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  1. Manchester United are champions

    Manchester United are champions

    Manchester United were crowned Premier League champions after a goalless draw with Arsenal at Old Trafford. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Manchester United
    • Arsenal
    • 90+4' FINAL WHISTLE! MANCHESTER UNITED ARE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!!
    • 90+3' Anderson replaces Rooney and United are on the brink.
    • 90+2' Van Persie's shot flicks off CarrickÂ’s head and goes for a corner.
    • 90+1' United concede a free-kick on the right hand side of the penalty area.
    • 90' Three minutes added time to be played!
    • 89' Rooney tries to bundle his away into the penalty area but is crowded out. United have not had a single shot on target today.
    • 88' Manchester United's Carlos Tevez waves to the home fans as he is substituted Match Image
    • 87' Van Persie warms Van der Sar's fingers with a shot on goal from the right. Nervy times.
    • 86' The delivery is headed away but Arsenal keep possession.
    • 85' United win a free-kick 35 yards and Fabregas will look to swing one in.
    • 84' An anxious time for the home fans.
    • 83' The best move of the match and Song bursts through and tees up Fabregas who aims for the near post from the angle and sees his shot brush Van der Sar's fingers and hit the outside of the post.
    • 82' Van Persie can't quite latch on to Walcott's cross in the penalty area.
    • 81' Toure gives Ronaldo a taste of his own medicine and teases him with some tricks in the corner before clearing his lines.
    • 80' Rooney tracked Sagna all the way and the full-back has a nasty collision with the advertising hoardings.
    • 79' Sagna bursts down the right flank but his high hanging cross is cleared.
    • 78' A great strike from the left by Ronaldo but it just misses the top corner with Fabianski looking on helpless.
    • 77' Ronaldo is lining up the free-kick with some intent.
    • 76' Song is booked for a body nudge on Ronaldo.
    • 75' Emmanuel Eboue is on for an injured Gibbs.
    • 74' Vidic gets across to prevent conceding a corner.
    • 73' No change in formation for Arsenal with Bendtner playing down the left and Van Persie through the middle.
    • 72' United just 20 minutes away from the title now.
    • 71' Park and Ronaldo combine. Sagna is slow to come out and looks to be playing the Portuguese onside but the offside flag goes up.
    • 70' The rain has resumed.
    • 69' Double change for Arsenal with Theo Walcott replacing Nasri and Nicklas Bendtner on for Arshavin.
    • 68' Vidic and Van Persie come together in the area but again no penalty.
    • 67' Ronaldo has gone down the middle with workaholic Park out on the right flank.
    • 66' The Argentine waves to the Stretford End. Is that a wave goodbye?
    • 65' And it is Tevez who is the man to make way.
    • 64' Ji-Sung Park is preparing to come on.
    • 63' Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo holds off a challenge from Arsenal's Denilson. Match Image
    • 62' Gibbs's cross is cleared by Vidic.
    • 61' Van Persie's fierce strike is headed away by Carrick who is stunned by the power of the effort.
    • 60' Fabregas's cross strikes the hand of Evra, who is standing two yards away, and a free-kick is awarded on the right edge of the penalty area.
    • 59' Had Tevez gone down, referee Dean would have had a big decision to make.
    • 58' Fletcher's cross from the right finds Tevez who eludes Toure but Fabianki races off his line to make a sliding challenge with his feet which is enough to put the Argentine off.
    • 57' Arsenal playing the better football and Arshavin tees up Gibbs whose shot from 20 yards is into the side netting.
    • 56' Fabregas is penalised for a foul but Ronaldo's free-kick strikes Toure on the head.
    • 55' It was a brief downpour. More Manila than Manchester as the sun reappears.
    • 54' Manchester United's Wayne Rooney jumps clear of a tackle from Arsenal's Bacary Sagna. Match Image
    • 53' Carrick puts a cross from the left out for a corner. But it is United who counter only for Fabianski to come off his line to claim the greasy ball.
