Well here's a test for PlanetCricket FC, treble winners of 1999, Manchester United. Having won their first game 4-1 away to Bolton Wanderers, a very tricky fixture, they come to PlanetCricket's home stadium, The Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen, the stadium England went out to in the World Cup.
As the player's finish their warm ups, the teams come up on the big screen;
PlanetCricket FC:
GK: JJ Simpson
CB: Zorax Doom
CB: James Edmonds
RB: Jack Teague
LB: Schweinsteiger
CMF: Matthew Roberts
RMF: Member
LMF: Matt West
AMF: Abhas Gupta
CF: Jeremy Greig
CF: Ryan Dunn
Manchester United:
GK: Van der Sar
CB: Silvestre
CB: Heinze
RB: Brown
LB: G. Neville
CMF: Scholes
CMF: Carrick
RMF: C. Ronaldo
LMF: Giggs
SS: Rooney
CF: Larsson
This could be described as a cup game, you expect the bigger team to win, but an upset is possible.
Table As It Stands
1. Manchester United
2. Newcastle United
3. Arsenal
4. Liverpool
5. PlanetCricket FC
6. Blackburn Rovers
7. Wigan Athletic
8. Chelsea
9. Portsmouth FC
10. Sheffield United
Once again in the first few minutes, PlanetCricket tried to unsettle the opposition by getting in some hard challenges and taking the game to Man Utd. Unsurprisingly, Zorax Doom picked up a yellow card for a particularly strong challenge on Wayne Rooney.
From the resulting free-kick, Ryan Giggs received a pass and ran into the box and let fly on his weaker right foot and screwed the shot horribly wide. PlanetCricket FC should expect this throughout the game, Man Utd swiftly getting shots in as they have an extremely talented attack force.
Later on in the half, PlanetCricket begun to attack. Captain came close on a numerous of occasions but nothing too threatening. Their best chance came from Matthew Roberts, who collected the ball on the edge of the box and unleashed a fierce shot which was goal bound but Van der Sar pulled off a stunning save to push the ball round the post for a corner which PlanetCricket couldn't capitalize on.
You can put nothing against PlanetCricket who have come out with a real purpose and at times, have looked the better side. The question now is will the new boys buckle under the pressure or will they surge on in hope of that memorable win?
Scores Around The Grounds (Only 4 games because of evening fixtures)
PlanetCricket FC 0 - Manchester United 0 HT
Aston Villa 0 - Chelsea 0 HT
Arsenal FC 1 - Manchester City 0 HT
Newcastle United 1 - Sheffield United 0 HT
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