2006 Football League Cup final

2006 Football League Cup Final

Event	2005–06 Football League Cup
Manchester United Wigan Athletic 4 0
Date	26 February 2006
Venue	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Man of the Match	Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)[1]
Referee	Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)
Attendance	66,866
Weather	Mostly cloudy 6 °C (43 °F)[2]
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The 2006 Football League Cup Final also known as the 2006 Carling Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was played between Manchester United and Wigan Athletic on 26 February 2006. Manchester United won the match comfortably, by four goals to nil. Louis Saha and Cristiano Ronaldo both scored one goal, and Wayne Rooney scored twice. For the trophy presentation, the Manchester United players wore special shirts reading "For You Smudge", referring to Alan Smith, who had broken his left leg during a recent FA Cup match against Liverpool.^[3] Wigan goalkeeper Mike Pollitt picked up a hamstring injury after just 14 minutes, cutting short a dream cup final for the journeyman player, who started his career with the Red Devils.

26 February 2006

15:00

Manchester United	4–0	Wigan Athletic
Rooney 33', 61' Saha 55' Ronaldo 59'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 66,866

Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)

Manchester United

Wigan Athletic

GK 19 Edwin van der Sar RB 2 Gary Neville (c) CB 6 Wes Brown  83' CB 5 Rio Ferdinand LB 27 Mikaël Silvestre  83' RM 7 Cristiano Ronaldo  60'  73' CM 22 John O'Shea CM 11 Ryan Giggs LM 13 Park Ji-sung SS 8 Wayne Rooney CF 9 Louis Saha Substitutes: GK 1 Tim Howard DF 3 Patrice Evra  83' DF 15 Nemanja Vidić  83' MF 23 Kieran Richardson  73' FW 10 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson

GK 12 Mike Pollitt  14' RB 2 Pascal Chimbonda CB 16 Arjan de Zeeuw (c)  45' CB 6 Stéphane Henchoz  62' LB 26 Leighton Baines RM 21 Jimmy Bullard CM 11 Graham Kavanagh  72' CM 19 Paul Scharner LM 20 Gary Teale CF 7 Henri Camara CF 30 Jason Roberts Substitutes: GK 1 John Filan  14' DF 4 Matt Jackson MF 8 Andreas Johansson MF 23 Reto Ziegler  72' FW 10 Lee McCulloch  62' Manager: Paul Jewell

Match officials Assistant referees: John Holbrook (Worcestershire) Paul Norman (Dorset) Fourth official: Andy Hall (West Midlands) Man of the match Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)[1]

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Five named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions

Statistics

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Statistic[5]	United	Wigan
Total shots	14	16
Shots on target	9	7
Ball possession	46%	54%
Corner kicks	1	5
Fouls committed	11	13
Offsides	3	2
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	0	0