Manchester United vs Lyon, 2004/05 UEFA Champions League, 2004 First Phase
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Manchester United are hosting Lyon
at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, starting on
. The match is a part of the UEFA Champions League.
Match Timeline
- 0': One thousand not out. United will want a win to take them through and celebrate their boss's millennium. Join us at 19.45 GMT.
- 0': Man Utd: Carroll, Gary Neville, Ferdinand, Silvestre, Heinze, Smith, Keane, Scholes, Ronaldo, Rooney, van Nistelrooy. Subs: Howard, Brown, Bellion, Djemba-Djemba, O'Shea, Fletcher, Fortune.
- 0': Lyon: Puydebois, Reveillere, Diatta, Cris, Berthold, Diarra, Essien, Juninho, Govou, Frau, Nilmar. Subs: Jaccard, Malouda, Bergougnoux, Wiltord, Clement, Gomez, Hima
- 1': A strong United team get the game underway. Giggs misses out due to a hamstring injury.
- 1': Reveillere pumps it down the line for Lyon. If that is the French team's tactics for tonight I don't think they will get much out of the game.
- 2': Berthod gets forward. Ronaldo tracks the fullback and makes a good tackle in the box.
- 2': Essien shrugs off Keane, chests the ball down and his snap shot is deflected wide of Carroll's left-hand post.
- 3': Good start by the visitors. Smith replies with a copycat move but his volley dips over the bar.
- 4': Lyon have made a good start. Essien beats Keane once more but the midfielder recovers to block his shot.
- 5': Rooney latches onto a loose ball but his first touch is heavy and Diatta clears.
- 6': Ronaldo, Smith, Van Nistelrooy feints on the edge of the box. Scholes rides Diatta's desperate challenge and fires his shot high and wide. A good chance and he could have gone down for a penalty.
- 8': Ferdinand rashly dives into the tackle, Nimar skips past him. The youngster whips in a cross but Carroll races of his line to collect.
- 8': Ronaldo draws a foul from Juninho - on the corner of the box......
- 9': ..Keane rolls it short to Ronaldo, who fires in a wicked shot. Diatta throws himself in front of the shot and winds himself.
- 10': United are getting into the game after a slow start.
- 11': Heinze floats in a cross. Smith fails to bring the ball down cleanly but it drops to Ronaldo. Cris makes a last ditch tackle and concedes a corner.
- 12': Ferdinand heads across the box. Puydebois gathers in the Lyon goal.
- 12': Rooney works himself some space, puts Reveillere on his bum and smacks a 30-yard shot against the post. So close to the opener!
- 13': Lyon are on the back foot after an impressive first few minutes. Smith tracks Juninho and makes a good tackle.
- 14': Keane picks out Ronaldo, who uses Neville on the overlap. The rightback whips in a cross and Cris heads clear.
- 14': Essien's mis-hit long-range shot rolls wide of Carroll's post.
- 15': Smith hits the deck from Diarra'a challenge - a soft foul is awarded. Keane takes it quickly to Scholes, who skews his shot wide.
- 16': Frau looks for Govou on the left. Rooney, filling in at leftback, manages to deal with the danger.
- 17': Neville stuns the ball for Ferdinand, who has to rush his clearence and gives a quizzical look at Neville.
- 18': Ronaldo one-two with Neville. Smith breaks down the right and whips in a low cross. Van Nistelrooy must score....but Lyon clear off the line.
- 19': Neville follows up and lashes the ball into the back of the net from about 5-yards out. An excellent move with a scrappy finish. 1-0 United.
- 20': Lyon play keep ball.
- 21': Berthod sends Govou racing down the flank. The forward crosses from the left but Carroll watches the ball drift out of play.
- 22': Frau and Silvestre both fallover on the edge of the box. The defender recovers quickest and shepherds the ball back to Carroll.
- 23': Lyon have responded well to going a goal behind. United are having to soak up some pressure.
- 24': Rooney drives at the defence and looks to slip the a pass through to Van Nistelrooy. Diatta cuts it out on the edge of the box.
