UEFA Champions League
Champions League Semi-final
Second Leg
Old Trafford
Tuesday, 29 April; KO: 19:45 BST

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Manchester United FC may appear marginal favourites at the halfway stage of their UEFA Champions League semi-final against FC Barcelona but,
after the first-leg


goalless draw

both teams have cause for caution going into the deciding match at Old Trafford.



Manchester United have doubts over striker


Wayne Rooney

and defender


Nemanja Vidic

for the second leg of their Champions League semi-final.

Neither player trained on Monday morning after sustaining injuries in the 2-1 defeat at Chelsea on Saturday.

Rooney limped off with a hip problem just after scoring, while Vidic


was hit in the face by Didier Drogba's knee.
*anyone noticed? Drogba wanted to dive even here - WTF????!!!

Barcelona will welcome back skipper Carles Puyol and he will replace the suspended Rafael Marquez in defence.

Midfielder Yaya Toure (ankle) is a doubt and Edmilson could replace him.


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Barcelona head to Old Trafford knowing that they have everything to lose
while their hosts will be hoping that their defensive approach six days ago does not cost them dearly.

Frank Rijkaard's side went into last week's first leg ranked as the underdogs due to their form
in the league and their opponents' attacking options against a supposedly fragile defence.

This encounter though, sees the Blaugrana start with the upper hand because one away goal
could see the pressure mount on United and now earn the visitors the golden ticket to Moscow.

When the tie was made, neutrals, and many partisan supporters, grumbled that this should have been the final because the flair and attacking instincts
of both teams would light up the game and produce a truly memorable occasion.

That was also the thought when United travelled to Catalunya last Tuesday and had their entire forward line declared fit,
while Barça were also boosted by several players returning from injuries.



Keeping It Tight


Sir Alex Ferguson named what appeared, on paper, to be an attacking line-up, with Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tévez and Cristiano Ronaldo
all included and hopes were high for an open and entertaining contest.

Instead, Rooney and Tévez formed part of one of the most defensive displays by a United side
for many years with Ferguson allowing his admiration for the hosts to influence his decision.

Barcelona were dominant, but only because they were allowed to be and it is now conjecture to wonder
just how the hosts' back four would have stood up to a Red Devils team in full flight.

They may find out on Tuesday though because there is no way that United can produce a repeat performance
in front of their own fans when the stakes are already so high.

Barcelona do not know how to sit back and defend in numbers before breaking out and Rijkaard
has already admitted that he will not be redesigning his tactical system to try and nullify the opposition.

That approach should finally see the game that everyone wants come to fruition and for the neutrals the best thing
could be an early away goal to really spice up the night.



Away Day Defeats


Neither team boosted their confidence at the weekend with both being beaten in tricky away games, the only difference being that
United's loss at Chelsea could really affect their season, while Barça's reverse at Deportivo had little bearing on theirs.

The reaction by the Red Devils to defeat at Stamford Bridge will mean that Ferguson needs to ensure
that his players are completely focussed on Europe with players kicking, shouting and squaring up to all and sundry after the game.

While the Barça hierarchy are slightly twitchy about the team not finishing in an automatic Champions League qualifying place,
Rijkaard was not concerned and rested several first choice players for the match in Riazor.

At this stage of the season, that could be crucial because the message from Camp Nou is clear.
They have won thing left to play for and are ploughing all their energies into that.

Whether that will be enough remains to be seen.
United at home can be rampant, but there was clearly too much respect shown to Barcelona last week and a repeat of that
could prove to be a problem.

For Barcelona, nerves on the night and the back four's ability to withstand what will be thrown at them will be
as crucial as providing the front trio with enough ammunition to test the United back line,
which will be far more open and susceptibile than a week ago.



RECENT FORM



Manchester United


Quote:

Chelsea - Man Utd. (2 - 1) - 26/04/2008 - PREMIER LEAGUE Barcelona - Man Utd. (0 - 0) - 23/04/2008 - CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Blackburn - Man Utd. (1 - 1) - 19/04/2008 - PREMIER LEAGUE Man Utd. - Arsenal (2 - 1) - 13/04/2008 - PREMIER LEAGUE Man Utd. - Roma (1 - 0) - 09/04/2008 - CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Middlesbrough - Man Utd. (2 - 2) - 06/04/2008 - PREMIER LEAGUE

Barcelona


Quote:

Deportivo - Barcelona (2 - 0) - 26/04/2008 - LA LIGA Barcelona - Man Utd. (0 - 0) - 23/04/2008 - CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Barcelona - Espanyol (0 - 0) - 19/04/2008 - LA LIGA Recreativo - Barcelona (2 - 2) - 12/04/2008 - LA LIGA Barcelona - Schalke 04 (1 - 0) - 09/04/2008 - CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Barcelona - Getafe (0 - 0) - 06/04/2008 - LA LIGA

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BIG MATCH STATS



Head-to-heads


FC Barcelona and Manchester United have met eight times in a European club competition.
Both clubs have won twice and four matches were drawn.
The goal difference is 15-13 in favour of the Spaniards.

