2013 A-League All Stars Game Explained

2013 A-League All Stars Game
Event:	A-League All Stars Game
Team1:	A-League All Stars
Team1association:
Team1score:	1
Team2:	Manchester United
Team2score:	5
Stadium:	ANZ Stadium
City:	Sydney
Man Of The Match1a:	Robin van Persie (Manchester United)
Referee:	Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Attendance:	83,127
Next:	2014

The 2013 A-League All Stars Game was a football match that took place on 20 July 2013 at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, contested between the A-League All Stars and English Premier League champions Manchester United.

Background

Tickets which went on sale earlier in the year sold out in minutes.^[1] A Manchester United training session which was open to the public attracted 22,000 people at Allianz Stadium.^[2] It is the first time since 1999 that Manchester United have visited Australia.^[3] On 18 March 2013, it was announced Melbourne Victory coach Ange Postecoglou will coach the all-stars squad, chosen by fans who voted.^[4]

Some A-League players, including Alessandro Del Piero and Emile Heskey, were not able to play due to other commitments.^[5]

A-League All Stars players

Pos.	Player	Club
GK	Ante Covic	Western Sydney Wanderers
GK	Michael Theo	Brisbane Roar
DF	Michael Beauchamp	Western Sydney Wanderers
DF	Pedj Bojić	Central Coast Mariners
DF	Nigel Boogaard	Adelaide United
DF	Connor Chapman	Newcastle Jets
DF	Joshua Risdon	Perth Glory
DF	Joshua Rose	Central Coast Mariners
DF	Nikolai Topor-Stanley	Western Sydney Wanderers
MF	Thomas Broich	Brisbane Roar
MF	Marcelo Carrusca	Adelaide United
MF	Billy Celeski	Melbourne Victory
MF	Brett Emerton	Sydney FC
MF	Rhyan Grant	Sydney FC
MF	Michael McGlinchey	Central Coast Mariners
MF	Liam Miller	Brisbane Roar
FW	Besart Berisha	Brisbane Roar
FW	Mark Bridge	Western Sydney Wanderers
FW	Paul Ifill	Wellington Phoenix
FW	David Williams	Melbourne Heart

Match

Details

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GK	1
RB	6
CB	2	Nigel Boogaard
CB	5
LB	4
RM	7	Brett Emerton (c)
CM	10
LM	3
RF	14
CF	11	Besart Berisha
LF	22
Substitutes:
GK	18
DF	12
DF	16
MF	15
MF	17
MF	21
FW	8
FW	13
FW	19
Manager:
Ange Postecoglou

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GK	13	Anders Lindegaard
RB	2	Rafael
CB	4	Phil Jones
CB	5
LB	3	Patrice Evra (c)
RM	35	Jesse Lingard
CM	16
CM	23	Tom Cleverley
LM	29	Wilfried Zaha
CF	19
CF	11
Substitutes:
GK	1	David de Gea
DF	22
DF	38
MF	8
MF	44
FW	20
Manager:
David Moyes

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Man of the Match:
Robin van Persie (Manchester United)

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Match rules

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level

Statistics

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Goals scored	1	5
Total shots	6	17
Shots on target	3	13
Ball possession	33%	67%
Corner kicks	2	15
Fouls committed	4	4
Offsides	0	2
Yellow cards	0	0
Second caution red cards	0	0
Direct red cards	0	0

Broadcasting

In Australia, the match was broadcast live by the Seven Network, after they secured the rights to the inaugural A-League All Stars game on 23 May 2013. In the UK, the match was broadcast live on Manchester United's subscription television channel MUTV.

Sponsorship

A-League All Stars partners:

Notes and References

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/northern-beaches/manchester-united-visit-sydney-in-showcase-of-football-growth-in-australia/story-fngr8hax-1226681453342 The Daily Telegraph
Web site: Inside Sport - Australia's premier sports magazine and website.
Web site: Man Utd's Crazy Australian Tour - International - Australian FourFourTwo - the Ultimate Football Website . 20 July 2013 . 5 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120205205858/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/features/6867,man-utds-crazy-australian-tour.aspx . dead .
Web site: Postecoglou named inaugural coach of Foxtel A-League All Stars. footballaustralia.com.au. 11 July 2014.
News: A-League: Alessandro Del Piero, Shinji Ono and Emile Heskey out of All-Stars' Manchester United clash - ABC News. ABC News. 5 July 2013.