Two second leg matches, two very different match.
United were looking very confidence coming to their match againts Arsenal two nights ago. Coming to the Emirates with one goal advantage gave United a little breathing space before the Kick-off but as the whistle blew, Arsenal were looking sharp in the opening five minutes. Only to be stopped by two early goals by Park Ji-Sung and Ronaldo respectively.Both goals seems to came in a help of two Arsenal players even though the second goal was a rocket by Ronaldo. It stunt the Arsenal fans and manager as they seems to disbelieve of what they see in the Emirates. Ronaldo then scored the third goal before Van Persie scored the penalty goal for Arsenal late in the match.So, it was a fairly comfortable win for United with 4-1 aggregate result.
But, last night encounter between Chelsea againts Barcelona was a different story. Goalless draw at Nou Camp gave Chelsea the slight advantage before last night clash at Stamford Brigde. Michael Essien scored a stunning volley - and I really mean stunning- as early as the ninth minutes. Several penalty claimed by Chelsea as minimun as five of them but they were all denied by the Reff's decision. It seems to haunted them back as on the 93rd minutes, Andreas Iniesta scored the equalizing goal to give Barca a date with United later this month. The Barca bench were exploded as Chelsea fans were confuse whether this really happen or just a dream.
Many pundit and blogger said Chelsea were unlucky last night especially with the possibilities of Penalty. It might proved to be a great deal for Chelsea as they were fail to make it through.Mean while on Tuesday, a refferee from Italy also made an error-in my opinion- when he sent off Fletcher during the second half of United vs Arsenal. The more you see the replay, you will see that Darren got the ball-off Fabregas with the slightest of touch only for Fabregas to dive to convince the Reff. Lets hope United will give appeal to UEFA to allow Darren to play on the final as he was a star on both leg of their semi final matches.
This is it...
Manchester United vs Barcelona on 27th May 2009 in Rome.
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