    • 52' Tevez fouls Fabregas but Van Persie's delivery is half-cleared by Evra and then Fletcher.
    • 51' The rain is now pouring down in Manchester.
    • 50' Nasri booked for a foul on Evra who seems to have riled the Gunners.
    • 49' Manchester United's Carlos Tevez gets past a challenge from Arsenal's Alex Song. Match Image
    • 48' Feisty start to the second-half and Van Persie gets a final warning from referee Dean. The official also gives a stern lecture to Fabregas and Evra after an exchange of words.
    • 47' Early yellow card for Fabregas as the away skipper catches Patrice Evra.
    • 46' No changes to either side as the second-half gets underway.
    • 45+3' Ronaldo's free-kick is past the wall but well past the post and we go into the interval all-square. United have been a little understated in the opening period but remember they only need a point.
    • 45+2' Arshavin booked for making minimal contact with Carrick.
    • 45+1' Song calmly chests Giggs's cross to Toure who clears.
    • 45' Vidic nods away for a corner which Arshavin pulls back to Nasri 18 yards out. His shot was going wide and Van Persie cannott divert it on target. A real chance for the Frenchman who scored twice in the Premier League match at the Emirates between these sides earlier in the season.
    • 44' Sagna wins a free-kick after a tug of the shirt from Rooney. Van Persie will look to put one into the mixer from the right flank.
    • 43' United are on a seven-match winning streak in the league and two wins to complete the season will see them finish the season with 92 points, which will be a club record in the Premier League, before they bid to retain the Champions League against Barcelona.
    • 42' United break through Rooney down the left. He squares to Giggs and the ball sits up nicely for the Welsh veteran but he smashes his shot high and wide.
    • 41' Arsenal's Samir Nasri and Manchester United's Ryan Giggs battle for the ball. Match Image
    • 40' Van Persie stretches his neck muscles and gets his header on target but it loops into the arms of Van der Sar.
    • 39' Van Persie heads the delivery away.
    • 38' Giggs jinks past Toure but the Ivorian gets back to block the cross and concede a corner, United's second.
    • 37' Rooney's killer pass for Ronaldo almost finds its target but Toure is on hand to cut out.
    • 36' Van Persie makes a nice run on the outside of Evans but Arshavin is unable to pick him out with his pass.
    • 35' Van Persie's free-kick strikes the wall and the follow-up shot from Fabregas is wayward.
    • 34' Toure has his heels clipped by Tevez just before he is about to unleash a 35-yard shot and Arsenal are awarded a free-kick.
    • 33' Van Persie is booked for a foul on Ronaldo. A harsh yellow card.
    • 32' Bolt poses for photographers in the stands before kick-off. Match Image
    • 31' Some neat link-up play ends in a shot from Nasri which is deflected and loops into Van der Sar's hands.
    • 30' Rooney's shot is blocked by Toure.
    • 29' A cross from the left looks destined for Tevez but the Argentine cannot reach it with his head.
    • 28' It is not an uncommon occurrence for Arsenal to win at Old Trafford. Indeed they have emerged victorious on three of their last 12 visits, and drawn on two more occasions. But head to Old Trafford on the back of a 4-1 aggregate drubbing against United in the Champions League.
    • 27' Crossing chance for Sagna but his delivery is wayward and runs out for a goal kick.
    • 26' Evans turns away Van Persie's cross from the left and then does enough to prevent a follow-up shot from Denilson.
    • 25' Arshavin's shot is blocked by Vidic and trickles through to Edwin Van der Sar.
    • 24' Giggs takes the free-kick but his effort is over the crossbar.
    • 23' This time Ronaldo tumbles under a tame challenge from Song and United have a free-kick on the left edge, a yard outside the penalty area.
    • 22' Denilson cuts out a Darren Fletcher cross in his own box and then Alex Song goes down in instalments in his own penalty area under a tame challenge from the Scot.
