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Re: [V] Manchester United Testimonial Match
Ternyata pernah ada ya Testimonial utk Sir Alex Ferguson tahun 1999
Manchester United's heroes past and present combined with a host of international stars to produce a good-humoured testimonial for manager Sir Alex Ferguson, which the Rest of the World XI won 4-2.
Nearly 55,000 supporters packed into Old Trafford to pay tribute to the most successful manager in the club's history and welcome back the likes of Eric Cantona and Peter Schmeichel with roof-raising roars of approval.
The event was capped with the fielding of a team consisting entirely of Manchester United's past greats - and David Beckham - for the last 20 minutes.
Vialli strikes again
After the match, Ferguson took to the centre of the pitch to thank the assembled players and the crowd, saying: "I'm a very lucky manager to be able to see this collection of great players I've had the privilege to manage."
He stands to make anything up to £1m from the occasion, although a proportion of the final sum will go to charity.
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Among the football greats watching the celebration of Ferguson's 13 years in charge were Walter Smith, Graeme Souness, Joe Royle, Danny Wilson, Brian Little and Joe Kinnear.
The scoring was opened for the Rest of the World by Gianluca Vialli, the man who masterminded Chelsea's 5-0 thrashing of the treble winners in their last Premiership match, but it did little to dampen the enthusiasm of the players or fans.
George Weah set the event alight as he put former Brazilian international Cafu through on the right, who crossed for Vialli's relatively simple tap-in.
Dwight Yorke did his best to level the score a short time later, but ended up clattering into Schmeichel as the goalkeeper collected the ball. The great Dane has clearly mellowed as the two players stood up and exchanged some friendly banter before going their separate ways.
Clown prince Olmeta
Nicky Butt and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer were narrowly wide with a couple of shots before Phil Neville crossed to Teddy Sheringham, who banged the ball in the back of the net then jumped on Schmeichel's back to celebrate.
After the interval, which came a minute or two early, any pretence of a serious match was abandoned. Cantona and Schmeichel left the field, with the Frenchman's replacement, Careca, firing the Rest of the World ahead after 50 minutes.
[ image: Alex Ferguson: Stands to rake in upto £1m from the match]
Alex Ferguson: Stands to rake in upto £1m from the match
Manchester's players took the matter of going a goal down with uncharacteristic indifference, with even goalkeeper Raimond van der Gouw almost remembering not to get upset at his defenders' lackadaisical approach.
The clown prince of goalkeepers and a personal friend of Cantona's, Pascal Olmeta, turned in another eccentric performance to match that of last season's testimonial in Munich.
He spent almost as much time taking the ball on at Manchester's defenders as he did making acrobatic saves, notably pulling out two brilliant stops to block Paul Scholes and Denis Irwin.
After 68 minutes, the entire Rest of the World XI was substituted for a team consisting of former Manchester United stars, with the notable exception of a cameo by Beckham, returning from a hamstring injury.
Cantona and Schmeichel returned alongside Steve Bruce, Gary Pallister, Bryan Robson and Mark Hughes, who put his side 3-1 ahead with an audacious volley on 74 minutes.
Hughes squandered the opportunity to put Cantona on the scoresheet on 84 minutes, instead curling the ball artistically around the defence and into the top right hand side of the Manchester goal to make it 4-1.
But the Frenchman - whose most notable contribution to the night was falling over while completely unmarked to good-natured cheers from the crowd - did not seem to mind.
Paul Scholes ambled through the Rest of the World's defence to pull one back for the home side, before the referee decided he had seen enough and blew the whistle with a minute to go.
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