The 2006 Football League Cup Final also known as the 2006 Carling Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was played between Manchester United and Wigan Athletic on 26 February 2006. Manchester United won the match comfortably, by four goals to nil. Louis Saha and Cristiano Ronaldo both scored one goal, and Wayne Rooney scored twice. For the trophy presentation, the Manchester United players wore special shirts reading "For You Smudge", referring to Alan Smith, who had broken his left leg during a recent FA Cup match against Liverpool. Wigan goalkeeper Mike Pollitt picked up a hamstring injury after just 14 minutes, cutting short a dream cup final for the journeyman player, who started his career with the Red Devils.
(2–2 on aggregate. Wigan Athletic won on away goals)
Match details
Manchester United
4–0
Wigan Athletic
Rooney 33', 61' Saha 55' Ronaldo 59'
Report
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 66,866
Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)
Manchester United
Wigan Athletic
GK
19
Edwin van der Sar
RB
2
Gary Neville (c)
CB
6
Wes Brown
83'
CB
5
Rio Ferdinand
LB
27
Mikaël Silvestre
83'
RM
7
Cristiano Ronaldo
60'
73'
CM
22
John O'Shea
CM
11
Ryan Giggs
LM
13
Park Ji-sung
SS
8
Wayne Rooney
CF
9
Louis Saha
Substitutes:
GK
1
Tim Howard
DF
3
Patrice Evra
83'
DF
15
Nemanja Vidić
83'
MF
23
Kieran Richardson
73'
FW
10
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Manager:
Sir Alex Ferguson
GK
12
Mike Pollitt
14'
RB
2
Pascal Chimbonda
CB
16
Arjan de Zeeuw (c)
45'
CB
6
Stéphane Henchoz
62'
LB
26
Leighton Baines
RM
21
Jimmy Bullard
CM
11
Graham Kavanagh
72'
CM
19
Paul Scharner
LM
20
Gary Teale
CF
7
Henri Camara
CF
30
Jason Roberts
Substitutes:
GK
1
John Filan
14'
DF
4
Matt Jackson
MF
8
Andreas Johansson
MF
23
Reto Ziegler
72'
FW
10
Lee McCulloch
62'
Manager:
Paul Jewell
Match officials
Assistant referees:
John Holbrook (Worcestershire)
Paul Norman (Dorset)
Fourth official: Andy Hall (West Midlands)
Man of the match
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Match rules
90 minutes
30 minutes of extra time if necessary
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
Five named substitutes
Maximum of three substitutions
Statistics
Statistic
United
Wigan
Total shots
14
16
Shots on target
9
7
Ball possession
46%
54%
Corner kicks
1
5
Fouls committed
11
13
Offsides
3
2
Yellow cards
1
1
Red cards
0
0
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