Goal to strangers for three in their own
Manchester United - Benfica - 3: 1. To shoot last year’s spell of the last match with Benfica, which ended in defeat and drew the line of the most inglorious campaign of “MU” in European competition, the “Red Devils” fell at home. More than others in this field, Cristiano Ronaldo got into trouble, which can be difficult to explain - a long-standing dislike of a Sporting pupil for a rival club. Or you can - simply: it is the Portuguese who is currently the leader of Manchester. The Benfica goal somehow illogically intervened between the raids, assists and attacks of Ronaldo, but soon everything fell into place. Defender Nelson, who dared to shoot Van der Sarah with an amazing shot due to a free-kick, could not stand the minute of contact with Vidic added to the first half and fell. And the Serb, with each match gaining confidence from the fans of Manchester United, scored.
The demonstration of the excellent form of the team leaders and overall class superiority continued after the break. It does not matter that Rooney and Saha are smeared - there is Ronaldo and Giggs. The first passes to the second, and the Welshman scores a rare goal for himself with his head, jumping from behind the same Nelson. The third goal finally convinced the Old Trafford audience that on the “second floor” the Sporting defender would not compete with even the low Saa. Nelson paid in full for his handsome punch at nine. And Manchester rightfully occupied in the final table of Group F a line similar to the situation in the Premier League. "Red Devils" - the first.
Transfer as a hunch
“Milan” - “Lille” - 0: 2. Lille came to Milan to win. The Rossoneri did not stop the French club from gaining a place in the playoffs, giving the majority of the players the rest. The match not only demonstrated Lille’s great desire to extend the Champions League session, but also became a guide to action in the upcoming offseason transfer for both teams. The task for Milan: to buy a goalkeeper. The substitute of the not-so-reliable Dida Zeljko Kalach turned out to be simply unreliable - having let the ball out of his hands, the goalkeeper allowed the opponents to open an account. The challenge for Lille: to keep Peter Odemwindzhi. Former CSKA player tore the defense of Milanese, winding a couple of defenders at a time and invariably getting on target.
Take over take
Dynamo K - Real Madrid - 2: 2. Real Madrid sent a duplicating squad to Kiev led by the “uncles” Beckham and Ronaldo - the match didn’t solve anything for the “creamy” ones. Dynamo Royal Club youth began to train with zeal and in the first half hour issued a score of 2: 0. The double was made by the forward of the national team of Uzbekistan Shatsky. Madrid “old men” answered with a couple of dangerous moments, and the game leveled off - except that the fouls of “Real” scored three times as many hosts. The second goal double in the performance of Ronaldo was not too logical, but absolutely convincing - a point blank shot and a penalty, which fit in two minutes.
The Anderlecht Dembels Accord
“Anderlecht” - AEK - 2: 2. Cherished hope for the AEK playoffs and Anderlecht lost it, they played a reckless game - the players of both teams hit on goal twice as often as they folded. The hosts neutralized the first dangerous attack by the Athenians with a timely tackle Olivier Deschacht, the second - with the help of the heavens, which pulled Martin Pautasso's blow. And then they themselves organized two productive attacks. AEK came to his senses only at the end of the match, leveling the score - but the train to the 1/8 finals had already left.