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[.DJ]

lol lol

[.DJ]

C. Ronaldo scores! We got an away gol

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Roma 0-1 Man Utd HT

[.DJ]

What a header

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From UEFA.com - UEFA Champions League - MatchCentre

39 Cristiano Ronaldo (Man. United) scores! Paul Scholes chips a delightful cross to the far post and a towering Cristiano Ronaldo header finds the bottom corner to gave Manchester United the lead.

[zzwampen]

yup...great goal by ronaldo...but apart from it he hasn't been very good...roma have really dominated the play...ferdinand has been great in the central defence

[.DJ]

alright, well i hope vidic comes back soon. He has been very good this season and the previous in defence

[.DJ]

roma r home so i would expect things to change a bit

[ForeverBlue'86]

Wow - an you lot thought Liverpool were a one man team.

[.DJ]

someone in another thread said it was Man Utd who were all over Roma in the 1st half

[zzwampen]

yes....a man u fan



roma have been better in the first hald...

[.DJ]

and Rooney scores! 0-2

[.DJ]

From UEFA.com - UEFA Champions League - MatchCentre

66 Rooney (Man. United) scores! Wes Brown's deep cross is headed across goal by Ji-Sung Park and Doni can only palm it to Rooney who scores from close range.

[benqbiggis]

manu the



of roma

[.DJ]

Roma 0 - 2 Man Utd FT. Now its all about the final leg next week at OT.

[zzwampen]

that game was quite strange...roma dominated the play but couldn't finish...man united had like 2 good chances and scored on both

[Matieo10]

Roma without Totti...sum it up.

Man Utd were boring, Roma were ineffective infront of goal. Panucci should've sealed it when it was still 1 x 0.

[DannyB]

We played very well. We gave Roma alot of the ball but couldn't make it count. Could have been 4(Ronaldo over bar, Carrick wide of psot). Off to watch Ronaldo thing now(ITV4). Next stop Middlesbrough!

[Laurencioso]

Congratulations to everyone here

Ronaldo once again proved what a complete player he is, that header was pure class.
And Rooney shows that he's got the ability to be in the right place at the right time

Looking very good for the return at Old Trafford!

[.DJ]

Ftom BBC SPORT FOOTBALL:

Roma 0-2 Man Utd


By Phil McNulty




Rooney and Ronaldo celebrate at the Stadio Olimpico

Manchester United took a giant stride towards the Champions League semi-finals with a clinical victory against AS Roma at the Stadio Olimpico.
Cristiano Ronaldo headed home his 36th goal of the season from Paul Scholes' cross six minutes before half-time.
Roma rallied, with Christian Panucci missing from close range and Edwin van der Sar saving brilliantly from Mirko Vucinic's 61st-minute header.
But Rooney bundled home United's crucial second five minutes later.
Sir Alex Ferguson made three changes from the side that won so emphatically against Aston Villa on Saturday - Van der Sar, Anderson and Ji-Sung Park replacing Tomasz Kuszczak, Ryan Giggs and Carlos Tevez.
Vucinic led the Roma attack in place of injured captain Francesco Totti, and he was a lively figure in a first 45 minutes that saw United relatively untroubled.
Panucci posed an early threat when he rose to meet David Pizarro's corner but headed over the top.

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Ronaldo Rocket

Vucinic was just off target before United suffered a blow after 29 minutes when Nemanja Vidic was carried off after landing awkwardly on his knee in an aerial challenge.
However, United reacted well to the setback and took the lead with a priceless away goal from Ronaldo six minutes before the interval.
Scholes sat up an inviting cross and Ronaldo rose superbly to power a downward header past Doni. The Portuguese winger took a heavy bang to the head in scoring, but recovered quickly to carry on.
Vucinic could have levelled two minutes later, but he jabbed a finish across the face of goal after escaping the attentions of the United defence.
Roma set about United with intent after the break, Max Tonetto sending a powerful drive just wide and Panucci wasting their best chance of the night when he blasted over from close range after United failed to deal with Vucinic's long throw.

Ronaldo rises to head Man Utd in front against Roma

It prompted a response from Ferguson after 55 minutes as Owen Hargreaves was sent on for the disappointing Anderson, who was also suffering a hamstring problem.
Roma were testing United's resolve, and just after the hour Van der Sar needed to produce a stunning reflex save to turn away Vucinic's flicked header.
But United survived the siege to break out and deliver a stunning counter-punch to double their advantage.
Park did well to head Wes Brown's long cross into the danger area and when Doni failed to collect, Rooney bundled home from inside the six-yard box.
Roma, understandably, looked demoralised and United came within inches of adding a third and effectively putting the tie to bed late on.
First Ronaldo fired a low shot against an upright before Michael Carrick was just inches off-target from 20 yards as United gathered momentum.
Then, with seconds remaining, Ronaldo almost crowned the perfect in night in spectacular fashion when he volleyed just over from substitute Tevez's cross.
Roma: Doni, Cassetti, Mexes, Panucci, Tonetto (Cicinho 69), De Rossi, Aquilani (Esposito 76), Taddei (Giuly 59), Pizarro, Mancini, Vucinic.
Subs Not Used: Curci, Antunes, Ferrari, Brighi.
Booked: Pizarro, Mexes.
Man Utd: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic (O'Shea 34), Evra, Carrick, Scholes, Anderson (Hargreaves 55), Ronaldo, Park, Rooney (Tevez 84).
Subs Not Used: Kuszczak, Giggs, Pique, Silvestre.
Booked: Anderson.
Goals: Ronaldo 39, Rooney 66.
Att: 80,023
Ref: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium).


BBC Sport Player Rater man of the match: Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo 8.31 (on 90 minutes).

[zzwampen]

ehm....ronaldo the man of the match?

[.DJ]

From BBC SPORT FOOTBALL:

Roma's midfielder Max Tonetto outmuscles Ji-Sung Park as the Italian hosts get the better of the visitors early in the encounter


Roma's French defender Philippe Mexes challenges Cristiano Ronaldo as the United star provides an occasional threat on the break


Alberto Aquilani is upended by Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick as the game starts to open up on a pleasant Rome evening


Nemanja Vidic is forced off in the 33rd minute after appearing to twist his knee following an aerial challenge with Roma's Mirko Vucinic


The prolific Ronaldo gets his name on the scoresheet yet again as he heads home his seventh goal in this year's Champions League


United's ace is injured while crashing in his superb header but is soon back on his feet after the visitors claim the vital away goal


Roma soon have a chance to level the encounter but Mirko Vucinic can only drag his shot wide as United reach the break with the lead


The match is thrust firmly into the English side's grasp as Wayne Rooney bundles the ball over the line in the 66th minute


Rooney's joy and relief is evident as his side's excellent display is rewarded with two priceless goals in the Italian capital


Roma heads drop following the second goal and the match ends with the visitors still dominant and now firm favourites for a semi-final spot

[.DJ]

Yep thats wlalalalast of the votes went to

[rooney da best]

that was a decent performance
we did what we had to do, couldn't of wanted any better a scoreline away from home
good goal from ronaldo, rooneys was all about the ball from brown, what a cross

ferdinand for man of the match
dominating performance, stepped up after vidic went off, while he was near the ball, roma never really looked like they were gonna score

we should go through now, roma wont beat us at old trafford

[den525player]

that was a clinical performance away from home. We silent the roma fans. i thought at the end we should scored a 3rd goal to really give roma no chance at old trafford. but 2 away goals is very good. some said man utd didn't perform but we were away at a tough ground. even with totti they won't be able to do anything against man utd. 6 games without conceding a goal.