Soccer:David Beckham could do no better than the AC Milan bench on his return to Old Trafford to face Manchester United tonight. Seven years after leaving United for Real Madrid, Beckham finally got the chance to play against the club he has supported all his life.
But there was no sentiment from coach Leonardo, who instead turned to Mathieu Flamini to help overturn a one-goal deficit from the San Siro against a United side for whom Dimitar Berbatov could only make the bench as Wayne Rooney was handed a lone attacking role.
Man Utd:Van der Sar, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Fletcher, Scholes, Park, Valencia, Nani, Rooney. Subs:Kuszczak, Berbatov, Rafael Da Silva, Jonathan Evans, Obertan, Gibson, Diouf.
AC Milan:Abbiati, Abate, Bonera, Thiago Silva, Jankulovski, Flamini, Pirlo, Ambrosini, Huntelaar, Borriello, Ronaldinho. Subs:Dida, Gattuso, Inzaghi, Seedorf, Zambrotta, Favalli, Beckham.
Referee:Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)