    • 21' Van Persie goes down under a challenge from Vidic but referee Mike Dean waves away the penalty appeals.
    • 20' United giving the wall away too easily at the moment.
    • 19' Should United avoid defeat it will mean the title was decided at Old Trafford for only the second time in Ferguson's glittering reign. Only in 1999, when they beat Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford, have Ferguson's United been confirmed as champions on their home turf.
    • 18' Ronaldo's cross is claimed by Fabianski.
    • 17' Michael Carrick picks out Rooney who gets ahead of Bacary Sagna but he diverts his header past the near post.
    • 16' Driving run from Arshavin into the penalty area and it requires Jonmy Evans coming around on the cover to stop the run and concede a corner.
    • 15' REAL CHANCE! Super diagonal pass from Fabregas finds Van Persie unmarked eight yards out but he puts his header over the top. Nemanja Vidic is asking John O'Shea why he was so slow on the cover.
    • 14' Rooney switches the play with an exquisite pass to Ronaldo. Seven or eight step overs from Ronaldo but Toure stands firm and blocks the attempted shot. Shouts for handball but nothing doing.
    • 13' Lukasz Fabianski is off his line to claim the corner confidently.
    • 12' United counter and Ronaldo's cross reaches Rooney whose effort from 18 yards flicks off Toure and goes over the top for a corner.
    • 11' Arsenal have a decent share of possession at the moment and Kieran Gibbs' cross from the left is cut out.
    • 10' For Arsenal, who have now gone four years without any silverware, the day is likely to trigger bittersweet memories of 2002, when Sylvain Wiltord's goal clinched 1-0 win and the title at Old Trafford.
    • 9' Robin van Persie and Abou Diaby combine with Nasri to create an opening but the French midfielder is penalised for a handball just before he is about to pull the trigger.
    • 8' Ronaldo was limping and looking rueful – but all of a sudden is up and running as the ball is spread to the left.
    • 7' Carlos Tevez is caught offside twice in quick succession.
    • 6' Abou Diaby's left-foot shot is blocked by Michael Carrick.
    • 5' Rio Ferdinand (calf) is ruled out and is joined in the stands by 100 and 200 metres Olympic champion Usain Bolt, a United fan who is in the city for a 150m sprint race on Sunday.
    • 4' Wayne Rooney works an opening down the left flank but his cross is nodded away by Kolo Toure.
    • 3' Cesc Fabregas has a sighter at goal but shot is well over the crossbar.
    • 2' And straight from the kick-off, Cristiano Ronaldo is clear down the right flank but he opts not to shoot and an early chance is lost.
    • 1' We are underway at Old Trafford.
    • - The players come out with Old Trafford eagerly expecting a 'Coronation Day.'
    • - Get the views of the United manager. Video: Ferguson press conference
    • - "Arsenal will want to do well because they've had a bit of criticism recently. They will want to register their abilities on a day when everyone expects United to win the title. They are a threat. It's strange that we've won it four times on the last day of the season elsewhere. I've never cared where we win it but on a day like this, when you have the opportunity, it'd be nice," said Ferguson.
    • - Arsenal will look to bounce back from last weekend's 4-1 humiliation at the hands of Chelsea and Russian playmaker Andrey Arshavin returns from a flu virus. They are without injured first-choice goalkeeper Manuel Almunia and Emmanuel Adebayor.
    • - Ferguson has shuffled the pack, making three changes to the side that came from behind to beat Wigan on Wednesday. Carlos Tevez was handed a starting berth but £30.75million record signing Dimitar Berbatov was only on the bench. Darren Fletcher and Ryan Giggs replace Anderson and Paul Scholes.
    • - One point will mean a third consecutive Premier League title, the 11th of Sir Alex Ferguson's reign and it will mean that United have finally matched Liverpool's record haul of 18 English titles.
    • - Manchester United need just a point against an Arsenal side with nothing to play for in Saturday's lunchtime encounter to secure yet another Premier League title.

