LIVE THREAD: Valencia vs. Manchester United
by CPC on Sep 29, 2010 5:01 PM BST
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Just wanted to pass on a few links that hit my Reader overnight.
SQUAD NEWS:
- Previews! ( ManUtd.com | Manchester Evening News ( Mathieson's Valencia Profile ) | BBC | ESPN | Telegraph ) 2nd Round of links! ( Sky | Guardian )
- Nani is confident of his form ( Premier League | Sky )
- The Daily Mail says Mestalla Stadium could be a pain in Spain for United
- Valencia captain is confident ahead of United game ( Sky )
- Sir Alex talks about Michael Owen's contribution to the team ( ManUtd.com )
- and talks about playing the Champions League ( Sky | ESPN )
- SB Nation: Champions League Tuesday Review
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watching the Rubin game now...
Just saw a highlight reel penalty kick…off the keeper’s foot and into the side of the net…Rubin Kazan 1, Barcalona 0
Barca draw even with a PK of thehir own
David Villa squeezed it past the right post….
Christian Noboa scored the free kick earlier for Kazan
Final score...1-1
Obifemi Martins nearly scored the winner about 8 minutes from the end and Barca had several chances late to put it away, but a point is all either team gets
I read that as Martians
which made it a very weird comment.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
Nucks Misconduct chief curmudgeon and chief hunk.
by Section 312 on Sep 30, 2010 1:04 AM BST up reply actions
LINEUPS:
UNITED: (4-3-3)Van der Sar, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Carrick, Fletcher, Anderson, Nani, Berbatov, Park
Subs: Kuszczak, Owen, Smalling, Hernandez, O’Shea, Macheda, Gibson
VALENCIA: (4-4-1-1) Sanchez, Miguel, Navarro, Maduro, Mathieu, Hernandez, Albelda, Costa, Mata, Dominguez, Soldado
Subs: Moya, Saltor, Topal, Aduriz, Feghouli, Fernandes, Costa
About 8 minutes until kickoff
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3rd minute: Mata gets a through ball and is 1-on-1 with Vidic
Vidic dispossesses him. Could that be a good sign?
The empty seats you see around the stadium
are because there’s a strike in Valencia among the public transit workers, which has been known about for a few weeks.
11th minute: Goal kick to Valencia
Anderson passed the ball long to Nani instead of passing it short to a running Fletcher…not sure I like that decision
14th minute: Fletcher does a good bit of work along the sidelines
some pushing and shirt pulling and the ball rolled out to United. Probably could have been something called on Fletcher
16th minute: Carrick carelessly gives the ball away
Hernandes takes a long shot, but it’s just over the bar…
17th minute: VDS barely touches the ball and it lands on Soldado's head...
…and bounces up and nearly loops into the net, but just over the bar….
21st minute: Valencia open play up with a clearance
that ends up with a 1 on 2 for Valencia. United closes down very quickly and very well and squash the threat.
31st minute: Ferdinand and a Valencia player get together
Neither was very happy about the challenge….free kick to United
33rd minute: Hernandez puts a great cross into the United box
no idea how that got all the way through…
34th minute: Carrick is tripped up and United win a free kick
about 30 yards out on the right…Nani kicked it right at a Valencia player who heads the ball back out of bounds
43rd minute: Valencia take a long shot
and it’s either off Vidic’s arm or chest and Valencia win the corner
52nd minute: Rafael moves up the right with some speed
passes the ball to Nani, who crosses the ball to the top of the box….Berba, Fletcher and Park were all there, but Valencia is able to get to the ball
54th minute: Anderson takes a short corner to Nani
who immediately took a VERY weak shot right to the keeper…what a waste of a corner
55th minute: United brining the ball up again
Anderson was nearly free, just didn’t have the pace…United do win a throw in that they immediately give away to Valencia. Nani is not looking good at all as that was off of him….
56th minute: Berba takes the ball up the left by himself
takes it into the box about 15 yards from net and nearly puts it past the keeper…United corner….made the keeper come out and he was fouled by Vidic
59th minute: Valencia get the ball up the right side and cross the ball into the box
Rafael is there to head the ball out for a Valencia corner….
