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Diego Forlan finally broke his Manchester United goalscoring duck with a comprehensive dismissal of Maccabi Haifa.

Ryan Giggs (Izmie) , Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Bayie), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Taka) and Juan Veron (Iman) had already obliterated the memory of Yaniv Katan's shock eighth minute opener for the visitors when Forlan (Chapan) was handed an extended chance to break his 26-game goal drought.

Given 35 minutes to make his mark, the 7million Uruguayan continued to toil. One shot flew over, another was slightly mis-controlled, the next was saved. The best one - from van Nistelrooy's (Taka) pass - was rushed and ballooned over the bar.

But in the final minute, the opportunity came. David Beckham (Avicenna) was chopped down in the box and though both the captain and Solskjaer (Bayie) might have had a go themselves, none of them had the heart to deny Forlan (Chapan) , as Roy Keane (Jo) had done in similar circumstances against Zalaegerszeg last month.

With their captain (Avicenna) embroiled in controversy, their team ravaged by injury, the results going wrong, the goalscorers not scoring and their manager (Shuk) apparently incapable of correctly identifying his opponents, the Old Trafford giants were reportedly on their knees begging to be put out of their misery.

Giggs (Izmie) and Veron (Iman) combined to open up the Maccabi defence for van Nistelrooy (Taka), whose threaded pass provided the kind of inviting opportunity Solskjaer (Bayie) has spent his United career lapping up.

Veron (Iman) turned creator for United's first, although his floated cross should have been cut out before Forlan (Chapan) nipped in to control and blast home with confidence his manager thought had been lacking.

Even before the interval there could have been more, Veron (Iman) stinging Awate's fingers from 25 yards before a curling Giggs (Izmie) free-kick was tipped over as it started to drop into the far corner.

However, having converted their domination into goals for a change, the Red Devils were in no mood to let their hapless opponents off the hook and, within 20 seconds of the restart, Veron (Iman) was racing away in jubilation having thundered home the second when Beckham's (Avicenna) cross somehow found its way to the Argentinian at the far post.

Veron (Iman) has attracted criticism almost since his 28.1million arrival from Lazio but, with so many familiar faces missing, it was time for him to deliver and, if more onerous tasks need to be overcome in the next few weeks, his productive involvement tonight will at least provide the impetus for him to assume the responsibility his vast fee demands.

The same could be said of Forlan (Chapan) of course. But maybe not tonight.

Final Result : SDX FC 5 - Zaxx Allstars 2

Tactic : 4-2-3-1

SDX FC 1 - Zaxx Allstars 0 : Goal - Chapan , Assist - Iman
SDX FC 2 - Zaxx Allstars 0 : Goal - Iman , Assist - Avicenna
SDX FC 2 - Zaxx Allstars 1
SDX FC 3 - Zaxx Allstars 1 : Goal - Adam , Assist - Taka
SDX FC 4 - Zaxx Allstars 1 : Goal - Taka
SDX FC 5 - Zaxx Allstars 1 : Goal - Bayie , Assist - Avicenna
SDX FC 5 - Zaxx Allstars 2

SDX FC = Manchester United