Manchester United and Real Madrid at the Big House
This past weekend two major European soccer teams played at the Big House in Ann Arbor. Manchester United and Real Madrid faced off in the Guinness International Champions cup and broke the record for largest crowed at a soccer game in the United States with 109,318 attendees. Manchester won 3-1 and moved on to win the International cup in a match against Liverpool on the 4th.
Check out some awesome highlights from the game!
PIC: Were you one of the lucky ones inside The Big House today? This was the scene. #mutour pic.twitter.com/y0xRgL44hw
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 2, 2014
Gareth Bale taking pictures of "The Big House" in Ann Arbor, Michigan before Real Madrid's friendly against United. pic.twitter.com/Bzfiu1keTT
— SupportingBale (@SupportingBale) August 3, 2014
Today's attendance: 109,318, beating the previous high of 101,799 for a soccer match in the USA. #mutour pic.twitter.com/B35iAokkod
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 2, 2014
27' - Goal. United 1 Real Madrid 1. Bale takes the penalty himself and dinks it past De Gea to level the scores. #mutour
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 2, 2014
PIC: @Youngy18 celebrates the first of his two goals against Real Madrid at The Big House. #mutour pic.twitter.com/EFtTGcxi6L
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 2, 2014
68' - Yellow card. Isco is the second Real Madrid player booked. His crime: a bad tackle on Jesse Lingard. #mutour
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 2, 2014
80' - Goal! United 3 Madrid 1. Hernandez heads home! #mutour
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 2, 2014
Full-time stats (#mufc/Madrid): Goals 3/1; Shots 15/7; Corners 3/6, Saves 3/4, Cautions 0/2. #mutour pic.twitter.com/r7AMDS53fU
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 2, 2014
After Marca photoshopped that pic to look like mostly Real Madrid fans at last nights game, here's the truth #MUFC pic.twitter.com/oMxRXUnVNz
— BeanymanSports (@BeanymanSports) August 3, 2014
Photo Essay: Top 20 photos from the #RealMadrid vs. #ManchesterUnited match at Michigan Stadium http://t.co/2qOOyn6t3G
— The Ann Arbor News (@annarbornews) August 4, 2014
Missed the ICC victory over Liverpool? Read all about United's 3-1 win here: http://t.co/Ugjzo8utgC #mutour pic.twitter.com/ULyiL96GOM
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 5, 2014
Manchester United: ICC champions! #mutour pic.twitter.com/y3t9ykOo36
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) August 5, 2014
It was a great game.
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