Paul Scholes farewell from football at Old Trafford in the only way he knows: create a beautiful goal.
Manchester United star only takes eight minutes to score his trademark from 25 yards in the game to face the New York Cosmos TESTIMONIALS early this morning. Scholes who is now aged 36 years, decided to retire in May last after scoring 150 goals in 676 appearances. And he was given a proper farewell from the public who meet the Old Trafford stadium last night.
He played for 75 minutes to face a team led by another United legend, Eric Cantona, before exiting the field welcomed the long standing ovation from the audience. And the midfielder is also with all the modesty that became his trademark saying, "It's brilliant to score a goal in the game today."
"I just wish I could give the fans some wonderful memory for several years in the future."
Scholes, who get about 1.5 Million Euro from the party last night, now entering a new era as one of United's coaching staff. In the match itself, United managed to shave foster children Cantona was a landslide victory with a score of 6-0.
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