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O sige na. May pag-asa pa rin sila. Basta dapat MATALO, hindi draw kundi MATALO and Chelsea at all games and dapat ang ManU MANALO, hindi rin draw, kundi MANALO at all games left. Fortunately they won over Tottenham last monday. Kaya pwede pa. :D

 

By the way, I was a fan of ManU (around 1998-1999). But that was then

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ei, nakalimutan nyo ata, Manchester United fan din ako..

 

panalo ManU sa Spurs, 2-1..two goals from Wayne Rooney to seal the win for the Red devils and keep their hopes of stealing the title from Chelsea..

 

Manchester United vs. Chelsea on April 29, kelangan manalo ng ManU para may chance pa din sila manalo sa EPL..

 

Pero yun nga, at least ManU is definitely going to the Champions League next year.. :D

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me too... back when beckham was still casting his magic in the theatre of dreams... and when they were the good boys... with the boys in red from merseyside as their opposite...

By the way, I was a fan of ManU (around 1998-1999).  But that was then

 

chelsea needs just a point to clinch the title... and why is there still such a fuss on overtaking them for the trophy?... the more important thing right now for manchester united is to secure the second spot to have an automatic place in the next champion's league... liverpool is just knocking behind them...

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Champions League: Barcelona too strong for AC Milan in first leg

Written by: Jonathan Roorda

 

http://www.soccerway.com/news/2006/april/1...an-in-first-leg

 

MILAN, Apr 18 (SW) - A goal from Frenchman Ludovic Giuly earned FC Barcelona a valuable 0-1 victory at AC Milan in the first leg of the Champions League semi finals.

 

Fifteen minutes had been played at San Siro stadium when the hosts almost took the lead. Alberto Gilardino attempted a strike on Barcelona's goal but hit the post.

 

Not much later, it was Shevchenko to scare the visitors but goalkeeper Víctor Valdés did well to block the Ukranian's shot.

 

In the next phase, Barcelona put more pressure on their Italians opponents with chances for Samuel Eto'o and Ludovic Giuly but 'keeper Dida kept the ball away from his goal.

 

The first yellow card of the match was for Carles Puyol in the 35th minute. The Catalan defender committed a foul Kaká and was booked by French referee Alain Sars.

 

In the second half, Barcelona were looking for that important away goal and the guests were awarded for their work when Ludovic Giuly broke the deadlock in the 57th minute.

 

The Frenchman received a perfect pass from playmaker Ronaldinho and got past Kakha Kaladze before beating Dida.

 

Barcelona almost doubled their lead in the 64th minute. A counter-attack enabled Ronaldinho to try his luck but the Brazilian hit the post with Dida beaten.

 

Defender Oleguer injured himself while ending a Milan attack and had to be replaced in the 75th minute. Thiago Motta came on the pitch to defend Barcelona's colors for the remaining time.

 

At this point, both sides created small chances with Milan hunting for the equalizer while Barcelona tried to lock the tie.

 

Milan almost equalized in the 80th minute. Substitute Massimo Ambrosini received a through-pass from Kaká and had the perfect opportunity to score, but his diagonal attempt went well wide of Barcelona's goal.

 

A foul from Alessandro Nesta on Ronaldinho earned the defender a second yellow card a minute later, and the victim only just missed the following free kick.

 

Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard took off Ronaldinho in the 90th minute, and brought on Maxi López for the remaining minutes.

 

In the final minutes, Barcelona kept the ball on Milan's half and made sure to avoid sudden counter-attacks. The final whistle sounded after three minutes of added time, and Milan will have a more than difficult task to beat Barcelona at Camp Nou in the second leg.

 

AC MILAN/BARCELONA TEAMS

 

AC Milan

 

Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

 

Formation: 4-4-2 (Diamond)

 

1 - Dida

 

31 - Jaap Stam

 

4 - Kakha Kaladze

 

13 - Alessandro Nesta

 

27 - Serginho

 

21 - Andrea Pirlo

 

8 - Gennaro Gattuso

 

20 - Clarence Seedorf

 

9 - Kaká

 

7 - Andriy Shevchenko

 

11 - Alberto Gilardino

 

Reserves:

 

16 - Zeljko Kalac (GK)

 

2 - Cafú

 

3 - Paolo Maldini

 

10 - Rui Costa

 

14 - Johann Vogel

 

23 - Massimo Ambrosini

 

37 - Marcio Amoroso

 

FC Barcelona

 

Manager: Frank Rijkaard

 

Formation: 4-3-3

 

1 - Víctor Valdés

 

23 - Oleguer

 

5 - Carles Puyol

 

4 - Rafael Márquez

 

12 - Giovanni van Bronckhorst

 

15 - Edmílson

 

17 - Mark van Bommel

 

24 - Andrés Iniesta

 

8 - Ludovic Giuly

 

10 - Ronaldinho

 

9 - Samuel Eto'o

 

Reserves:

 

25 - Albert Jorquera (GK)

 

2 - Juliano Belletti

 

3 - Thiago Motta

 

11 - Maxi López

 

14 - Santi Ezquerro

 

16 - Sylvinho

 

18 - Gabri

 

Venue: Giuseppe Meazza, Milan

 

Referee: Alain Sars (FRA)

 

Assistants: Frédéric Arnault and Eric Castellani (FRA)

 

Fourth Official: Bruno Coue (FRA)

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let us still not count out the losers of the first leg... ac milan is just so damn good and villareal had already shown how resilient they are...

 

para silang ipis na kahit i-flush mo na sa inidoro ay aakyat pa rin...

 

pero kung papalarin ang arsenal at barcelona na makapasok sa finals...

 

it would be "graceful" offense against "ruthless" offense...

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nice win by Arsenal but no means sure na sila sa Finals slot, Villareal can still threaten, same in the Milan-Barcelona game..

 

Chelsea vs Manchester United this Saturday..

 

i'm predicting an upset, ManU again winning over Chelsea (I hope!!)...

 

para mas exciting ang title race, di ba?

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