- 25': The Old Trafford crowd have finally found their voices. Ronaldo skips past two and hits a long-range shot over the bar.
- 26': A slick United move involving Smith and Van Nistelrooy is halted by the offside flag.
- 27': Smith leaps to flick the ball on to Rooney, whose snap shot whistles inches wide of the post.
- 28': Heinze breaks up a Lyon attack. Frau probes down the left but there is no way through there either. Good defending.
- 29': United's turn to probe. Rooney's loose pass is cut out. Scholes looks to win it back and concedes a freekick.
- 30': Juniho hits it long for Govou but the ball is too straight and bounces through to Carroll. Neither team can create a chance at the moment.
- 31': Scholes scoops a pass to Heinze, who has crept into the box. The Argentine's cross is poor and Berthod can bring the ball clear.
- 32': Ronaldo forces Diarra into a mistake. He has Van Nistelrooy waiting in the middle for a quick cross but the winger delays and the chance goes begging.
- 33': Rooney ghosts in from the left, drives into the box and fires off a shot that draws 'oooos' from the crowd.
- 34': Juninho sets Frau free with a delightful ball in behind Neville. Ferdinand comes over to cover and Frau hits his shot straight at Carroll. He should have done better.
- 35': Keane mops up after a United attack breaksdown.
- 36': United are keeping Lyon in their own half. Juninho breaks, shapes to shoot instead attempts to roll a cheeky ball into Frau's path. Silvestre clears.
- 37': Rooney battles his way past three defenders but the fourth, Cris, makes the tackle.
- 38': Diarra smacks a 25-yard shot straight at Carroll....but the keeper fumbles and the ball trickles over the line for the equaliser. 1-1
- 39': An absolute howler from Carroll. He simply let the strike go right through him.
- 40': Ronaldo breaks down the left. He hangs up a cross for Van Nistelrooy but Puydebois claws the ball away with his fingertips.
- 41': Smith's deep cross is cut out by Diatta, who has been immense at centre-back.
- 42': Van Nistelrooy is isolated, but the Dutchman wins a corner. United play it short and the chance is wasted.
- 43': Rooney picks it up in space, drives into the box and is finally crowded out by three defenders.
- 44': Rooney keeps getting time and space in between the defence and midfield but hasn't made them pay....as yet.
- 45': That's the end of the half. 1-1, thanks to a Neville blast and a Carroll clanger.
- 0': All square at the break. Lyon have played well and probably deserved their equaliser, but United did not deserve to concede in the manner they did.
- 46': Wes Brown has replaced Neville and his first part in the action is to smash a shot just wide of the post.
- 47': Ronaldo wins a freekick in the leftback area. The winger takes it himself and Scholes' shot is blocked for a corner.
- 48': United have started the half well. Heinze crosses and Smith concedes a foul in his desperation to reach the pass.
- 49': Lyon can't find a through-ball so Essien tries a long-range strike. Kenae blocks it.
- 50': Brown slides it through to Rooney, who tries to scoop it past the keeper. Cris heads over his own bar.
- 51': From the resulting corner Ferdinand dances past his defender, crosses to the back post and Van Nistelrooy heads into the back of the net. 2-1
- 52': United have started the second-half well and have got themselves back in front.
- 53': Juninho lines-up a freekick. His shot beats the wall but is charged down by Silvestre - sparing Carroll from making a save.
- 54': Essien holds off Smith's challenge as Lyon look to reply. But United break....
- 55': ...Rooney scampers down the left, looks up and picks out Van Nistelrooy. Puydebois rushes off his line and Ruud watches his lob drop just wide.
- 56': Liverpool have gone 1-0 down in Monaco.
- 57': United get a bit too inticate in defence so Carroll smashes the ball down the pitch.
- 58': Lyon probe. Diarra lofts the ball over the United defence for Govou, who volleys over the bar.
- 59': And that is Govou's last action of the match, he is replaced by Wiltord.
- 60': Former Arsenal striker Wiltord takes to the pitch accompanied by a series of boos and hisses from the home crowd.