  • Team Stats

    Manchester United Stats Arsenal
    39% Possession 61%
    10 Shots 14
    0 Shots on target 4
    3 Saves 0
    2 Corners 6
    15 Fouls 13
    4 Offsides 0
    0 Yellow cards 5
    0 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 27
    255 Accurate passes 454
    60 Bad passes 62

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Manchester United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Edwin Van der Sar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0
      15 Nemanja Vidic 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 27 0 5
      3 Patrice Evra 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 28 12 3
      22 John O'Shea 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 26 0 3
      23 Jonny Evans 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 5 1
      24 Darren Fletcher 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 26 4 3
      16 Michael Carrick 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 36 10 5
      11 Ryan Giggs 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 22 7 0
      7 Cristiano Ronaldo 0 5 0 0 5 1 0 22 2 0
      32 Carlos Tevez 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 6 1 1
      10 Wayne Rooney 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 25 13 0
      13 Ji-sung Park 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0
      9 Dimitar Berbatov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Paul Scholes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Anderson Oliveira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Gary Neville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Rafael Pereira da Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Arsenal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1
      5 Kolo Toure 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 37 0 4
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 37 0 4
      17 Alexandre Song 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 43 4 0
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 3 1 3 2 0 0 71 11 3
      8 Samir Nasri 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 35 1 0
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 82 13 4
      40 Kieran Gibbs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 13 3
      2 Vasiriki Abou Diaby 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 48 5 4
      11 Robin van Persie 0 6 2 4 2 0 0 18 1 0
      23 Andrey Arshavin 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 27 8 3
      18 Mikael Silvestre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Aaron Ramsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 3 0
      14 Theo Walcott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 1
      12 Carlos Vela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Vito Mannone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 83' The best move of the match and Song bursts through and tees up Fabregas who aims for the near post from the angle and sees his shot brush Van der Sar's fingers and hit the outside of the post.
    • 78' A great strike from the left by Ronaldo but it just misses the top corner with Fabianski looking on helpless.
    • 71' Park and Ronaldo combine. Sagna is slow to come out and looks to be playing the Portuguese onside but the offside flag goes up.
    • 58' Fletcher's cross from the right finds Tevez who eludes Toure but Fabianki races off his line to make a sliding challenge with his feet which is enough to put the Argentine off.
    • 45' Vidic nods away for a corner which Arshavin pulls back to Nasri 18 yards out. His shot was going wide and Van Persie cannott divert it on target. A real chance for the Frenchman who scored twice in the Premier League match at the Emirates between these sides earlier in the season.
    • 42' United break through Rooney down the left. He squares to Giggs and the ball sits up nicely for the Welsh veteran but he smashes his shot high and wide.
    • 17' Michael Carrick picks out Rooney who gets ahead of Bacary Sagna but he diverts his header past the near post.
    • 15' REAL CHANCE! Super diagonal pass from Fabregas finds Van Persie unmarked eight yards out but he puts his header over the top. Nemanja Vidic is asking John O'Shea why he was so slow on the cover.
    • - Manchester United need just a point against an Arsenal side with nothing to play for in Saturday's lunchtime encounter to secure yet another Premier League title.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Dean

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Ryan Giggs

    Starting line-up

    • E. van der Sar
    • J. O'Shea
    • N. Vidic
    • J. Evans
    • P. Evra
    • M. Carrick
    • D. Fletcher
    • R. Giggs
    • C. Ronaldo
    • W. Rooney Substitution Out (90′)
    • C. Tevez Substitution Out (66′)

    Subs

    • P. Scholes
    • G. Neville
    • D. Berbatov
    • T. Kuszczak
    • J. Park Substitution In66′
    • O. Anderson Substitution In90′
    • R. Da Silva

    Injured

    • R. Ferdinand
    • O. Hargreaves
    • W. Brown

    Suspended

    None

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: Cesc Fabregas

    Starting line-up

    • L. Fabianski
    • B. Sagna
    • K. Toure
    • A. Song Yellow Card
    • K. Gibbs Substitution Out (75′)
    • .. Denilson
    • A. Diaby
    • S. Nasri Yellow Card Substitution Out (69′)
    • C. Fabregas Yellow Card
    • A. Arshavin Yellow Card Substitution Out (69′)
    • R. van Persie Yellow Card

    Subs

    • M. Silvestre
    • E. Eboue Substitution In75′
    • N. Bendtner Substitution In69′
    • T. Walcott Substitution In69′
    • C. Vela
    • V. Mannone
    • A. Ramsey

    Injured

    • T. Rosicky
    • W. Gallas
    • M. Almunia
    • G. Clichy
    • D. Eduardo

    Suspended

    None

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  1. barca will beat manu cause there better......... i­ would care who wins as long as it not manu

    From piercefox, on Sat 16 May 8:41PM

  2. Arsenalg got to get on track next season, because if­ not?

    From usys537, on Sat 16 May 8:33PM

  3. will someone plz tell me who in the champions league­ final is it man unt and barca?i think it is could some1­ plz tell me

    From Jack, on Sat 16 May 8:11PM

  4. only man u
    only man u
    only man u
    only man u
    only man­ u
    only man u
    only man u
    only man u

    From Hesam, on Sat 16 May 8:09PM

  5. Well done Man U.. Points win prizes, for the decent­ fans among you have a good night:)

    From Kristina, on Sat 16 May 7:53PM

  6. I'm pleased for Manchester United, I have always­ taken an intrest in them from the days the late George­ Best played for the team (I'm from his part of the­ world myself). I sometimes read these comments for­ various matches not just the Manchester United ones and­ let me say I am shocked at the amount of agro expressed­ here,Guys guys guys it's a game for petes sake­ played by over inflated, over paid tossers, Most of you­ graft hard all week to pay the ridiculous prices at the­ turnstiles to pay someone who kicks a ball about for a­ few hours a week, incredible, how can you refer to this­ as an English league or as British football teams or­ how can you have any pride in the English premiership­ when hardly any of the players in it are even British.­ Oh and by the way learn how to use a spellcheck and­ read over your posts before hitting the 'Submit­ Comment' button and please grow up and leave the­ schoolyard behind, your adults now.

