Sunday 19 March 2006 13:30 Barclays Premiership
"Wrexham"	3 - 4	"Liverpool"
	(1-2)
GOAL
Jones 7, McEvily 72		Morientes 16, 41, Baros 51, 71
Team: Michael Ingham, Alex Smith, David Bayliss, Andy Holt, Lee Roche, Shaun Pejic, Danny Williams, Michael Jones, Darren Ferguson, Jonathan Walters, Dean Bennett. Subs: Matty Done, Rodney Jack Mark Jones, Chris Jones, Lee McEvily, Simon Spender, Mike Williams.		Team: Jose Reina, Steve Finnan, Jamie Carragher, Sami Hyypia, Stephen Warnock, Darren Potter, Steven Gerrard (c), Dietmar Hamann, Boudewijn Zenden, Djibril Cisse, Fernando Morientes. Subs: Jerzy Dudek, David Raven, Josemi Rey, Zak Whitbread, Warnock, Luis Garcia, John Welsh, Xabi Alonso, John Arne Riise, Anthony Le Tallec, Milan Baros, Carl Medjani.
SUBSTITUTIONS
Ingham (M Jones 78), Mark Jones (C Jones 78), D Williams (Done 46), Ferguson (Spender 70), Smith (M Williams 81), Walters (Jack 70), Bennett (McEvilly 59)		Reina (Dudek 46), Carragher (Josemi 46), Hyypia (Whitbread 46), Potter (Garcia 46), Gerrard (Welsh 46) Hamann (Alonso 46), Zenden (Riise 46); Cisse (Le Tallec 46), Morientes (Baros 46), Finnan (Raven 60)
OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS
Referee: Mike Jones
Booked: Crouch 66		Booked:     Sent Off: Bowyer 66
VENUE		MANAGERS
Racecourse Ground (capacity ) Attendance: 12,363		Dennis Smith (Wrexham) Rafael Benitez (Liverpool)

  

  By David Prior at The Racecourse, Daily Post

  By Chris Bascombe at The Racecourse, Liverpool Echo

   

      Steven Gerrard & Jamie Carragher parade the European Cup.

                 

  Дубль Морьентеса

  "Ливерпуль" продолжает подготовку к матчам первого квалификационного этапа Лиги чемпионов УЕФА против валлийского клуба "Тотал Нетворк Солюшнс" - первая игра состоится уже в среду. В недавнем товарищеском матче с "Рексхэмом" подопечные Бенитеса взяли верх со счетом 4:3. В составе "красных" дебютировали голкипер Хосе Рейна и Будевейн Зенден, а Фернандо Морьентес и Милан Барош оформили по дублю.

  "Зрелищный матч"

  "Матч наверняка понравился болельщикам, ведь они стали свидетелями семи забитых мячей, - отметил Бенитес. - Меня не беспокоит, что мы пропустили три гола. Встреча состоялась в очень жаркую погоду, а мы только начали подготовку к сезону. Уверен, в среду мы сыграем гораздо лучше. Очень хорошо, что в середине следующей недели "Ливерпуль" проведет свой первый официальный матч - он может задать тон всей кампании "красных".

  Джеррард остается

  Перед матчем капитан "Ливерпуля" Стивен Джеррард вышел на поле с Кубком европейских чемпионов. Это было первое появление хавбека сборной Англии на публике с тех пор, как в пятницу он заключил с клубом новый четырехлетний контракт.

 NANDO AND MILAN GET REDS OFF TO A WINNING START

  Liverpool warmed up for Wednesday's Champions League opener by easing into their pre-season programme with a 4-3 victory over Wrexham at the Racecourse Ground on Saturday afternoon.

  In what was the Reds' first competitive run-out of the summer they came from behind against the League Two outfit to run out winners on a sweltering day in North Wales.

  Fernando Morientes (2) and Milan Baros (2) were the Liverpool scorers as Rafa Benitez handed debuts to new signings Jose Reina and Bolo Zenden.

  The game also marked Steven Gerrard's first public appearance since pledging his future to the club earlier in the week and appeared in good form during the 45 minutes he was on the pitch.

  The aforementioned trio all received a warm reception from the travelling Liverpudlians who seemed to be in party mood as the European Cup was paraded prior to kick-off.

  But those same fans were in for a shock after just seven minutes when Mark Jones exploited a gaping hole in the centre of defence and duly rounded Reina to open the scoring.

  The equalising goal arrived on the quarter hour mark. Darren Potter crossed from the right and Morientes tapped in from close-range. Six minutes before the interval the Spanish striker doubled his tally with a close-range header from a Steven Gerrard corner.

