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Published: Wed, 21 May 2008, 18:29, also tagged: sport, football, final, soccer, russia, champions league, manchester united, uefa, alex ferguson, premier league, cristiano ronaldo, john terry, frank lampard, edwin van der sar, nicolas anelka, avram grant
The final part of my prophecy has been fulfilled, Manchester United have been crowned champions of Europe by beating Chelsea 6 – 5 on penalties in the Champions League final.
The game made decent viewing for the football fan. It's matches like these that make you happy to be a neutral.
Manchester United's performance was mostly in the first half were they could have seen themselves 3 nil up. Alas both sides could only manage a single goal from their chances. Cristiano Ronaldo showed us that he's just not good with his feet but also his head, and an emotional Frank Lampard equalised close to half time for Chelsea.
Published: Thu, 15 May 2008, 10:24, also tagged: scotland, sport, football, rangers, soccer, uefa cup, russia, champions league, manchester united, zenit st petersburg
A well deserved victory from Zenit St Petersburg has given them the UEFA Cup.
Zenit outplayed Rangers much of the match and in the end comfortably beat a quiet Rangers side.
If not for the football, Rangers deserved to get beat simply for the disgusting way their supporters behaving after losing, see BBC report.
Published: Sun, 11 May 2008, 11:59, also tagged: sport, football, premiership, wigan, middlesbrough, soccer, champions league, manchester united, bolton, uefa, premier league, manchester city, sven goran eriksson, cristiano ronaldo
Manchester United wrapped up the title race away to Wigan by beating them 2 – 0, whilst Chelsea could only get a 1 – 1 draw at home to Bolton.
This brings an end to what has been a fantastic season for Man United. Their defence has been awesome and Cristiano Ronaldo consistently spectacular.
Chelsea will now be hoping to get revenge in the Champions League final, but Manchester United’s current form will take some beating.
Published: Thu, 1 May 2008, 08:56, also tagged: sport, football, liverpool, soccer, champions league, uefa, frank lampard, rafa benitez, semi finals, avram grant
The Champions League has once again provided the platform for another great exhibition of the greatest sport on Earth. In a game what promised so much, it supplied almost completely.
The outrageous injury time home goal by John Arne Riise in the first leg gave Chelsea the highly valuable away goal advantage. Prior to kickoff, some would have predicted that Chelsea may play a defensive game, but both teams went on the offensive from kickoff, all the way to the final whistle.
Rafa Benitez’s pre-match public slating of Drogba backfired. Drogba was on fine form with his less admirable side (read: diving) taking a back seat. His first goal was a clinical finish.
Published: Wed, 23 April 2008, 06:32, also tagged: sport, football, liverpool, soccer, champions league, uefa, semi finals
This is a fixture which never seems to make good football but last night’s game was an improvement on previous encounters.
At this level of a competition like the Champions League you expect the teams remaining to be the best 4 in Europe. Chelsea’s performance last night certainly didn’t put them in the top 4 in Europe. They simple failed to make any impression on the field, no flowing movement, very few chances, frustrating football to watch and all because they couldn’t pass. Chelsea’s passing was simply terrible.
Luckily Liverpool didn’t disappoint. Dirk Kuyt’s goal at the end of the first half was unexpected but sure put a bounce into their stride. The play after the interval was dominating and should have resulted in a second goal by Fernando Torres.