Manchester United Fan In Malaysia

At last, Manchester United show off their away kit 2007/2008..!!! The first of 2 pictures of away kit in my previous post was not totally wrong because..the red line is still there..the collar also about the same…and the 2nd kit was totally wrong!..

This new kit will be released on 13 September 2007 !!..and you can place your booking now!

The 2007 Champions Youth Cup was the first edition of an annual football tournament, endorsed by the G-14 group to be a Club World Championship for the Under-19 teams of some of the the world’s largest clubs.

Each match lasts only 70 minutes, and, in the event of a draw in the knock-out stage, there is no extra time.

The first Champions Youth Cup took place in Malaysia from 5 August to 19 August 2007. It featured sixteen teams: eleven European teams, two teams from South America, a host invitee team from Europe, a host invitee team from Asia and the U-19 national team of the tournament hosts, Malaysia.

The good things about this first tournament was…the title goes to Manchester United U19 after they defeated Juventus 1-0!!

It was a classic battle between Juventus, a team with the best defensive record in the tournament, against Manchester United, a side blessed with free-flowing attacking play.

In the end all it took was a moment of genius from Manchester United’s rising star Febian Brandy to clinch the inaugural Champions Youth Cup trophy at the Bukit Jalil Stadium here today. Brandy, in the 50th minute, sneaked past the defence and blasted the Devils ahead.

Man Utd striker, Sam Hewson had only two chances and took full advantage of them to help Manchester United set up a date with Juventus in the final of the inaugural Champions Youth Cup.

Hewson nodded Manchester United ahead in the 25^th minute but Flamengo’s Kayke Rodrigues soon cancelled it out nine minutes later.

With seven minutes on the clock, Febian Brandy sent in a long cross over the goal that found Michael Barnes lurking behind the defence. Barnes caught sight of Hewson in the middle and headed to his teammate who easily nodded Manchester United ahead for the second time.

Flamengo tried desperately to launch a comeback. They came frustratingly close twice, hitting the woodwork on both occasions. They also had several close attempts but that was as good as it got for the South Americans who had to settle for a 2-1 defeat.

Flamengo manager Adilio Goncalves summed it perfectly. “They (Manchester) had two chances and they got two goals, we attacked, attacked and attacked, and after all that, only had one goal,” said Adilio. “Overall, we had a great tournament here and I was satisfied with they way the boys carried themselves.”

Andrew Welsh, the Manchester United coach, was all smiles as he entered the Press Conference room to meet the Media. “I am absolutely delighted with the performance of my players tonight. It was a very very tough game and we expected it to be, but our boys were just great,” said Welsh.

“We knew we could score … we had the artillery in Brandy, Scott and Conor,” he added.

In the second semifinal match tonight, Juventus survived a late onslaught from their rivals, AC Milan, to win 2-1. Juventus snatched the lead in the 18 ^th minute through Simone Esposito and they doubled it in the 40^th minute, this time through Christian Pasquatto who converted a penalty.

AC Milan refused to accept defeat and charged back, continuously harassing the Juve defence with quick strikes led by their ace striker, Pierre Aubameyang. Milan had numerous close calls before finally hitting the target in the 58^th minute when Andrea Cosner stabbed in the ball during a melee.

Although Juventus were a man down in the 62^nd minute when Yobid Bassaoule was sent off for a second bookable offence, AC Milan were unable to make good the advantage they had to score the equalizer.