Nemanja Vidic proved to be the unlikely hero, on a day when managerless Sunderland looked set to take points of United. His stoppage time goal ensured United kept pace with the top two. Ronaldo got a blow in his hips and had to be taken off, midway in the second half which saw United having more than 85% possession.
Blackburn Rovers [0 - 2] Manchester United
UEFA Super Cup
Spain played some good attacking football and walked away as the deserving winners of Euro2008 and thus ending their 44 year title drought. Torres was the hero as his cool finish handed Spain the victory. Germany never really threatened but for a spell of 10 min past the hour mark.
Just writing those words makes you want to go back and check your facts, Robinho to Manchester City? Is that right? Was it all just a bad dream??? Does Robinho know what the hell he's let himself in for? Does Robinho even know where Manchester is?
Er, apparently not. After signing for Manchester City for a British record transfer fee of 32.5million pounds the Brazilian told reporters he was happy to be at City because he knew they were a "very big club."
But, even though Robinho might not know what he has let himself in for, one can safely say that after being taken over by one of the richest companies in the world, it is top ten finishing Manchester City who pulled off the biggest and most shocking transfer cop of them all.
Robinho had been Big Phil Scolari's number one transfer target all season, and even though Chelsea desperately put in a last ditch attempt to lure the playmaker to Stamford Bridge, it was Manchester City who beat them in the end, and its not often you can say that!
But it doesn't stop there, apparently City's manager Mark Hughes has been told he can bid 80million pounds each for some of the worlds biggest stars including; Messi, Kaka, Torres and Fabregas, with a renewed bid of 60 million for Berbatov - yes the world has gone mad!
He was never the same from the first game he played for Chelsea. He was unable to convert his chances to goals and something was clearly wrong. Initially it was thought the reason behind it was mainly due to the change in style from the Italian league to English league, but he was never able to adapt even after mid season. He was put in reserves and his carrier was taking a stinging blow at that point.
Euro2008 produced some great football and great goals. So get the goals of all matches played in Euro2008 and also some special videos like Best Goals and a compilation for Spain, the Champions.
Cristiano Ronaldo made the Footballing world take a look at him in the 2006-07 season with his performance for Manchester United. What even more special is that Ronaldo did all the things even when he was jeered by all for his incident with Rooney in 2006 World cup. Re live the magical moments of Ronaldo during the 2006-07 season.
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Germany managed to edge Turkey in the final minute, thanks to a Lahm goal and march into the finals of the Euro2008. Turkey who had just 13 players available for this match played some great football, they had the lead twice before letting them off. Germany now await either Spain or Russia.
Spain ended their June 22 jinx as they beat the world champions Italy 4-2 on penalties. The game looked set for penalties as Italy were never looking to play attacking football and it was down to the best goalkeepers in the world to take their side to the last 4 and it was Iker Casillas who did it for Spain as he saved two kicks and taking Spain to the semifinals.
Andrei Arshavin was the star as the Dutch were taken apart by an organised Russia team. The Dutch were never in control of the match as the Russians continued to outplay them and took the lead. Nistelrooy's goal could only take the match into extra time but the result was never in any doubt as the Russians scored twice in extra time to march into the semifinals.
Recber Rustu turned from villain to hero as his blunder gave Croatia the lead with only minutes remaining in the second extra time but the Turks equalised in the dying seconds to push the game in penalties and it was time for Recber Rustu to turn the hero as he saved the spot kick from Mladen Petric to send the Turks into the Semifinals. Recber Rustu turned from villain to hero as his blunder gave Croatia the lead with only minutes remaining in the second extra time but the Turks equalised in the dying seconds to push the game in penalties and it was time for Recber Rustu to turn the hero as he saved the spot kick from Mladen Petric to send the Turks into the Semifinals.
Bastian Schweinsteiger returned to the team after suspension and played a fabulous match to send the pre tournament favourites into the semifinals. He scored the first and setup the other two goals as the German out powered the Portugese. Joachim Loew, who was given an one match touchline ban saw his team play effective football and come up triumph in the knock out stage. This defeat ends Scolari's reigns as Portugal manager as he moves to Stamford Bridge. Now the focus of the field totally will be on Ronaldo as he is set to announce his future.
Russia claimed the sole remaining spot in the quarterfinals as they dispatched Sweden 2-0 and set up a match up against Red Hot Netherlands for a spot in Semifinals. The defending champions Greece ended their campaign without a point as they lost to a largely weakened Spain team who rested many of their key players.
Italy survived the group of death and marched into the last 16. France had a forgettable match as they conceded a penalty, got a player sent off , their star man Ribery getting injured also his replacement Nasri getting injured. Meanwhile the Dutch continued their merry way dispatching Romania to help Italy go through.
Day 8 saw another upset as last edition's semifinalists Czech Republic were beaten by a spirited Turkey side to book a place in the last 16. Czech were leading 2-0 while losing their way in the final 15 minutes and losing in the dying seconds to a superb goal by Nihat. Switzerland got a consolation win as they beat the second string Portugal by a couple of goals.
David Villa once again was the star for Spain as he scored a dramatic injury time winner against Sweden to take Spain into the last 16. Russia on the other hand brought themselves back into the tournament with a win over defending champions Greece.
Croatia got the first upset of the Euro2008 when they beat tournament favourites Germany with a commanding show. And the night for the Germans were made even worse when Schweinsteiger was sent off in the injury time. It was a deserving win for the Croatians and even the German coach Joachim Low felt his team deserved the result.
Croatia [2 - 1] Germany
24' [1 - 0] D. Srna : Link
62' [2 - 0] I. Olic : Link
79' [2 - 1] L. Podolski : Link
Highlights
Austria [1 - 1] Poland
30' [0 - 1] R. Guerreiro : Link
90' [1 - 1] I. Vastic (pen) : Link
Highlights
Luiz Felipe Scolari on Wednesday was announced as the next manager for Chelsea and the news comes within days of Scolari saying that he would talk about the issue after the ongoing Euro championship. Chelsea fans were jubilant on the announcement and they have reasons to be happy as the Big Phil is known for his shrewd man management skills and has the ability to deal with Big names in Chelsea. While the fans of the Blues were happy, Portuguese fans and media are upset with the news. The most important factor has been the timing of the announcement as they all feel it would shake up the morale of the team which has been doing well in the Euro. And the team cancelled the training and press meet on Thursday to avoid unnecessary attention on the coach.
Portugal continued their good run as they beat the Czech Republic 3-1 and stormed into the quarterfinal stage. Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goal of the tournament with a strike in the 61st minute. And the Turks broke the Swiss hearts as they came from a goal behind and edge the co-hosts in injury time.
