FM 2013 Man Utd Career

Injury News – Valencia will be out for 3 weeks with a hamstring injury.

Champions League Semi Final 1st Leg – 24.04.13 – Chelsea A

Formation 4-5-1
David De Gea, Rafael, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Phil Jones, Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Danny Welbeck, Nani, Wayne Rooney
Subs Used – Anderson, Ryan Giggs, Javier Hernandez

Drew 1-1 but should have one the game but Mata scored a late goal. Welbeck was once again my best player as it was him that scored the goal.

Injury News – Young injured in training and will be out for four weeks.

Injury News – Daehli injured in training and will be out for two weeks.

Premier League Fixture - 27.04.13 – Newcastle A

Formation 4-4-2
Anders Lindegaard, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Jonny Evans, Alexander Buttner, Nani, Paul Scholes, Nick Powell, Jack Barmby, James Wilson, Javier Hernandez
Subs Used – Ryan Giggs, Anderson, Shinji Kagawa

Lost the game 1-2 with Hernandez scoring but deserved to lose as the team did not play well. I was pleased that Kagawa was back though.

Champions League Semi Final 2nd Leg – 30.04.13 – Chelsea H

Formation 4-5-1
David De Gea, Rafael, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Tom Cleverley, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Danny Welbeck, Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez
Subs Used – Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes. Shinji Kagawa

Won 2-0 with Rooney scoring just before half time from a free kick. Just after half time John Terry was sent off for two yellow card offence and then 10 minutes later Ferdinand scored to seal the victory.

Champions League News – Real Madrid beat Juventus so it will be interesting final.

Premier League Fixture - 04.05.13 – Man City H

If United win today they will be league champions.

Formation 4-5-1
David De Gea, Rafael, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Tom Cleverley, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Danny Welbeck, Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez
Subs Used – Anderson, Phil Jones, Jonny Evans

The game started badly when United went behind early but Welbeck scored quickly after to make it 1-1 at half time. City had most of the chances but then on the break great play from Cleverley set up Welbeck who smacked in the winner and the league title.

Injury News – Rafael injured in training and will be out for two weeks. This means that he will miss the FA Cup Final.

Premier League Fixture - 08.05.13 – Fulham A

Formation 4-2-3-1
Anders Lindegaard, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans, Alexander Buttner, Paul Scholes, Anderson, Nani, Nick Powell, Shinji Kagawa, James Wilson
Subs Used - Adan Januzaj, Jack Barmby, Javier Hernandez

Lost 2-0 as again I rested my first choice starting eleven with the FA Cup final on the horizon.

FA Cup Final – 11.05.13 – Tottenham – Wembley

Formation 4-2-3-1
David De Gea, Phil Jones, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Tom Cleverley, Michael Carrick, Danny Welbeck, Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Javier Hernandez
Subs Used – Darren Fletcher for Cleverley. Paul Scholes for Hernandez and Shinji Kagawa for Giggs all on 77 minutes.
Unused Subs - Anders Lindegaard, Jonny Evans, Chris Smalling, Nani

After a great game that when the full distance Manchester United lifted the FA Cup after a dramatic shootout. After an even first half just before the break Danny Welbeck popped up with a deftly executed finish. United bound Bale then made it 1-1 in the 82nd minute with a tidy finish. Ferdinand was then robbed by Bale in the second half of extra time and slid the ball into Defoe who scored and with Tottenham fans celebrating Rooney spotted Kagawa at the edge of the 6 yard box and crossed into him and he volleyed it into the top corner in stoppage time a the end of extra time to take the game to penalties. The penalties went as follows:

Rooney – Scored
Adebayor - Scored
Carrick – Missed (saved by Lloris)
Dembélé – Scored
Scholes – Scored
Defoe – Scores
Fletcher – Scores
Lennon – Scores
Welbek (need to score to keep United in) – Scores
Assou-Ekotto (if he scores Tottenham win) – Missed (saved by De Gea)
De Gea – Scores
Naughton – Scores
Jones – Scores
Kaboul – Scores
Ferdinand - Missed (saved by Lloris)
Sandro (if he scores Tottenham win) – Mised (saved by De Gea)
Kagawa – Scores
Dawson – Missed (Saved by De Gea)

United Win 7-6 on penalties.

So it was David De Gea who won the FA cup saving 2 penalties just to keep United in it then saving the third to win it. He also scored his spot kick. On the back of this performance he will go down as a United hero.