2 minute mark: Heller steals it.. passes it to Ortega at midpitch.. he makes a perfect pass to Rooney's feet just outside the box.. Rooney splits two defenders.. crossover dribble past the keeper.. beats the keeper.. fires it into the open net! GOAL!!!! 1-0.
10 minute mark: Cardozo with a pair of good defensive plays.
22 minute mark: Cardozo dribbles up the left sideline, past three defenders.. crosses it short to Rooney.. he traps it.. shoots.. upper left corner.. Good save by the keeper.
37 minute mark: Heller intercepts the ball at midpitch.. long pass to Rooney.. he dribbles past the keeper.. shoots.. upper left corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0.
Halftime: 2-0 lead. 4-0 on aggregate. Rooney will get 10 more minutes to complete the hattrick before I'm resting him.
46 minute mark: Heller steals the ball... heads it to Downing who immediately passes to Godoy just outside the box.. Godoy shoots.. upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 3-0.
49 minute mark: Salva gets a yellow card for tripping Ledema.
56 minute mark: Mauro gets charged for an own goal on what I thought was really a good shot by Godoy. Godoy clearly made that goal happen. GOAL. 4-0.
Oswald on for Rooney and Cahais on for Salva.
70 minute mark: We are applying constant pressure, but their defense is preventing us from scoring.
Game over. 4-0 win (6-0 on aggregate)
We outshot them 11-7 (6-3 on target)
Downing wins MoM, 10 for form, 9 of 15 passes, 1 key pass, 2 of 3 tackles, 2 of 5 headers, 2 interceptions, 17 runs, 1 foul drawn, and 1 assist.
Rooney had a 9 for form.
Most of our starters had an 8 for form.