Manchester United 2 - 0 South Melbourne
Manchester United

17 RAIMOND VAN DER GOUW
4 DANNY HIGGINBOTHAM
9 ANDY COLE (C)
12 PHILIP NEVILLE
14 JORDI CRUYFF
15 JONATHAN GREENING
18 MARK WILSON
20 OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER
21 HENNING BERG
22 QUINTON FORTUNE
23 RONNIE WALLWORK		 South Melbourne

20 CHRIS JONES
2 STEVE IOSFIDIS
3 FAUSTO DE AMICIS
5 CON BLATSIS
6 DAVID CLARKSON
7 STEVE PANOPOULOS
9 PAUL TRIMBOLI (C)
10 MICHAEL CURCIJA
11 JOHN ANASTASIADIS
15 GORAN LOZANOVSKI
18 ROBERT LIPAROTI

SUBSTITUTES USED

David BECKHAM
Paul RACHUBKA
SUBSTITUTES USED

George GOUTZIOULIS
Vaughan COVENEY
Jim TSEKINIS

GOALS

FORTUNE 8'
FORTUNE 20'
GOALS

CARDS

 CARDS

TRIMBOLI yellow

MATCH REPORT

Match report copyright by Reuters

Manchester United, fielding a reserve team, beat South Melbourne 2-0 in the World Club Championship on Tuesday but it was a meaningless win, with both teams out of contention for the title. Quinton Fortune scored in the eighth and 20th minutes, after which United eased up on another stifling evening before briefly looking interested again in the last few minutes. The Australians nearly scored when Vaughan Coveny hit both posts before the ball bounced to safety in the second half. David Beckham, sent off in United's opening game, came on as a substitute for the last 15 minutes and was booed resoundingly every time he touched the ball. United finished group B with four points from three games and were left with a chance of making the third place play-off. For this, they needed Vasco da Gama to beat Mexico's Necaxa by a three-goal margin or more. South Melbourne went home without a point.