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UEFA Champions League 2009-10


Shane

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What a bummer:((:(( Though if we were going to be knocked out by anyone then would not have preferred any1 better then our Jose.
Hes still undefeated at our/(used to be) fortress. Hopefully Abromo***** can dangle some money to Jose or suck upto HIddink and get one of them back.
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Hes still undefeated at our/(used to be) fortress. Hopefully Abromo***** can dangle some money to Jose or suck upto HIddink and get one of them back.
Hiddink's gone to Tharki..and Jose already dangled a carrot at the end of the CL game with an interview on SkySports, saying he might soon be back at the Bridge with perhaps an English team. One loss at the Bridge and already lost faith in Ancelotti?
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One loss at the Bridge and already lost faith in Ancelotti?
Dont care how many we lose or win. We are choking ourselves to death by coming close to winning and not winning it. Ancelotti is good but he doesnt seem to trust or bully his players like Jose or Guus did. Abro needs to start investing again for some fresh blood. And we have come this far with guys like Essien, Bosignwa, Deco, Ashely COle and Cech on the sidelines. :aha:
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Guest Hiten.

Knowing Roman, he might have ordered his scouts to look for a 'potential manager'. Carlo is under lot of pressure and will be certainly out if he fails to win the EPL title. Everyone knows how desperate Roman is to win a CL (which is of course not happening this year) so he'll put double the pressure on the team + Carlo to win EPL to save some blushes.

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL DRAW: Lyon v Bordeaux Bayern Munich v MAN UTD ARSENAL v Barcelona Inter Milan v CSKA Moscow
Oh well!!!!
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL DRAW: Inter/CSKA Moscow v Arsenal/Barcelona Bayern/Man United v Lyon/Bordeaux
Man Utd couldn't have asked for an easier draw. Arsenal couldn't have got a tougher one.
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WTF man! Manure get Bayern Munich :mad:. If Bayern are to go through they have to score heavily @ Allianz and hold Manure at OT. I think Arsenal will knock out Barca. Go Goons!

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WTF man! Manure get Bayern Munich :mad:. If Bayern are to go through they have to score heavily @ Allianz and hold Manure at OT. I think Arsenal will knock out Barca. Go Goons!
:two_thumbs_up: I will be surprised if ManU don't get into the finals. I mean- Bayern, Lyon/Bordeaux. No way are any one of them going to stop Man U
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I'm a United fan, but i'm rooting for Arsenal against Barca! I don't want Messi to get the Player of the Year again.. Rooney is the best! Anyway, Bayern might be tough. They defeated us in a pre-season friendly this year, you know...

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Two of European football’s most successful clubs clash in Bavaria, seeking the upper hand to reach the final four next week. Happy As Underdogs May 26, 1999 is a day writ large in the history of both Bayern Munich and Manchester United, though it is remembered very differently by both teams. That evening, at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, top level football would experience arguably its most dramatic finish, as the Red Devils struck twice in the closing seconds to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. FCB may have had the better of United since that night – eliminating the Red Devils in 2001 and then securing two draws in the second group stage of the following year’s competition – but defeat remains a painful wound that will be reopened once again in the build-up to Tuesday evening’s quarter-final first leg clash. Louis van Gaal’s side go into the game as underdogs, having endured a somewhat tricky passage to this stage. Bayern have lived life on the edge, requiring a superb performance away to Juventus to guide them through the group stage at the last, and then a special strike from Arjen Robben to eliminate Fiorentina. “If the press want to see them as favourites then that suits us because all the pressure will be on them,” Robben told the News of the World, pinpointing the unique threat that United will pose. “[Wayne] Rooney has been phenomenal this season. But at the moment he seems to be their only solution: what about if he doesn't function? “They are almost a one-man team so our defenders will give him 180 minutes of non-stop distraction.” It is the rearguard that is considered the chink in Bayern’s armour, with the weekend’s 2-1 reverse against Stuttgart their second domestic loss in three games. Given that Robben is also liable to be sidelined, there is plenty more than simply history for coach van Gaal to concern himself with. Marching To Glory Sir Alex Ferguson has a happy habit of getting his Manchester United side to peak as the season reaches its crescendo. If March is to be taken as evidence, those sides challenging the Red Devils for Champions League and Premier League glory better have taken note; as the Old Trafford club have been in commanding form over the last month, picking up five wins from five, scoring an aggregate 14-1 success against their opponents. The next week promises to be a pivotal one in United’s season, however. Not only do they face Bayern Munich twice in the space of eight days, they will play Chelsea on Saturday lunchtime in what is a potentially season-defining game for both English titans. To underline the difficulty of Tuesday’s task, the Red Devils have only beaten FCB once in seven meetings – the 1999 final – a statistic that surprised veteran Ryan Giggs. “I am a little bit surprised about our overall record but it has always been tight,” he confessed to the press. “It is usually difficult against German sides, and against the top ones even more so.” Nemanja Vidic is also taking a watchful approach going into the clash. “Bayern build things up well from the back and they have a few players with real quality on the ball – people like Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben,” he told his side’s official website. “Like every team, Bayern have strengths and weaknesses. They’ll try to play to their strengths, while we’ll look to exploit their weaknesses. We’re going to Munich looking to win the game.” United’s players certainly seem focused on the task at hand, and they will need to be in order to secure a result strong enough to guide them towards the semi-finals, where either Olympique Lyonnais or Girondins de Bordeaux lie in wait.

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