Video Manchester United 4-0 Aston Villa | 29.03.08
March 30, 2008
Man Utd : Ronaldo 17′, Tevez 33′, Rooney 53′,70′
Man Utd 1-0 A Villa: (15 min) Instinctive genius from Cristiano Ronaldo as the ball drops in the area and he backheels it impudently in. The goalscoring continues for Ronaldo, that’s 35 for the season.
Man Utd 2-0 A Villa: (33 min) Cristiano Ronaldo Ronaldo turns creator as he puts a cross on a plate for Tevez to nod home and its game over now. He has been struggling a little for goals but that is his 16th of the campaign.
Man Utd 3-0 A Villa: (53 min) Cristiano Ronaldo backheels it through the defence and Rooney rounds Carson to kill the game off for good. A superb goal and one Rooney certainly enjoyed.
Man Utd 4-0 A Villa: (70 min) Another brilliant assist from Cristiano Ronaldo as he flicks Rooney through to slot it home wonderfully. There are not words to describe it.
Manchester United 4-0 Aston Villa 29.03.08 | Match Report
March 30, 2008
Wayne Rooney returned to goalscoring form by grabbing a brace as Manchester United cruised to a 4-0 win over Aston Villa at Old Trafford.
First half strikes from Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez put United in control before Rooney added a brace in the second period.
The Portuguese winger put United in the lead with the most audacious of flicks (17).
After Villa failed to deal with a United corner, Ronaldo flicked the ball behind his standing foot, through the legs of Martin Laursen and into the Villa net.
Ronaldo turned provider on 33 minutes, crossing for Tevez to head home from close range.
Wilfred Bouma deflected Ronaldo’s volley onto the bar before Rooney rounded Carson to grab United’s third (53).
The England striker grabbed the fourth, sweeping home to round off a one-touch move involving Michael Carrick, Tevez and Ronaldo (70).
Scolari Plays Down Greek Drama
March 26, 2008
Portugal were beaten 2-1 by Greece in a match wherein the former wanted to avenge themselves for the defeats during the Euro 2004 in their own country.
Without several of their most important figures, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani or Deco, Portugal were unable to control the game and create chances, and suffered two goals from free-kick situations.
Nuno Gomes’ late strike was not enough to bring his team back into the game, and all that Greece needed to do to leave Germany with the win was to retain their advantage until the final whistle, which is exactly what they did.
After the game, Scolari said: “This result was normal, this was a game to test things and to observe how things went.
“We will try to change a lot of things during the 20 training days we will have before the Euro tournament.”
Questioned about the importance of Ronaldo’s absence on the outcome of this game, the Brazilian tactician explained: “We missed Ronaldo because he is a great player.
“But concerning what we wanted from this game, it was interesting because we were able to test other solutions.
“We will have the team that we have always had when the official tournament starts.”
Video Manchester United 3-0 Liverpool | 23.03.08
March 24, 2008
Man Utd : Brown 34′ Ronaldo 79′ Nani 81′
MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 LIVERPOOL: Rooney puts a high cross into the danger area and Reina comes off his line and gets nowhere near it, leaving space for WES BROWN to jump and nod the ball home.
Manchester United 3-0 Liverpool 23.03.08 | Match Report
March 24, 2008
Liverpool feel the heat as Manchester United net three, to open the gap for the title up wide, prior to the London Derby.
A 10-man Liverpool fell three-goals down to United on Grand Slam Sunday prior to the London Derby. Wes Brown bagged himself the first goal of the game with a header from a Wayne Rooney cross; leaving Pepe with arms flailing in the. Several mistakes from the Liverpool number 1 ment that the first half was United dominated.
At around ‘44 minutes Mascherano penalised for protesting a yellow after Fernando Torres fell and tried to make a tackle. This left Liverpool with ten men having Ryan Bable being the only one contesting United with a fine display on the left flank.
Apart from the goal Ronaldo hit the post and Rooney coming close twice.
The beginning of the second half began the way the last ended, United came close several times piling on a lot of pressure upon blundering goalkeeper Pepe Reina.
A Yossi Benayoun substitution for Liverpool’s most outstanding player Babel came them an unsuspected chance, several times, for a come back. Fernando Torres looked to continue recent form coming close twice, hitting one just over the bar. Gerrard also came inches away from an equaliser several times having his best long-range shot being saved by Edwin Van Der Sar.
After a wonderful display from United’s defence standing like sentinel’s under mass Liverpool pressure United made a match-finishing substitution. Nani coming on for Giggs and Tevez on for Anderson who still seemed unable to keep the ball low enough for a goal.
Ronaldo continued en route for an all-time premiership record for most goals in a season by bagging the second which appeared to put the game out of Liverpool’s reach with a soaring header from a Nani corner; which came from Ronaldo’s kick being put onto the bar as Reina made an epic save.
Nani then made a display of wonderful agility and class as he doubled up with Wayne Rooney, stretching past two defenders two send a shot soaring into to the back of the left side of the net.
In all a Manchester United dominated game left them 6 points clear at the top with Arsenal and Chelsea preparing to start a game that could end the title race finally.
Video Manchester United 2-0 Bolton | 19.03.08
March 20, 2008
Man Utd : Cristiano Ronaldo 9′,19′
MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 BOLTON 9′ : Cristiano Ronaldo puts United 1-0 up with a lovely finish after Bolton failed to clear a corner.
Manchester United 2-0 Bolton 19.03.08 | Match Report
March 20, 2008
Cristiano Ronaldo played the captain’s role to the full with another matchwinning display as Manchester United beat Bolton 2-0 at Old Trafford.
The Portuguese winger netted his 32nd and 33rd goals of the season as the Red Devils secured a win that moves them three points clear of Arsenal and five points ahead of Chelsea.
His first came when Wanderers could not clear a corner and his shot hit the floor before bouncing into the roof of the net. His second came from a dipping 30-yard free-kick which gave Ali Al Habsi no chance.
In between his goals, United were grateful to good goalkeeping from Tomasz Kuszczak who kept out Kevin Davies’ volley.
But it was one way traffic for most of the contest, although United’s Polish keeper did well to keep out second-half efforts from Nicky Hunt and Gavin McCann.
Derby 1-0 Manchester United 15.03.08 | Match Report
March 16, 2008
Cristiano Ronaldo’s second-half strike spared Manchester United from potential embarrassment as the Red Devils won 1-0 at rock-bottom Derby.
United dominated the opening half hour and wasted numerous chance to take the lead, with Ryan Giggs and Ronaldo most culperable.
Ronaldo came closest on 12 minutes when he struck Roy Carroll’s post before Derby nearly United pay for the profligacy.
Ben Foster was forced into two fine saves to deny Mile Sterjovski and Kenny Miller an unlikely opening goal.
Ronaldo was denied twice in a minute by Carroll’s chest early in the second half, but the Portuguese winger finally made the breakthrough on 76 minutes, side-footing home Wayne Rooney’s cross from close range.
Ronaldo was denied again in the closing stages by Carroll as United kept the pressure on Arsenal at the top of the Premier League.
Video Derby 1-0 Manchester United | 15.03.08
March 15, 2008
Man Utd : Cristiano Ronaldo 76′
Video MU 0-1 Portsmouth | FA Cup | 08.03.08
March 9, 2008
Portsmouth : Muntari 78′ (pen)
MANCHESTER UNITED 0-1 PORTSMOUTH 78′ : Sulley Muntari takes a penalty for Portsmouth and scores!
