8 minute mark: Downing fakes out two defenders.. crosses to Adriano in the box.. he heads it.. the keeper pushes it over the bar.
14 minute mark: Downing's cross sails over Adriano's head and out of bounds.
20 minute mark: Downing passes back to Chivu.. he passes it to Rooney in the box.. Rooney fakes out the keeper.. fires it.. into the upper left corner! GOAL!!!! 1-0! That is Rooney's 30th goal of the year!
44 minute mark: Downing crosses to Adriano in the box.. the defender heads it away from Adriano.
Halftime: 1-0 lead for us. This game is occuring in Piraeus and there are only 33,000 fans fitting in the stadium.
46 minute mark: Howard stops a long range shot from Guiza.
50 minute mark: Downing passes to Schreurs in the right side of the box.. he shoots.. wide left.
68 minute mark: Downing passes to Rooney in the left side of the box.. he crosses to Adriano by the far post.. Adriano with a diving header.. into the upper right corner.. GOAL!!!! 2-0!
84 minue mark: Ferdinand gets a yellow card for tripping Guiza just outside the box.
89 minute mark: Downing with a corner to Ferdinand in the center of the box.. Jack Lee pushed him down.. penalty awarded.. Lucio steps up to take it.. shoots to the keeper's right.. he dives.. blocks it.
92 minute mark: Ferdinand with a good defensive play.
Game over! 2-0 win for us! We've won the Champions League!!!
We outshot them 12-9 (6-4 on target)
Downing won MoM, 10 for form, 29 of 35 passes, 6 of 10 tackles, 2 of 3 headers, 4 interceptions, 24 runs, 1 foul drawn.
Rooney and Adriano both had 9's for form.
Howard and Chivu both had 8's.
The rest of the team had 7's.
Adriano will get a nice new contract after this performance!
