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Manchester United - Champions of Europe

May 22nd, 2008 · Comments · Frank Lampard, ashley cole, carlos tevez, champions league, champions league final, chelsea, claude makelele, didier drogba, edwin van der sar, english premier league, epl, john terry, manchester united, owen hargreaves, patrice evra, paul scholes, wayne rooney

It’s a stretch to compare the FA Community Shield to today’s match but it was ten months ago that Manchester United launched their season with a penalty shoot-out victory over Chelsea. Manchester United repeated the feat today in the UEFA Champions League final with Edwin van der Sar coming up with the late heroics to […]

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Barcelona v Manchester United: Catanaccio be Damned!

April 29th, 2008 · Comments · barcelona, cristiano ronaldo, lionel messi, manchester united, patrice evra, paul scholes, thierry henry, wayne rooney, xavi

After a strangely defensive match at the Nou Camp in which they seemed to adopt a catenaccio mindset, United will look to get back to their usual attacking approach. At the Nou Camp, United appeared content to hope for something on the counter-attack often leaving Cristiano Ronaldo isolated alone up front with Rooney defending on […]

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