60th minute: Valencia's corner is headed by Vidic, but comes right to Solado
but he’s unable to get a good foot on it and it’s a goal kick
Gotta make some changes...
we need another striker…Hernandez, Machada, Owen….anybody…Park’s getting worked on the left and Nani is having an off game on the right
63rd minute: Nanihas possession on the right
and Park goes on a run into the box and Nani gets a great cross off, but unable to connect with Park
Rafael appears to have picked up a knock
he was tackled about 3 minutes ago and was a little slow to get up….now it looks like he’s hobbling a bit…maybe cramps?
67th minute: United corner
Anderson’s ball is punched out of the box and Nani’s follow up cross goes out, United ball
68th minute: Valencia get down the left
but United get back pretty quickly. Soldado’s shot is off Evra and VDS picks the ball up easily.
70th minute: Valencia take the ball into the box....
Vidic forces the ball out off the Valencia player….
74th minute: Valencia with the ball on the right
the cross into the box hits Soldado’s head, but over the bar and wide left
75th minute: Mathieu takes out Nani and United win a free kick about 35 yards from goal on the right...
Anderson to take it….
LOL
CPC just talking to himself
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
I usually don’t participate in these things since the Premier League games usually come on too early for me. I’ll record them and watch them delayed by a couple of hours. The time of the CL matches isn’t bad, but they fall on work days so I have to take a long lunch and go to the pub down the street for them.
Los Angeles is like Manchester. There is a red team that wins championships and a blue team that doesn't.
We have no creativity right now
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Sep 29, 2010 9:19 PM BST up reply actions
That’s what I mean.
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Sep 29, 2010 9:20 PM BST up reply actions
80th minute: ANOTHER impressive cross from Valencia
they’re impressive, of course, because United are letting them through and aren’t getting a foot in the way…
81st minute: Nani and Soldado get tangled up
OMG! he has has arm wrapped around Nani’s ankle, STILL no yellow cards in this match. The ref must have left it at home….
83rd minute: Hernandez gets through the back line
but he had no help in the box and gives the ball away when Valencia retreat…
84th minute: Nani's cross misses Fletcher and Berbatov
Hernandez got a head on it, but it hits the outside of the post…
Hell yes!
Chicharito! Great goal
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Sep 29, 2010 9:26 PM BST up reply actions
reply fail, but oh well
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Sep 29, 2010 9:26 PM BST up reply actions
85th minute: Nani up the right, finds KIKI !
WHO FINDS HERNANDEZ!!!! THERE’S SOME CREATIVITY AFTER ALL!
GOOOOOOOL!!!!!
Hernandez got the ball with 2 defenders on him at the top of the box
but split them and got a nice low shot away…
That first touch and finish
were world class.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
Nucks Misconduct chief curmudgeon and chief hunk.
by Section 312 on Sep 29, 2010 10:02 PM BST up reply actions
Is Chicharito left footed?
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
If not, then that was a nice shot with his wrong foot
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder." -Zinedine Zidane
"If City play a game against United for 89 minutes, maybe they’ll have a chance." -King Eric Cantona
by Useful_Idiot on Sep 29, 2010 9:29 PM BST up reply actions
I think he is
I remember him rifeiling in one in the World cup. I think he has a decent right foot but his left is more promiment!
by Sweet science on Sep 29, 2010 11:10 PM BST up reply actions
88th minute: United cross goes to the Valencia keeper
who gets tangled up with Mechada….the keeper gets up like he’s gonna blast Kiki’s face with his fist. Cooler heads prevail…
90th +1: United in possession passing the ball around
Nani gets free on the right and tries to pass the ball into the middle, but Valencia get in the way….
90th +3 Valencia has a throw in and Aduriz elbows Evra in the face
and gets the only yellow of the match
Final whistle! United win 1-0
It wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t dominant, but it’s the 3 points we needed…
A great 3 points
Valencia are top of La Liga, and even though it’s early doors, they are an in form team. To win away without Rooney, Scholes, Giggs and Valencia is a great result. Who cares if it were ugly!
No, I agree
I’ll probably get into the things that went wrong later, but the important thing is that we got 3 points away from Old Trafford (which we haven’t done all year) and we’re top of the Group C table
The only real problem I saw
was a lack of pressure on wingers when they were crossing. Otherwise I thought we defended pretty well.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
Nucks Misconduct chief curmudgeon and chief hunk.
by Section 312 on Sep 30, 2010 1:05 AM BST up reply actions
thats been a problem all year
that led to us losing the 3 points at Everton, and have been pissed off about it everytime I have watched us this year.
by Sweet science on Oct 1, 2010 12:33 PM BST up reply actions
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