UEFA Celebration Match

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The UEFA Celebration Match, held on 13 March 2007, celebrated both the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, which set the backbone for a united Europe, and the 50th year of Manchester United's participation in European competitions. Representatives felt it would be most appropriate to celebrate the landmark in England using a football match rather than other celebrations like musical concerts. A Europe XI managed by World Cup-winning manager Marcello Lippi played against Manchester United at Old Trafford, Manchester. The match was televised live on BBC Three in the UK and also live-streamed via the BBC website. The £1.2 million raised went towards the Manchester United Foundation. The match was officiated by Marcus Merk.

1 Match details
2 Injuries and withdrawals
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Match details

13 March 2007 20:00 WET	Manchester United	4 – 3	Europe XI	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 74,343^[1] Referee: Markus Merk
	Rooney 6' 43' Brown 9' Ronaldo 35'	(Report)	Malouda 23' Diouf 52' 88' (pen.)


MANCHESTER UNITED:
GK	29	Tomasz Kuszczak	45'
RB	2	Gary Neville (c)	45'
CB	6	Wes Brown
CB	4	Gabriel Heinze
LB	23	Kieran Richardson
RM	7	Cristiano Ronaldo	45'
CM	18	Paul Scholes
CM	11	Ryan Giggs	45'
LM	13	Park Ji-Sung
CF	8	Wayne Rooney	45'
CF	14	Alan Smith	72'
Substitutes:
GK	38	Tom Heaton	45'
DF	22	John O'Shea	45'
MF	16	Michael Carrick	45'
MF	33	Chris Eagles	45'
FW	9	Andrew Cole (guest)	45'
FW	21	Dong Fangzhuo	72'
Manager:
Alex Ferguson Assistant referees: Alessandro Griselli Mark Simons Fourth official: Howard Webb


EUROPE XI:
GK	1	Santiago Cañizares (Valencia CF)	45'
RB	11	Gianluca Zambrotta (FC Barcelona)	64'
CB	4	Roberto Ayala (Valencia CF)	45'
CB	23	Marco Materazzi (Internazionale)	45'
LB	20	Eric Abidal (Lyon)	45'
RM	30	Mancini (AS Roma)	45'
CM	21	Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan)	45'
CM	18	Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan)	45'
LM	14	Florent Malouda (Lyon)	45'
CF	10	Zlatan Ibrahimović (Internazionale)	45'
CF	17	Henrik Larsson (c) (Helsingborgs IF)	64'
Substitutes:
GK		Grégory Coupet (Lyon)	45'
DF	2	Iván Campo (Bolton Wanderers)	64'
DF	3	Dejan Stefanović (Portsmouth)	45'
DF	5	Philippe Christanval (Fulham)	45'
DF	15	Jamie Carragher (Liverpool)	45'
MF	6	Kim Källström (Lyon)	45'
MF	7	Stelios Giannakopoulos (Bolton Wanderers)	45'
MF	8	Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)	45'
MF	32	Boudewijn Zenden (Liverpool)	45'
FW	9	Robbie Fowler (Liverpool)	64'
FW	19	El Hadji Diouf (Bolton Wanderers)	45'
Manager:
Marcello Lippi