Anglo-Spanish Challenge

[Goughy]

Last seasons winners of La Liga and the Premier League are in CW Land for an exhibition game.

It is hoped the game will promote the sport in CW Land and raise a great deal of money for local charities.

Both Real Madrid and Manchester United have brought very strong squads but there are notable names that have not made the trip.

Real Madrid Squad

Casillas
Codina
Heinze
Cannavaro
Alejandro
Salgado
Marchelo
Drenthe
Diarra
Robben
Gago
Cassano
Robinho
Bueno
Van Nistelroy
Raul

Did not make the trip
Dudek, Ramos, Torres, Pepe, Metzelder, Saviola, Baptista, Soldado

Manchester United Squad
Van der Sar
Zieler
Bardsley
O'Shea
Brown
Lee
Ferdinand
Pique
Carrick
Fletcher
Gibson
Ronaldo
Park
Scholes
Rooney
Fangzhuo
Saha

Did not make the trip
Vidic, Neville, Tevez, Nani, Hargreaves, Giggs, Anderson


The game will take place before the pre-season of Season 2 starts

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Cool.

 

[Travis_Teh]

No Tevez :'(

Shall be a sight, anyway. Nice work.

 

[33/3from3.3]

Sweet.

 

[Johnners]

Great concept, hopefully it can draw a big crowd.

Madrid ftw

 

[bugssy]

yer great stuff mate. looking forward to that. migh try and get the cheque books out hahaha

 

[Goughy]

The Game

Both teams arrived at Clowich Stadium surrounded and were mobbed by an eager and football starved CWLand public.

There was electricity and flash photography in the air as legends of the game stepped of their buses. One young girls broke through the barrier and gave Christiano Ronaldo a flower and a big hug.

The fans were split into 3 distinct groups. Those shouting for United, those chanting "Madrid, Madrid" and those just thrilled that 2 of the greatest teams in the history of football were in their fair country.

As game time approached the stadium was alive with noise. With still an hour before kick-off there wasn't an empty seat to be seen anywhere.

The excited crowd shushed for the few minutes it took to announce that all proceeds of this game are to go to charity and announce the starting line-ups

                    Manchester United  |  Real Madrid
                              4-4-2 N  |  4-4-2 N
                        Alex Ferguson  |  Bernd Schuster
                                       |
                         E_VderSar GK  |  GK I_Casillas
                       R_Ferdinand DF  |  DF G_Heinze
                         Wes_Brown DF  |  DF F_Cannavaro
                       John_O'Shea DF  |  DF Marchelo
                           G_Pique DF  |  DF M_Salgado
                         C_Ronaldo MF  |  MF A_Robben
                         M_Carrick MF  |  MF Robinho
                      Paul_Scholes MF  |  MF M_Diarra
                        D_Fletcher MF  |  MF F_Gago
                          W_Rooney FW  |  FW Raul
                            L_Saha FW  |  FW R_Soldado
                                       |
                          R_Zeiler SUB |  SUB J_Codina
                        D_Bardsley SUB |  SUB R_Drenthe
                        Kieran_Lee SUB |  SUB S_Alejandro
                            J_Park SUB |  SUB A_Cassano
                        D_Fangzhuo SUB |  SUB A_Bueno

Game has already been simmed and result will be posted shortly

 

[Goughy]

The teams sparred early on but a quick goal changed the tempo...

 

[Johnners]

Dire result, great spectacle though.

 

[crickhowell]

Real looked completely uninterested it seems, either that or Man U played a blinder. Casillas had a poor game between the sticks too.