Thursday, March 12, 2009

--ALL ENGLAND AGAIN?--



From Season 2007-2008:

Quarter-finals
The first leg matches were played on 1 April and 2 April, while the second leg matches were played on 8 April and 9 April 2008.
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In Agg.
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Arsenal 3–5 Liverpool
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Roma 0–3 Manchester United
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Schalke 04 0–2 Barcelona
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Fenerbahçe 2–3 Chelsea
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Semi-finals
The first leg matches were played on 22 April and 23 April, while the second leg matches were played on 29 April and 30 April 2008.
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Liverpool 3–4 Chelsea
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Barcelona 0–1 Manchester United
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Final
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The 2008 UEFA Champions League Final was played on 21 May 2008 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. The final was contested by Manchester United and Chelsea, representing the first time the final had been contested by two teams from England.
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United won the match 6–5 on penalties after the game had ended in a 1–1 draw. Cristiano Ronaldo had given the eventual victors the lead after 26 minutes, only for Frank Lampard to equalise immediately before half-time. Ryan Giggs came on as a substitute late in the second half to make his 759th appearance for Manchester United, a new club record. Early in extra time, Giggs had a shot cleared off the Chelsea goal-line by John Terry, whilst Chelsea twice hit the Manchester United woodwork. A melée involving most of the 22 players ensued mid-way through the second half of extra time, with Didier Drogba being sent off for a slap on Nemanja Vidić right in front of the referee.
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The scores level at full time, the match went to penalties. Chelsea took the upper hand in the third round of the shootout as Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty was saved by Petr Čech, handing John Terry the chance to win the cup with Chelsea's fifth penalty. However, Chelsea's captain lost his footing as he went to kick the ball,[3] and his shot hit the post. Ryan Giggs stepped up for United's seventh penalty, and scored, before Edwin van der Sar saved the following kick from Nicolas Anelka to crown Manchester United as the champions of Europe for the third time.
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As winners of the competition, Manchester United went on to represent Europe at the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League_2007-08
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~http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/history/season=2008/round=15107/index.html

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