Aberdeen 0 – Man Utd 2 (Friendly)

In a friendly match organised by Manchester United in preparation for their defence of the Premiership and Champions League crowns, they faced Scottish opposition in the form of Aberdeen, which ranked 4th in the Scottish Premier League 2007/08. The line-up fielded by Sir Alex was:

• Amos (GK) <-> 73′ Woods
• Neville <-> 46′ Simpson
• Brown <-> 61′ J. Evans
• Vidic <-> 46′ O’Shea
• Silvestre
• Fletcher
• Carrick
• Scholes <-> 61′ Gibson
• Martin <-> 46′ Eagles
• Rooney <-> 73′ Hewson
• Giggs <-> 61′ Campbell

This was the first match in which the new white away kit was used. For a detailed report of the match, which was shown live on MUTV, there is no better place to visit than the official website of the club (click picture below):

Goals:

Penalty by Michael Carrick on 45 minutes (1-0)

Header by Wayne Rooney on 70 minutes (2-0)