Manchester United win the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ! | VIDEO

May 22, 2008

Manchester United are the new champions of Europe ! The devils defeated Chelsea in the Champions League Final after the penalty kicks 6-5. It was 1-1 after 90 minutes thanks to goals scored by Ronaldo and then Lampard in the first half. Anelka missed the final penalty for Chelsea and sent the cup to Manchester. United win the Champions League after 9 years, with the same Ferguson on the bench, but this time after admiting of having the best team ever. These are the highlights and penalty kicks :

 

Interesting things related to the UCL final

May 20, 2008


 Manchester Utd - Chelsea it’s the 3rd final with 2 teams from the same country after Real Madrid - Valencia, 3-0 in 2000, and Juventus - Milan, 0-0/2-3 pen. in 2003.
- United is favorite for betting your money on : 2.25 is the odd for the devils, 3 for the blues and 3.2 for a draw
- The Winner will be awarded 7 million euros, and the loser 4

- Manchester met Chelsea 153 times : 65 wins, 44 draws, 44 defeats. But in the last 14 games, the devils won only 2

- United spent 375 000 euros for an after party , that will be held even if they lose.
- On the streets tickets are selled 25 times their value”.
- Both clubes have great debts : United 960 million euros and Chelsea 935.
- Scholes plays his first final , missing the one in 1999 against Bayern.
- Cristiano Ronaldo scored 31 goals in the Premier League, Drogba just 8.
- Previous, Van der Sar won the UCL with Ajax,Hargreaves - with Bayern, Sevcenko - with
Milan, Anelka and Makelele - with Real, Belletti - with FC Barcelona, Ricardo Carvalho and Paulo
Ferreira - with FC Porto.

- United won the previous two finals in 1968 and 1999, for Chelsea the final is something new.
- Grant can be the second Israelian that wins an European cup, after the midfielder Eli Ohana won the Cup of Cups with Malines in 1988.
- Park Ji-sung can be the first South-Koreean to win the Champions League.
Lubos Michel validated a fake goal of Luis
Garcia in Liverpool - Chelsea 1-0, from the 2005 semi-finals 2005.
-  “Lujniki” Stadium hosted the UEFA CUp in ‘99, Parma - Marseille 3-0.
- Whatever the result, Avram Grant will be replaced by Roberto Mancini
(favorite) or Frank Rijkaard.
- Lampard would announce after the game that he will go to Inter. Other possible goodbyes at
Chelsea: Sevcenko, Cudicini, Makelele, R. Carvalho, P. Ferreira, Wright-Phillips, Malouda,
C. Pizarro, Anelka. The boys in blue are offering 35 million euros for Robinho.

CHELSEA - Liverpool 3-2 a.e.t. Chelsea vs. Manchester in Moscow final

April 30, 2008

Chelsea is in the Uefa Champions League final where they will meet Manchester United, this season’s great rivals, the two teams also fighting to win the Premiership. The score was 1-1 after 90 minutes, but in the extra time , Chelsea got two goals , one by Lampard who scored a penalty, and one by Drogba after a great play from Anelka. Babel scored the 3-2 goal with 3 minutes left, but it wasn’t enaugh.These are the goals :) :




Manchester - Barcelona 1-0 ! Manchester in Moscow final | VIDEO

April 29, 2008

Manchester United is the first finalist of the Uefa Champions League after the win against Barcelona tonight 1-0, goal Scholes in the 14th minute. It will be an English final, the other semi-final confronting Chelsea and Liverpool (1-1 on Anfield 1st leg). These are the highlights :D :

 

All or nothing for Barcelona tonight

April 29, 2008

Mancester United and Barcelona play the second leg of the semi-finals in the Uefa Champions League tonight. It’s the last hope for Barca to save something from this season, in which they have lost the title and the Copa del Rey. Man Utd on the other hand is having better luck in the Premier League, the devils being in first place, with as much points as Chelsea. The first leg ended in a draw 0-0 on Camp Nou, but Barcelona have hteir chances, knowing that Vidic, the United defender might not play tonight :) . It’s going to be a game you wouldn’t want to miss ;)

VIDEO+Interview | Barcelona - Manchester 0-0

April 23, 2008

Barcelona and Manchester United ended in a draw the first leg of the Uefa Champions League semi-finals on Camp Nou. The game started great for the devils, Manchester getting a penalty kick in the 3rd minute. Cristiano Ronaldo took the shot and missed! After that, Barcelona took control of the game, and missed a few good chances. Manchester replied a few times, but something didn’t work in their game tonight :D Ronaldo didn’t shine as we all expected and so the decisive match will be on Old Trafford.

Last hope for Barcelona tonight

April 23, 2008

Tonight on Camp Nou will take place the second semi-final of the Uefa Champions League , where Barcelona meets Manchester. It’s the last chance for Barca to save something from this season, after they are curently in 3rd place, after Real and Villarreal in Primera. Manchester is having a great season, the devils being the leaders in Premier League and their star Cristiano Ronaldo is most likely to win FIFA Player of the Year award :D .

It will be a close game but as much as a Barcelone fan that I am, I must be honest and say that Man Utd has the better chances of going through :) .

Liverpool - Chelsea 1-1 | VIDEO

April 22, 2008

Chelsea managed to get a draw in the last minute of the game from Anfield, thanks to an own goal from Rise in the 90th minute. Liverpool scored first in the 42nd minute, goal signed Kuyt, but they lost all their hard work in the end. Chelsea is now favorite to go to the final with either Barcelone or Manchester, the teams that play the other semi-final tomorrow night.

Liverpool - Chelsea (Chapter 4 )

April 22, 2008

For the 4th time in the last 3 seasons, Liverpool meets Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League. Tonight will be a capital game for both of the teams, knowing that Liverpool will finnish 4th this year in the Premier League, and Chelsea is behind Manchester, in second place.

Liverpool is well known for their home games, a win on Anfield being very tough to get.And needless to say, Torres is one of the top strikers of the moment , so all odds lead to a good result for Liverpool :D the match starts at 20 : 45 CET tonight

Manchester and Barcelona meet in the second semi-final

April 9, 2008

Tonight Manchester and Barcelona qualified in the semi-finals of the Uefa Champions League were they will play against eachother in a true final if I may say so :)
Manchester won 1-0 with a goal signed Tevez in the 69th minute and Rome goes home defeated again, after a 2-0 win of the devils in the capital of Italy.
Barcelona also won 1-0 with German team Schalke , Toure shattering their dreams of a semi-final in the 43rd minute. Score on aggregate : 2-0. The catalans will have a tough job eliminating Manchester which are having a great season

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