One of these encounters was the final of the 1991 Cup Winners' Cup, played in Rotterdam and won by United (2-1).

Before this year's clash the last two meetings were in the 1998-99 season,
when both matches in the Champions League ended in spectacular 3-3 draws.
Four players from the current Manchester United squad featured in those matches: Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Wes Brown;
Barcelona's only survivor is Xavi.

Barca beat Arsenal in the final of the 2006 Champions League, but they have been knocked out by a British club in three of the last four seasons.

Manchester United have hosted Spanish teams 16 times and only been beaten twice;
Read Madrid defeated them 2-3 on 19 April 2000, and Deportivo La Coruna won, by the same score-line at Old Trafford, on 17 October 2001.




European history


Manchester United have won three European trophies - the 1967-68 Champions Cup, 1990-91 Cup Winners' Cup and 1998-99 Champions League.

This is the 13th time that United have reached the semi-finals of a European club competition.

They were knocked out nine times, but went on to win the trophy all three times they progressed.
It is also the 10th time the Red Devils have qualified for the last four of the Champions Cup/Champions League.
They went on to reach the final twice and were eliminated on the other seven occasions.

Barcelona have won the Champions Cup/ Champions League twice, in 1992 and 2006.
They have also amassed four Cup Winners' Cups, three Fairs Cups and two European Super Cups.

This is the 23rd season in which Barcelona has reached the semi-finals of a European club competition.
They progressed 14 times and were knocked out eight times.
It is the ninth time they have reached the last four in the Champions Cup/Champions League, not including the semi-final group stage in 1991-92.
They went on to reach the final on four occasions, and failed to do so on four.

Last season, Barcelona reached the last 16 of the CL and were eliminated by Liverpool;

United got to this semi-finals and were knocked out by eventually winners AC Milan.




Current European form


FC Barcelona and Manchester United are both unbeaten this Champions League season.

United have not lost in 11 CL matches, since a 3-0 reverse at AC Milan in last May's semi-final second leg.
They are also without defeat in 11 home matches in this competition.

Barcelona are unbeaten in 12 in this competition, since losing 1-2, home to Liverpool on 21 February 2007.
The Spaniards have not lost in seven away.

Barcelona and Manchester United have both kept clean sheets in their last four CL matches.




Player and disciplinary info


Rafael Marquez (FC Barcelona) is suspended for this match.

Owen Hargreaves, Nani and Patrice Evra (Manchester United)
and Lionel Messi, Yaya Toure and Gabriel Milito (Barcelona) will be suspended upon receiving a yellow card.

If he takes the field, Gary Neville will be making his 100th Champions League appearance.
Neville made his CL debut in a 3-1 defeat at IFK Gothenburg on 23 November 1994.



Cristiano Ronaldo

is this season's CL top scorer with seven goals.

He has scored 38 goals in all competitions for United this season.

Only Denis Law (46 in 1963/1964) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (44 in 2002/2003) have scored more in a season in United's history.

Messi is Barcelona's CL top scorer this season with six goals.

Xavi has played a club record 75 Champions League matches for Barcelona.

Carles Puyol will also each 75, if he plays at Old Trafford.




Other miscellaneous facts


Mark Hughes, Laurent Blanc, Jordi Cruijff and Henrik Larsson have represented both clubs.

Manchester United lost 2-1 at Chelsea on Saturday, with Wayne Rooney scoring the goal.
They still lead the Premier League from Chelsea but only on goal difference.

Barcelona lost 2-0 at Deportivo La Coruna and remain in third place in the Primera Division.



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• Barcelona must do something that none of the eleven previous visitors to Old Trafford have managed in this competition and avoid defeat.
That is a sizeable task against a side who have conceded just one goal in five home games this term and stand unbeaten
in their last 14 UEFA Champions League fixtures in Manchester stretching back over the last three campaigns.