    From Tech Dude, on Sat 16 May 7:50PM

  7. Szép volt fiuk ! Ismét mi vagyunk a bajnokok .... We­ are the Champions :) :) :)
    GLORY GLORY­ MANUTD !

    From andraska777, on Sat 16 May 7:37PM

  8. why is ever1 swearing football is a game not a war­ footballers do this to entertain us not cause wars ITS­ A GAME dont you have respect i support liverpool but i­ have respect for other teams DO YOU PEOPLE NOT HAVE ANY­ RESPECT ANY MORE MAN UNT WON IT FAIR

    From Jack, on Sat 16 May 7:31PM

  9. leighhume
    We just won the english premier league and­ you say
    "LAWL WE R THE GUNERZ AND WE R DA­ BEAST"
    WHO ARE YA???!

    From kuledX, on Sat 16 May 7:25PM
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    arsenal are the best in the world and thats that.

    From LEIGH, on Sat 16 May 6:25PM

  11. bourne741, you must be about 6yrs old by what you have­ put, but you do make me laugh at what you put you need­ to come on here more give us something to laugh at­ PATHETIC grow up your the sad looooooser by the sound­ of it

    From jobradbury1, on Sat 16 May 6:13PM

  12. Where in the world ref have to give cards to five­ Arsenal players
    and see nothing wrong in ManU actions -­ I understand
    and everyone understand this too. What­ ever anyone says does not matter at this point any more

    From 'Tunde, on Sat 16 May 6:10PM

  13. congratulation for MU the best club in the world.. i­ hope the success continue again in the main target­ champions league final and can be a winner.. bravo MU

    From gerry, on Sat 16 May 5:35PM

  14. andydavey my bro, leave the liverFools­ alone...you're wasting your time as they will never­ learn their mistakes cos they are poor losers!!! All­ sorts of reasons they gave and most of them are­ baseless!! Since Premier League was formed in 1992 (17­ years already), ManU had won 11 times, 3 times­ runner-up and 3 times 3rd placing and what's­ Liverpool doing???? ....Win NOTHING, twice runner-up­ and 5 times 3rd placing!!! Even Blackburn had won­ once!! Next season Liverpool will win the EPL???­ That's the same reason you LiverFools been saying­ all these years and you just FAILED each time!!­ MANCHESTER UNITED RULES FOREVER!!!

    From CHONG, on Sat 16 May 5:29PM
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    chelsea is the best!!!!!!!!!!! chelsea- chelsea chelsea­ -chelsea- chelsea-chelsea

    From norbi, on Sat 16 May 5:29PM

  16. andydavey my bro, leave the liverFools­ alone...you're wasting your time as they will never­ learn their mistakes cos they are poor losers!!! All­ sorts of reasons they gave and most of them are­ baseless!! Since Premier League was formed in 1992 (17­ years already), ManU had won 11 times, 3 times­ runner-up and 3 times 3rd placing and what's­ Liverpool doing???? ....Win NOTHING, twice runner-up­ and 5 times 3rd placing!!! Even Blackburn had won­ once!! Next season Liverpool will win the EPL???­ That's the same reason you LiverFools been saying­ all these years and you just FAILED each time!!­ MANCHESTER UNITED RULES FOREVER!!!

    From CHONG, on Sat 16 May 5:29PM
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    IF U SUPPORT ARSENAL UR SSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOO ­ SSSSSSSSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDD CAUS MAN U ARE THE­ BEST THEY WILL ALWAS WIN­ CCCCCCCCCCCCOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEE ­ OOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN IM­ SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­ HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPP­ PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY­ YYYYYYYYYYYYY MAN U ARE THE BEST.OHHHHH GLORY MAND­ OOOHHHHH GLORY MAUTD

    From behrooz, on Sat 16 May 5:28PM

  18. YEA WE WON IT!!! GLORY GLORY MANUTD GLORY GLORY­ MANUTD!!!!

    From Alison, on Sat 16 May 5:26PM

  19. STOP HATING AND ADMIT MAN-U ARE THE BEST ENGLISH TEAM

    From kamz187, on Sat 16 May 5:25PM

  20. man u are the winners and they always will fatty­ liverpool fans in u support liverpool ur so sad man u­ fans GET IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From behrooz, on Sat 16 May 5:25PM
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