Maybe the Romans emerged victorious @ in Rome… maybe d Romans defeated d dwellers of the ‘Rome of Football’… maybe d dwellers of football’s Mecca went down fighting in the Roman fortress……… but as d scriptures say, “Ask and u shall get”… the Romans have asked 4 d wrath of United and they shall be honoured to get it. No matter who they are, no matter what they do, no matter how much they do, the writing is on d wall…. “From dust thou have cum & to dust thou shall return.” 76,000 faithful shall witness the sacrifice of 11 Roman goats on the altar we call Old Trafford
After a scintillating clash in Rome, its retribution time at Old Trafford…. AS Roma now travel back to citadel of Manchester United to play the return leg of the Champions League quarterfinal on 10th April... the Romans marginally emerged victorious in a high-voltage match marred by crowd trouble….. United always seemed the second best team against Spalletti’s men between the two whistles…. D unusual, weird, absurd, unconventional, unprecedented Roma formation of playing virtually without a striker didn’t augur well for a new-look United outfit that was compelled to play a makeshift back-four attributed to a plethora of injuries over the last 2 weeks. Tragedy seems to have become synonymous for Ferguson’s aspiring 11 when Scholes was booked twice within the first 34 minutes, reducing United to 10 men, just when they seemed to have settled in their groove. Scholes’ sending off meant Carrick was to play in a very unusual position and a rather uncharacteristic game of tackling and distribution. The United think-tank gambled by persisting with 2 attacking midfielders out of the three. Just as United would consider themselves lucky t go into d break without conceding, destiny thought otherwise. With mere seconds on the clock Rodrigo Taddei’s shot deflected of a United foot into the back of the net to, much to the disgust of Edwin Van Der Sar who would feel he had the shot covered.
The second half saw a more resolute Manchester, but Roma always seemeed to be the better team. A heavily marked Christiano Ronaldo managed to break the shackles and play Solskjaer, the Norwegian set up Rooney for a clinical finish, his first European goal in 30 months. Solskjaer’s contribution in the match, though under-shadowed by Roanldo’s flamboyance, had been yeoman. Just as United fans heaved a sigh of relief, Roma’s Montenegro substitute Mirko Vucinic put the hosts into the lead before the United fans could complete their sigh. Though United made positive moves by getting on Saha, the Romans managed to cling to their slender lead to the whistle. Prima-facie, it may appear that Roma are in pole-position, but the lead is too slender to even imagine that the Red Devils cannot overtake Spalletti’s men on the first turn at OT.
United are without a bunch of their key-players, especially Paul Scholes for the return leg. Nevertheless, Ferguson’s squad that has been stretched to the limit has risen to every accession, responding brilliantly to crunch situations. Thanks to the priceless away goal, United have a very achievable task of scoring only one goal and not conceding to go almost certainly set a date with Bayern Munich in the last four.
After a scintillating clash in Rome, its retribution time at Old Trafford…. AS Roma now travel back to citadel of Manchester United to play the return leg of the Champions League quarterfinal on 10th April... the Romans marginally emerged victorious in a high-voltage match marred by crowd trouble….. United always seemed the second best team against Spalletti’s men between the two whistles…. D unusual, weird, absurd, unconventional, unprecedented Roma formation of playing virtually without a striker didn’t augur well for a new-look United outfit that was compelled to play a makeshift back-four attributed to a plethora of injuries over the last 2 weeks. Tragedy seems to have become synonymous for Ferguson’s aspiring 11 when Scholes was booked twice within the first 34 minutes, reducing United to 10 men, just when they seemed to have settled in their groove. Scholes’ sending off meant Carrick was to play in a very unusual position and a rather uncharacteristic game of tackling and distribution. The United think-tank gambled by persisting with 2 attacking midfielders out of the three. Just as United would consider themselves lucky t go into d break without conceding, destiny thought otherwise. With mere seconds on the clock Rodrigo Taddei’s shot deflected of a United foot into the back of the net to, much to the disgust of Edwin Van Der Sar who would feel he had the shot covered.
The second half saw a more resolute Manchester, but Roma always seemeed to be the better team. A heavily marked Christiano Ronaldo managed to break the shackles and play Solskjaer, the Norwegian set up Rooney for a clinical finish, his first European goal in 30 months. Solskjaer’s contribution in the match, though under-shadowed by Roanldo’s flamboyance, had been yeoman. Just as United fans heaved a sigh of relief, Roma’s Montenegro substitute Mirko Vucinic put the hosts into the lead before the United fans could complete their sigh. Though United made positive moves by getting on Saha, the Romans managed to cling to their slender lead to the whistle. Prima-facie, it may appear that Roma are in pole-position, but the lead is too slender to even imagine that the Red Devils cannot overtake Spalletti’s men on the first turn at OT.
United are without a bunch of their key-players, especially Paul Scholes for the return leg. Nevertheless, Ferguson’s squad that has been stretched to the limit has risen to every accession, responding brilliantly to crunch situations. Thanks to the priceless away goal, United have a very achievable task of scoring only one goal and not conceding to go almost certainly set a date with Bayern Munich in the last four.
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