Charity Shield Final

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 4
Townsend 49
Alonso 60, [c]
Danilo [c]

v

The Cow-Faced Juniors 4
Mustafi 25
Morata 46
Sanchez 62, 66

(no cancelled cleans)

At Old Trafford    Att: 75,046

Teams

Nil Satis: Lossl; Simpson, Danilo, Mendy, Alonso; Davies, Mkhitaryan, Shaqiri, Ramsey; Calvert-Lewin, Pedro         Subs: Bravo; Coleman; Townsend; Vlasic

The CFJs: Speroni; Mustafi, Schindler, Cameron, Janmaat; Willian, Ozil, Pereyra, Choupo-Moting; Morata, Sanchez    Subs: Butland; Duffy; Brunt; Abraham

Report

A high-scoring final saw struggling Nil Satis earn a second chance against the league-leading CFJs. Paul S stuck with the team that has found league wins hard to come by while Chris and Co. had £63m of talent leading the line.

Nil Satis made the early running with Xherdan Shaqiri going close but on 25 minutes the favourites were in front from an unlikely source - Shkodran Mustafi left alone at the back post to score from a tight angle. One almost became two straight after when Eric Choupo-Moting was denied from close range by Jonas Lossl. Paul would have been relieved to get his team in at the break just one goal down but 52 seconds after the break the lead was doubled. Record signing Alvaro Morata was left with too much space in the Nil Satis box to convert trademark header.

This setback sparked Nil Satis into action. Andros Townsend scored from inside the box three minutes later to reduce the deficit and then, after going close twice, Marcos Alonso glanced in a header on the hour to level matters. Two minutes later it was the CFJs' turn to react. Alexis Sanchez scoring twice in five minutes, the second racing onto a ball that cut-out the whole Nil Satis defence, to restore a two-goal advantage. The CFJs failed to kill off their doughty opponents though and cleans from Man of the Match Alonso and Danilo meant the game finished 4-4 and the two sides will try to sort it out again this weekend.

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How they got there:

Semi-finals

Cheese Makers 0 v 1 Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Wheel Madrid 0 v 3 The Cow-Faced Juniors (after 2-2 draw)

Quarter-finals

Athletico Phoenix 1 v 4 Cheese Makers
Claymore Athletic 2 v 4 The Cow-Faced Juniors (after 1-1 draw)
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum 3 v 0 The Wateringhole Society
Wheel Madrid 1 v 0 Markian United