Aardvark Abacus 3-0 Trusted By Millions
Juninho (25) (pen) (1)
Harte (47)
Baros (58)
At the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Attendance 72,500
Aardvark Abacus made no mistake second time around, and duly won the 2002/2003 WSFFL FA Cup Final Replay by a comfortable 3-0 margin, over a tired-looking Trusted By Millions, perhaps sapped by their efforts in the first game. So Ady wins the FA Cup for the second time, having previously won it in 1998/99.
Both managers made changes from the first game; Beef shuffled his defence around and brought in Andrew Cole in attack to replace Phillips, whilst Ady replaced the disappointing Hasselbaink with the lively Eidur Gudjonson, and surprisingly dropped Paul Scholes to the bench, preferring the Brazilian wizard Juninho. And it was this move which proved the inspiration behind Ady’s win: Juninho pulled off a Man-of-the-Match performance in midfield, scoring the first goal after 25 minutes from a penalty, after he himself had been fouled by Craddock, and proving instrumental throughout.
Ady’s lead doubled 2 minutes after the break with a bizarre goal which was eventually credited to Ian Harte, and 11 minutes later Milan Baros added to his 2 goals in the first game with a cool finish from a Juninho through ball. Trusted were frankly not at the races today, and Ady’s team deservedly cantered home 3-0 winners, just reward for another magnificent season from the Abacus!
Aardvark Abacus: Kasey Keller; Ian Harte, William Gallas, Jon Aarne Riise, Michael Svensson; Nolberto Solano, Juninho, Vladimir Smicer, Sylvain Legwinski; Eidur Gudjonsson, Milan Baros
Subs: Neil Sullivan; Matthew Upson; Paul Scholes; Dwight Yorke
Subs: Juusi Jaaskaleinen; Nils-Eric Johansson; James Milner; Kevin Phillips
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