Polish organizers later stated that they were unable to take a unilateral decision to open or close a roof since they needed clearance from FIFA to do so.

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First, Jordi Gomez fired over the bar from close range after Nemanja Vidic made a mess of a clearance while Ronnie Stam also struck wide following more, poor United defending.

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As expected, the hosts responded with determined effort, Primus denied from close range by Liam Rosenior's goal-line clearance before Pamarot crashed a header onto the bar from Gary O'Neil's pin-point cross.

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The Carnegie Premier League hosts took control early in the game and man-of-the-match Thompson went close after 15 minutes when keeper Gerard Doherty's clearance struck the striker but the ball flew wide.

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Caley Thistle started brightly and Dougie Imrie went close when he fired in a twenty-yard drive from a sliced clearance, but his shot went wide.

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As despair spread among the Brentford players in the frenzied scrum that ensued, a clearance found Doncaster's Billy Paynter, perched wide right, close to the halfway line.

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Immaculate boutiques rather than rummage-friendly clearance stores, these outlets have limited sizes on offer and reductions run close to 30% off.

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Worcester went close to scoring the first try of the game when Neil Best charged down Karl Dickson's clearance kick, only for the subsequent drive to come up narrowly short.

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Nigel Reo-Coker had another good chance to open the scoring when he followed up Tim Howard's flapped clearance of a cross, but the way Tony Hibbert blocked his shot before it could get too close to the goal rather summed up the slightly stifled nature of the game so far.

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