Congratulations to all United’s fans around the world. Our team claims the community shield few minutes ago after the match hero Van der Sar could save one shoot and the other two were missed. The game end 3-1 on penalties following a goalless draw. The game in general was average. Carlos Tevez and Luis Nani did very well in today game as United were missing their main squad players like Rooney and Ronaldo. The first threat came after 26 minutes from Ryan Giggs. His shoot was denied by David James after a throw pass from John O’Shea.

5 minutes before the end of the first half, Nani showed his class with a nice aerial control of the ball from the middle of Pompey half. He flicked the ball over both Sol Campbell, then James only for Distin to save the day for Portsmouth by clearing the ball over the bar. Read the full story

Manchester United are playing against Southern side Portsmouth in their first official game of the season at New Wembley tomorrow at 15:00 GMT. Although the extended injury list, Nani - Owen Hargreaves and Foster, Sir Alex plans to win his first game of the season against one of the promising team in England. The squad for Wembley will be boosted by the return of Michael Carrick - the midfielder trained on Thursday after recovering from the virus that also waylaid Wayne Rooney.

“Carrick trained yesterday for the first time and I’m taking him to Wembley,” said Sir Alex.

Also Skipper Gary Neville will be included in the squad. We also can see a surprise return of the golden boy, Wayne Rooney, who is also clear of the virus but he returned to training only yesterday after missing every session since the Reds returned from Africa on 28 July. United are looking to repeat last season won in The Community shield. United beaten Chelsea 3-0 on penalties after 1-1 draw in a game saw Van der Sar saved three spot kicks.

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