Manchester United 1-0 Lille

Yesss.... akhirnya, lepas gak Manchester United ke Separuh Akhir Liga Juara Eropah, dan tak sia-sia juga aku bangun seawal jam 3.30 pagi tadi semata-mata nak tengok match Manchester United vs Lille tu. Dan yang paling manisnya dalam perlawanan pagi tadi Abang Larsson berjaya menjaringkan gol tunggal untuk M.U hasil tandukan dan juga dari hantaran Christiano Ronaldo. Berita dari MU :

Much like the performances against Fulham and Liverpool in the league, United were far from their best against Lille in this Champions League second leg tie at Old Trafford on Wednesday, but once again the Reds got the required result.
It took a show of Cristiano Ronaldo's blistering pace and a well-placed header from Henrik Larsson, the perfect goodbye to Old Trafford, to separate the two teams and give United the win.
Lille offered very little in the way of an attacking threat and in truth United's performance rarely rose above the minimum requirements to reach the Champions League last eight for the first time since 2002/03.Without Louis Saha, out for four weeks with a hamstring strain, Sir Alex started with Larsson in his final match at Old Trafford in a United shirt as a lone striker.
The Reds boss plumped for a 4-5-1 formation with Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo operating on the flanks in support, backed up by a midfield trio of Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick and John O'Shea.
The events of the first leg had obviously made an indelible mark on both sets of fans. United’s goalscorer in the first leg, Ryan Giggs, was booed by the Lille supporters when his name was announced, while Reds fans jeered as the away team was read out. It promised to be a tight and tense encounter.
Lille started out much as they had done at Stade Felix-Bollaert a fornight ago, physical, quick to close down and compact.
However, it took an excellent block from Nemanja Vidic after seven minutes to stop Peter Odemwingie getting off his shot inside the area, before United's first opening a minute later, which should have led to something better. Scholes found Larsson's run in behind the Lille defence but the Swedish forward's touch let him down and the ball trickled through to Les Dogues goalkeeper Tony Sylva.

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