• That said, Frank Rijkaard's men do not need to win – a score draw would suffice to carry them through to the final in Moscow
and it should be noted that only once in this season's competition have they failed to find the net on their travels.

• United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will need no reminder that on the last three occasions his charges returned from Europe
after a goalless first leg, they proceeded to surrender the initiative at Old Trafford.

• Barcelona's great rivals Real Madrid CF won 3-2 at United after a stalemate in Spain in the 1999/00 quarter-finals,
while at the same stage two seasons earlier an AS Monaco FC side including Thierry Henry
denied the English team further progress after earning a 1-1 draw.
United also exited on the away-goals rule after being held 2-2 by Russia's FK Rotor Volgograd in the first round of the 1995/96 UEFA Cup.

• The English team had won their three previous European ties following a 0-0 away draw,
one of them under Sir Alex – a 2-0 aggregate win against Athinaikos FC in the 1991/92 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round.
The earlier successes were against FK Sarajevo (1967/68 European Champion Clubs' Cup) and PSV Eindhoven (1984/85 UEFA Cup).

• The only previous time Barcelona played out a 0-0 home draw in the first leg of a European tie
was against Liverpool FC in the 2000/01 UEFA Cup semi-final.
The Spanish outfit lost the return 1-0.

• Score draws included, however, on four of the seven previous occasions Barcelona drew the first leg at home,
they went on to win the tie in the away leg.

• For two-times winners United, victory would bring a third European Cup final appearance and would also
ensure the first all-English final in the history of the competition.

• Barcelona, who achieved their second European Cup triumph under Rijkaard two years ago, are hoping to reach their sixth final.

• United's nine preceding semi-final appearances have brought just two victories and they will need no reminding
of their last-four fate 12 months ago when they surrendered a 3-2 first-leg lead in a 3-0 loss at AC Milan.

• Barcelona have won four of the eight previous semi-finals they have contested – those successes coming in 1960/61, 1985/86, 1993/94
and 2005/06 – in addition to advancing to the 1991/92 final as winners of their last-eight group.

• The English champions began the campaign by winning Group F with a record of W5 D1 L0.
They then defeated Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 on aggregate in the last 16 before a 3-0 overall success against AS Roma in the quarter-finals.

• Barcelona are also unbeaten in the UEFA Champions League this season.
They overcame FC Schalke 04 to reach the last four, winning 1-0 in both legs.
Frank Rijkaard's men had previously defeated Celtic FC in the first knockout round – 4-2 on aggregate
after topping Group E with a record of four victories and two draws.

• United have a strong home record against teams from Spain, with seven wins, seven draws and just two defeats from 16 matches played.
They have registered four wins and five defeats in nine previous two-legged ties against Spanish opposition.

• This is the Old Trafford club's third semi-final against Spanish opposition
and on the two preceding occasions Real Madrid provided the opposition.
United went down 5-3 on aggregate against Madrid in the 1956/57 European Cup,
then gained revenge with a 4-3 triumph en route to winning the 1967/68 competition.

• Barcelona's fortunes in the UEFA Champions League have become closely intertwined with those of English sides in recent seasons.
They exited the competition in 2004/05 and 2006/07 after losing to Chelsea FC and Liverpool respectively in the first knockout round.
In the season in between, 2005/06, they defeated Chelsea in the first knockout round and then overcame Arsenal FC in the final.

• Indeed in their last 32 matches in the UEFA Champions League,
Barcelona's only two defeats have come against Premier League opposition – Chelsea and Liverpool last term.

• Overall Barcelona have lost eleven and won just six of 23 visits to face English opposition.

• Their most recent triumph on English soil came in last season's first knockout round
where they beat Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield through an Eidur Gudjohnsen goal.
However, a 2-1 first-leg home defeat meant an away-goals loss.

• That defeat against Liverpool means Barcelona have won seven and lost eight of 15 two-legged contests against English opponents.
Moreover, Barcelona have won only one of four previous semi-finals against English teams in UEFA club competition:
1974/75 European Cup, Leeds United AFC 2-3 (aggregate)
1975/76 UEFA Cup, Liverpool 1-2
1981/82 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Tottenham Hotspur FC 2-1
2000/01 UEFA Cup, Liverpool 0-1

• Barcelona and United had met seven times prior to this semi-final, with both sides claiming two victories apiece.

• United have fond memories of the clubs' first encounter, in the 1983/84 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals,
where they overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit with a 3-0 home success courtesy of goals from Bryan Robson (2) and Frank Stapleton.

