00:00And it was soon time for the concluding Group B matches.
00:03Manchester United knew they couldn't reach the final,
00:06but a place in the third-place play-off was still possible
00:09as they kicked off their third group game against South Melbourne.
00:19This is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer showing blistering pace here.
00:23Excellent play.
00:24Now it's Andy Cole, a chance for him, a lovely little back here,
00:27Quinton Fortune and Manchester United have the lead.
00:32And what a lovely moment for the young South African.
00:37Excellent awareness through Andy Cole.
00:40It's young Quinton Fortune who gets the glory of the goal.
00:48Woody Cruyff, twice involved.
00:52Nice little ball over the top here,
00:55which will be taken on by Jonathan Greening.
00:57It's a wonderful opportunity for some of these young
00:59Manchester United fringe players, and this is Fortune.
01:03A bit of swerve and just a little bit too much swerve on the shot.
01:07Works the position well,
01:08and it just goes the wrong side of the upright.
01:16Manchester United know, of course,
01:17they need more than a couple of goals
01:19to get through to the third, fourth play-off,
01:21but there might be something here for Quinton Fortune.
01:23Oh, crisply done, that's a lovely finish.
01:27Well, he so much wanted to play here in the MaracanĂ£,
01:30where he said that the great Peli, of course, made his name,
01:34and the supporters who haven't had a lot to cheer
01:36have certainly had something to appreciate here
01:39in this young man's performance.
01:43Philip Neville
01:44showing her a rare appetite to get forward,
01:47and still Neville going,
01:48and he'll have a corner out of that.
01:55Fides, conceding that corner to Philip Neville.
01:58Andy Cole in there,
01:59Henning Berg in there too,
02:00and came through as well
02:02to Berg,
02:03and then crashed off the underside of the crossbar.
02:08Solskjaer unlucky.
02:09Could have been three.
02:18Manchester United willing to throw men forward.
02:21The Australians, of course,
02:23regarding this very much as a character-building exercise
02:25in some ways.
02:27Woof!
02:28Side-netting this time,
02:29and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hasn't had the best of luck.
02:34It would really make South Melbourne's tournament
02:36if they could just get a goal
02:37against the European champions.
02:39They're building nicely here.
02:41It's through for Vaughan Coveney,
02:42and Coveney slips it past Van der Gaal.
02:44Off the upright,
02:46both uprights.
02:47And the New Zealander, Coveney,
02:50an experienced striker,
02:52their most experienced of all,
02:53is very, very unlucky here.
02:58Well, that is really tough.
03:09Oh, they're coming to grips with the game at the moment,
03:11and they're creating chances,
03:13and Manchester United again could concede.
03:15And Van der Gaal has to make the stop,
03:17not just once, but twice.
03:19So not even a consolation of a single goal
03:21for South Melbourne.
03:22The tournament did not start well for David Beckham.
03:25It's finishing well.
03:26They've won 2-0.
03:26They've won 2-0.
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