  Rafa rang the changes at half-time, making nine substitutions, but it did not disrupt the attacking rhythm that had been building steadily before the break. Within 20 minutes of the restart Milan Baros equalled the feat of Morientes and notched a brace as Liverpool raced into a 4-1 lead.

 His first came following a mistake in the Wrexham defence and the Czech striker kept his cool to skilfully round the keeper before slotting the ball into an empty net. his second was more spectacular and whistled into the top corner after he stuck out a leg to divert a Xabi Alonso through ball.

  Despite the three-goal deficit the home side, to their credit, refused to throw in the towel and by hitting back to snatch two late consolation goals they ensured a nail-biting finale to what had been a gentle pre-season stroll.

  Teams

  Wrexham: Ingham, Smith, Bayliss, Holt, Roche, Pejic, Williams, Jones, Ferguson, Walters, Bennett. Subs - McEvily, Jones, Williams, Jack, Spender, Jones, Done

  Liverpool: Dudek, Riise, Josemi, Whitbread, Finnan, Warnock, Alonso, Welsh, Garcia, Le Tallec, Baros. Subs - Raven, Medjani

  Referee: Mike Jones

  Conditions: Hot

  Attendance: Unknown

  Liverpoolfc.tv Man-of-the-Match: Morientes and Baros

  Breakdown

14:03 GMT : Match Starts
1 min : Wrexham get the game underway and immediately win a free kick down their right hand side
2 mins : Potter tries to cross from the right but the ball is deflected behind for a corner which Gerrard takes
3 mins : Cisse shows great speed down the right before crossing to Zenden at the far post. The ball runs out of play on the far side
3 mins : Walters does well to win a corner for Wrexham - their first of the game
6 mins : Warnock crosses from the left but the ball drifts harmlessly over the Wrexham goal
7 mins : A rampaging run from Gerrard through the middle is brought to an end by several Wrexham players
7 mins : GOAL! Mark Jones: Jones takes advantage of a huge gap in the Liverpool defence to round Reina and slot the ball home
16 mins : GOAL! Fernando Morientes: Potter finds space on the right and crosses for Morientes to tap home from close range
18 mins : Ingham makes a fine stop to deny Cisse after the ball had fallen nicely for him inside the area
20 mins : Good block by Carragher on the edge of the area to stop Walters' goalbound shot
27 mins : Gerrard charges into the area and brings a good stop from Ingham with a well drilled left foot shot
33 mins : Cisse is flagged offside as he prepares to run clear onto Potter's through ball
35 mins : Reina is forced to make a save low down after a shot is driven in by Bennett
38 mins : Morientes finds space on the left of the area but can't find a way past Ingham
39 mins : Cisse controls the ball 15 yards from goal before blasting a right footed shot over the bar
41 mins : GOAL! Fernando Morientes: Gerrard's corner from the right is headed into the corner by Morientes
44 mins : Cisse mis-kicks in front of goal after good set-up play by Morientes
45 mins : Jones finds space on the right but his cross is deflected by Hyypia behind for a corner
14:47 GMT : Half Time Reached
15:04 GMT : Second Half Begins
41 mins : GOAL! : Gerrard's corner from the right is headed into the corner by Morientes
59 mins : Baros latches onto the ball down the right and drives a shot off the top of the bar
60 mins : Substitution: David Raven for Steve Finnan:
64 mins : Le Tallec plays Garcia clean through on goal but Ingham comes out quickly to clear
66 mins : Raven drives forward and lashes a left footed shot wide of target
68 mins : Baros pulls the ball back towards Garcia but the Spaniard is beaten in the challenge
68 mins : Baros goes around the goalkeeper but Ingham recovers as the angle is too tight for Baros to score
70 mins : Brilliant play between Le Tallec and Garcia almost carves out a chance for Luis, but Wrexham clear
51 mins : GOAL! Milan Baros: Baros runs through the middle of the Wrexham defence and blasts the ball home
71 mins : GOAL! Milan Baros: Alonso crosses into the area and Baros fires a first time right footed volley into the corner
68 mins : Substitution: Lee McEvily for Michael Jones:
72 mins : GOAL! Lee McEvily: The Wrexham sub fires a shot across Dudek and into the far corner of the net
77 mins : Substitution: Rodney Jack for Danny Williams:
81 mins : GOAL! Rodney Jack: Jack forces the ball home from close range to give Wrexham a lifeline
15:50 GMT : Match Over

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