• The English outfit prevailed again in the 1991 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in Rotterdam,
winning 2-1 to give Sir Alex Ferguson his first European trophy as United manager.

Mark Hughes was the hero with



two second-half goals

before


Ronald Koeman's reply

ensured a tense finish on a night where Brian McClair and Mike Phelan – both coaches at Old Trafford today
and Aitor 'Txiki' Beguiristain, Barcelona's technical director, all featured in the action.

• Barcelona handed United a football lesson when the teams first met in the UEFA Champions League in the 1994/95 group stage.

After a 2-2 draw in Manchester:


Hughes '20



Romario '35



Bakero '50



Sharpe '80


where Paul Scholes made his European debut as a 67th-minute substitute

the Spanish side won 4-0 at the Camp Nou through goals from


Hristo Stoitchkov



Romário



Hristo Stoitchkov


and


Albert Ferrer

Ryan Giggs played for 79 minutes of the match before being replaced by Paul Scholes.

• The teams played out two thrilling 3-3 draws in the 1998/99 group stage, which ended with United
pipping Barcelona to second place behind Bayern by two points.

There are no survivors from that Barcelona side but


Ryan Giggs '17

and


Paul Scholes '24

scored the opening two goals of the September 1998 game at Old Trafford



Anderson '47



Giovanny '60 (p)




David Beckham '64




Luis Enrique '71 (p)




while Wes Brown, Gary Neville and Scholes
all figured in the return at the Camp Nou:




Anderson '1



Yorke '25



Cole '53




Rivaldo '57



Yorke '68



Rivaldo '73


two months later.

• United defender Gerard Piqué spent seven years in Barcelona's youth system before leaving to join United in 2004,
and counted Lionel Messi among his contemporaries.

• Barcelona forward Henry spent eight years with United's Premier League rivals Arsenal (1999-2007) and scored nine goals
in 18 appearances against the Old Trafford outfit.
However, he found the net only once in six visits to Old Trafford – and that in a 6-1 defeat in February 2001.

Sylvinho (Arsenal, 1999-2001) and Eidur Gudjohnsen (Chelsea FC, 2000-2006) also know all about United from their time in England.


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Officials

Referee

Herbert Fandel (GER)

Assistant referee
Carsten Kadach (GER)
Volker Wezel (GER)

Fourth official
Florian Meyer (GER)

UEFA Delegate
Jean-Marc Puissesseau (FRA)

UEFA Referee observer
Bo Karlsson (SWE)

[ 本帖最后由 卡里克 于 2008-4-30 04:43 编辑 ]

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MB曼联没我的加持不行啊.

报道，支持曼联，加油啊。

1、曼联从来没有在先客后主的情况下获得半决赛的胜利，曼联先后在1957，1966，1967和1997四次在冠军联赛半决赛中获得先客后主的赛程优势，全部失败。2次杀入决赛全部是先主后客。

2、拥有0：0的客场结果是否会对曼联有好处呢？看上去是的，因为据统计有70%的球队在首回合客场0：0的情况下获得了最后的胜利，但这些球队中明显不包含曼联，曼联在此前曾经4次在欧洲赛事中客场0：0后回到主场，结果仅有一次过关，91-92赛季优胜者杯第一轮淘汰了潘那辛那克斯

3、曼联在欧洲赛事淘汰赛中客场没有取得进球后果是什么？失败，失败，失败
1993-94: 0-0 at Galatasaray; out on away goals. 1996-97: 0-1 at Dortmund; then 0-1 at home; out 0-2 agg. 1997-98: 0-0 at Monaco; then 1-1 at home; out on away goals. 1999-2000: 0-0 at Real; then 2-3 at home; out 2-3 agg. 2000-01: 0-1 at Bayern; then 1-2 at home; out 1-3 agg. 2006-07: 0-3 at Milan; out 3-5 agg.
唯一的一次例外
A 0-0 draw in Porto in 1997 after winning the first leg 4-0.

