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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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Barcelona v Manchester United Preview: Champagne Wishes

April 23rd, 2008 · Comments · barcelona, champions league semi finals, cristiano ronaldo, lionel messi, manchester united, nemanja vidic, owen hargreaves, patrice evra, thierry henry, xavi

Unlike the comedy of errors that Chelsea and Liverpool managed to produce in their first leg match, I have sky-high expectations for the Barcelona - Manchester United match. Barca will look to salvage something from what has been a bit of a lost season for them while United will be looking to overturn last year’s […]

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Barca in for Henry

June 22nd, 2007 · Comments · arsenal, barcelona, thierry henry

In a blockbuster move Thierry Henry appears ready to end his eight-year stay with Arsenal as reports are flooding across the wires that he has agreed to sign for Barcelona in a £16m transfer deal with Henry agreeing to terms on a four-year, £130,000-a-week contract . No official announcement has appeared on either club’s […]

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