Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Manchester United into the Semifinals of the Champions League

 The final score said it all.

Manchester United rolled to a 7-1 win over Italian club Roma on Tuesday night in Manchester to move into the semifinals of the Champions League.  Roma defeated the Red Devils 2-1 in Italy a week ago, but couldn't hold the English power as they put on a clinic. 

"It was a fantastic performance. The play, (the) penetration (was) absolutely superb," United manager Alex Ferguson said. "We can't wait for the semifinals now."

Also on Tuesday, Chelsea moved past Valencia with a 90th minute goal from Michael Essien.

Cristiano Ronaldo scores the fourth goal The best player in the world scored two goals on Tuesday.

With Liverpool up 3-0 going into today's game vs Dutch club PSV, England could have three teams in the semifinals of the Champions League.  The other quarterfinal match-up pits German club, Bayern Munich, vs Italian super club, AC Milan.  The teams battled to a 2-2 draw in the first leg. 

 Chelsea's all-everything Michael Essien.

 

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