4、如果今晚曼联输了，弗格森将和巴斯比拥有一样的欧洲冠军杯战绩：1次决赛、1个冠军、5次半决赛，其中4次在半决赛中失利

勇气与杀招
首回合0：0是一个危险的比分，对巴萨如此，对曼联更是如此。在这场被普遍预测为最华丽的半决赛首回合之前，外界普遍更看好曼联，但首回合场面上的一边倒的局面让舆论在赛后变得谨慎，虽然在比分上没有取得领先，但巴萨无疑用场上的表现赢回了信心和希望，随着普约尔的归队和梅西德科亨利等人的休整，巴萨的阵容更显强大，而曼联在周末的联赛中不仅丢掉了领先优势，更可能损失维迪奇和鲁尼这两员大将，支撑曼联支持者们信念的理由似乎只有主场优势了。

在第一回合赛后，弗格森声称回到主场将会重拾进攻大旗，在同切尔西的比赛中雪藏了斯科尔斯、C罗和埃夫拉等人，这几个人正是曼联进攻最重要的棋子，但是我更相信弗格森的言论只是烟雾弹，毕竟整体控球的优势不会随着主客场的变化而转换，曼联进入后92时代之后已经不再是一支仰仗整体压迫打法的球队，快速犀利的单兵突进才是曼联制胜的法宝，面对一支整体控球超强而且攻击速度快的巴萨，曼联如果试图压迫式的进攻可能会导致后防门户大开，在皇马身上吃过亏的弗格森断不会采取如此打法。所以，不要再梦想一场高比分的攻势足球对决，这场比赛注定将会是一场巴萨主攻曼联反击的闷战。

弗格森的布阵和战术已经没有什么秘密可言，今晚的比赛决定曼联本赛季命运的不再是弗格森的妙手，而在球员身上，球员的勇气和杀招将成为今晚比赛的关键。

早在第一回合比赛之前，我认为曼联不该在客场采取守势，我认为守是守不住的。没有想到的是曼联竟然守住了0：0的结果，更没有想到的是曼联会如此被动。我始终不认为那是曼联的战术过于保守，而是一种被动的不得已的防守，让我对曼联球员倍感失望的不是他们的狼狈，而是他们似乎丢失了曼联曾经引以为豪的勇气。当曼联后场竟然无法发出界外球，直接将球抛给对手的时候，当曼联获得角球机会竟然很少有人进入禁区争顶的时候，当曼联反击的时候只敢把球想尽一切办法交给C罗就算完成任务的时候，我看不到球员们的勇气和争胜的信念，这些绝对不是赛前的保守安排，在曼联的中前场除了C罗的带球狂奔，只有斯科尔斯有勇气将球控下来，传给合适的队友，而不是盲目的寻找C罗，等待C罗来解救球队或者将球丢掉。曼联完全失去自己的节奏，也完全丢掉了自己的控球，剩下的只有被称赞的可怜的防守。曼联历史上曾经诞生了无数的奇迹，透过这些奇迹，我们看到的都是两个字 勇气--敢于承担责任的勇气，敢于直面对手的勇气，敢于突破常规的勇气。今晚，勇气将决定曼联的攻势和结果，我希望看到球员们防守的时候勇敢地抢前一步，防守也可以有气势；进攻的时候勇敢的接应，勇敢的传球控球，打出自己的进攻节奏。将勇气在球场上表现出来，而不是在赛后的过道中来表现自己的勇气。

C罗无疑是曼联的王牌，即使他没有梅西那么擅长带动整体攻势，即使他在大赛中的表现总不那么如意，但他依然是曼联的王牌，他依靠个人的力量就足以撬动巴萨的防守，但这还不够。曼联需要别的杀招。巴萨的梅西、德科和埃托奥在场上形成多点威胁，替补席上还有亨利和博扬这样的杀招，甚至古德杨森也有可能制造杀机，而看上去曼联的杀招只有C罗和有可能缺席比赛的鲁尼，曼联需要意外的杀招，斯科尔斯的远射能力已经被岁月磨蚀，吉格斯可能在替补席上度过大部分比赛时间，曼联新的杀招寄希望于纳尼和安德森两名年轻球员，虽然安德森至今没有进球纪录，虽然纳尼的独让球迷郁闷，但他们都具有突发杀招的潜力，大场面的比赛常常是新星崛起最好的舞台，今晚，他们比C罗更让我期待，他们有实力更有勇气，当全世界包括巴萨后防的注意力都集中在C罗和鲁尼身上的时候，曼联需要这两名新星适时的爆发。

作为曼联球迷，不情愿的承认，今晚的比赛曼联并不占据上风，现在的曼联和巴萨相比，和鼎盛时期的曼联，整体攻击能力还有着一定的差距，这还是一支年轻的曼联，从年轻走向成熟正需要这样的硬仗来磨练，如果曼联能在今晚的比赛中打出勇气，打出气势，年轻的曼联将会迅速成长为一支王者之师，就像他们的师兄们曾经做到的那样。

希望我脸Double Double啊

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