Amsterdam Arena August 3, 2011 penalty kick Van der Sar vs Van der Sar Mick Hucknall -Holding On Fireworks Edwin van der Sar enjoyed a memorable send-off as the recently-retired goalkeeper bid farewell at a testimonial evening at a packed Amsterdam ArenA. The 40-year-old, who called time on his career at the end of last season after over two decades representing Holland, Ajax, Juventus, Fulham and Manchester United, took part in two friendly matches this evening, both of which ended in victory for the veteran custodian. He first kept a clean sheet in a 1-0 win for an 1995 Ajax side against a 1998 Holland team, Marc Overmars scoring the only goal of the game with a superb strike, before then helping his Dream Team claim a 2-1 win over a current Ajax side soon after. Edwin's Dream Team, which was managed by Sir Alex Ferguson and included some of his former team-mates for club and country such as Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney, Nemanja Vidic, Dennis Bergkamp and Dirk Kuyt, took the lead just after half-time when Louis Saha slotted in following a long ball forward from Rio Ferdinand. Ajax equalised soon after when Rodney Sneijder's thunderbolt from the edge of the box struck the post before rebounding to Derk Boerrigter, who tapped the ball into the net with Van der Sar having already committed himself to Sneijder's effort. The Dream Team would go on to take the victory, though, when Bergkamp linked up well with Rooney before the former Arsenal man fired home a low shot
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