can we see rafael or fabio play tonight?
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oh i see. thanks sand king. (:
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i'm sure there won't be many first-teamers. and I've got an ill-feeling that man utd's gonna lose this one. =(
hmmm.. i wanna see rafael play. promising. can take over from G. Neville.
Utd really need to buy at least 1 striker. Seems like there's only Tevez left as the only recognised striker? Who will pair with him? Fraizer Campbell?
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Giggs will probably be up with Tevez.
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Wah, tonight this match start exactly the same time as the USA vs China basketball match... Tho I am not a big basketball fan, But I would still like to catch the "Dream Team" in action...