- 61': Ronaldo sidesteps down the flank like a crab, unfortunately a crustacean could have delivered the same quality cross.
- 62': United have slowed the game down.
- 63': Heinze hoists the ball high into the box. Cris' header drops as far as Scholes, whose shot hits a defender and bounces clear.
- 64': Smith gets taken down. Keane retaliates and gets booked.
- 65': Ronaldo races down the flank, hurdles Berthod's desperate lunge and crosses. Van Nistelrooy is beaten to the near post by the Lyon keeper.
- 66': United have dominated for ten minutes but Lyon will not submit and have stopped the red tide.
- 67': Ronaldo breaks for United. The winger cuts in from the flank and draws a good block from Puydebois with a rasping drive.
- 69': Essien brings it clear and looks for Frau. Heinze dumps the striker to the ground with a robust challenge in the box. The ref waves away the penalty protests.
- 70': A loose pass from Scholes means Keane, who has already been booked, has to foul the Lyon forward. He escapes another card.
- 71': United make a change. Van Nistelrooy is replaced by Fletcher.
- 72': Lyon follow suit and replace Nimar with Bergougnoux - another striker.
- 73': Rooney tussles with Reveillere. The youngster's shot hits the Lyon keeper.....but the flag is up for offside in any case.
- 74': Juninho whips a 30-yard freekick up and over Carroll's bar. He should have done much better with that effort.
- 75': Brown lures in two players and flicks the ball to Rooney, whose return pass is too far ahead of the defender. Brown has been impressive tonight.
- 78': The game goes through something of a stale patch until Ronaldo brings the crowd to life with a couple of tricks.
- 79': Fletcher wins the ball in the midfield, he has an age to pick out a runner yet fails to do so.
- 80': Bergougnoux skips past Heinze and hits a low shot that is deflected behind for a corner. United clear from the set piece.
- 81': Smith wins a 50-50 ball and then gets clattered by two players. He is up on his feet and United have a freekick.
- 82': Heinze takes the freekick, but the closest he can get to the goal is the back stanchion.
- 83': Juninho drives at the United defence. Keane is there once again to block his progress.
- 85': Reveillere combines with Bergougnoux down the left. The defender sets himself for a cross but Silvestre slides in with an excellent tackle.
- 88': Keane has taken a knock. Malouda drives into the space the United skipper has vacated but spoons his shot high and wide.
- 88': United face some late pressure, even Rooney is back defending at the moment.
- 89': Ronaldo relieves the pressure by taking a dive on the edge of the Lyon area.
- 90': United make a change. Keane reluctantly limps off the pitch to be replaced by Fortune.
- 90': Fletcher chases Reveillere all the way into the Lyon defender's own half to ease the pressure.
- 90': Essien takes another long-range pop and earns a late corner. Rooney defends well and smashes the ball up the pitch.
- 90': That's it! The final whistle blows and United win 2-1 at Old Trafford.
- 0': Manchester United mark manager Sir Alex Ferguson's 1000th game with a victory that puts them through to the next phase of the Champions League.
- 0': The Red Devils were pushed hard by Lyon but the 2-1 final scoreline was an even reflection of the game as a whole.
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Venue: Old Trafford
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 66,398
Venue: Old Trafford
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 66,398
Line-Ups
Manchester United
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Roy Carroll (GK) |
| 2 | Gary Neville |
| 5 | Rio Ferdinand |
| 27 | Mikaël Silvestre |
| 4 | Gabriel Heinze |
| 16 | Roy Keane  |
| 18 | Paul Scholes |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 14 | Alan Smith |
| 8 | Wayne Rooney |
| 10 | Ruud van Nistelrooy |
Lyon
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Nicolas Puydebois (GK) |
| 12 | Anthony Reveillere |
| 15 | Lamine Diatta |
| 3 | Cris |
| 23 | Jérémy Berthod |
| 4 | Michael Essien |
| 7 | Mahamadou Diarra |
| 8 | Juninho |
| 14 | Sidney Govou |
| 13 | Pierre-Alain Frau |
| 11 | Nilmar |
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