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Thursday, 18 December 2008

FULL-TIME: Man Utd 5-3 Gamba Osaka

1222 - FULL-TIME: Man Utd 5-3 Gamba Osaka. That's it. A breathless end to a brutally open match that ultimately sees United into Sunday's Club World Cup final against Liga de Quito of Ecuador.

1220 - GOAL! Man Utd 5-3 Gamba Osaka. Hideo Hashimoto strides onto the ball on the right-hand side and lashes a rocket past Van der Sar to further reduce Osaka's deficit and make it six goals in 17 minutes. The crowd go ballistic, Ferguson looks like someone's broken into his house at Christmas and spat on his kids.

1218: Shoot on sight appears to be the policy of both sides and the crowd are lapping it up like a thirsty dog drinking from a water bowl on a hot summer's day. Endo and Rooney try their luck from all of 30 yards at opposite ends of the pitch and, as we move into stoppage time, neither side shows any sign of letting up. Could there be more goals?


Source: BBC Sport Live Text