tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211222972528647631.post-46172145904946472182007-09-26T16:30:00.000-07:002007-09-26T16:32:39.727-07:00United held in Asian tour opener.<div align="center"><a href="http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2007/SPORT/football/07/17/united.tour/art.ronaldo.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2007/SPORT/football/07/17/united.tour/art.ronaldo.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <span style="font-family:verdana;color:#999999;">Ronaldo attempts to elude the Urawa defense during United's tour opener.</span><br /></span><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">TOKYO, Japan -- Manchester United were held to a 2-2 draw by Japanese J-League champions Urawa Red Diamonds in the opening match of the close season tour of Asia on Tuesday.It was a far from convincing performance by the Premier League champions and they had to battle back from going behind in the 25th minute after a blunder by their goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar.Rooney wasted another excellent opportunity to open his account after Ronaldo played him in and the England forward was made to pay immediately as Ono slalomed his way into the United box before finishing superbly to earn the Japanese outfit a share of the spoils.</span></div></div>Marianoreply@blogger.com