15-10-2009, 07:34 AM
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It was a good night for United players last night. Berba bagged a hat-trick for Bulgaria, while Nani scored for Portugal, booking them a place in the play-offs, after a poor campaign. Rio looked comfortable last night, after getting quite a bit of negative press after Saturday's defeat to the Ukraine. Talk about scapegoat!
Full United round up, thanks to manutd.com:
Dimitar Berbatov maintained his marvellous scoring run on Wednesday night when he banged in three goals for Bulgaria.
A scorer in three of his four previous games for club and country, the United striker notched his hat-trick in just 38 minutes as his national team trounced Georgia 6-2 in their concluding World Cup qualifier. Sadly the result was academic and Berbatov will not feature in next summer's finals in South Africa.
Nani could still make it, however, after he helped Portugal to cement their place in November's play-offs. The winger opened the scoring after 14 minutes against Malta, paving the way for a comfortable 4-0 win for Carlos Queiroz's side.
Rio Ferdinand and Ben Foster were victorious too, albeit in another 'dead rubber' with England. After recent criticism, both can take satisfaction from completing 90 minutes and keeping out the opposition - Fabio Capello's side beat Belarus 3-0 at Wembley with goals from Peter Crouch (2) and Shaun Wright-Phillips. Michael Carrick was an unused sub.
John O'Shea also helped his country to claim a clean sheet, after coming off the bench in the 40th minute. With a play-off place already ensured, there was little to get excited about in the Republic of Ireland's 0-0 draw at home to Montenegro.
Earlier in the day, soon-to-be United team-mates Ji-sung Park and Mame Biram Diouf were on opposite sides in Seoul. The latter, currently on loan to Molde in Norway, came on as substitute in the 58th minute but couldn't stop Senegal losing 2-0 to South Korea in a friendly. Park played the full game as captain, while both goals were set up by Bolton Wanderers winger Chung-Yong Lee - a warning to United, perhaps, for Saturday's match.
It was a good night for United players last night. Berba bagged a hat-trick for Bulgaria, while Nani scored for Portugal, booking them a place in the play-offs, after a poor campaign. Rio looked comfortable last night, after getting quite a bit of negative press after Saturday's defeat to the Ukraine. Talk about scapegoat!
Full United round up, thanks to manutd.com:
Dimitar Berbatov maintained his marvellous scoring run on Wednesday night when he banged in three goals for Bulgaria.
A scorer in three of his four previous games for club and country, the United striker notched his hat-trick in just 38 minutes as his national team trounced Georgia 6-2 in their concluding World Cup qualifier. Sadly the result was academic and Berbatov will not feature in next summer's finals in South Africa.
Nani could still make it, however, after he helped Portugal to cement their place in November's play-offs. The winger opened the scoring after 14 minutes against Malta, paving the way for a comfortable 4-0 win for Carlos Queiroz's side.
Rio Ferdinand and Ben Foster were victorious too, albeit in another 'dead rubber' with England. After recent criticism, both can take satisfaction from completing 90 minutes and keeping out the opposition - Fabio Capello's side beat Belarus 3-0 at Wembley with goals from Peter Crouch (2) and Shaun Wright-Phillips. Michael Carrick was an unused sub.
John O'Shea also helped his country to claim a clean sheet, after coming off the bench in the 40th minute. With a play-off place already ensured, there was little to get excited about in the Republic of Ireland's 0-0 draw at home to Montenegro.
Earlier in the day, soon-to-be United team-mates Ji-sung Park and Mame Biram Diouf were on opposite sides in Seoul. The latter, currently on loan to Molde in Norway, came on as substitute in the 58th minute but couldn't stop Senegal losing 2-0 to South Korea in a friendly. Park played the full game as captain, while both goals were set up by Bolton Wanderers winger Chung-Yong Lee - a warning to United, perhaps, for Saturday's match.