The UEFA Champions League quarterfinal’s second leg kicked off at Old Trafford with astonishing news from Chelsea’s camp about Carlo Ancelotti leaving out http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707 in his starting lineup. The visitors also
included Alex Dias da http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Costa-c9458, their Brazilian center back, in the starting eleven as Jose Bosingwa was relegated to the bench.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786’s solitary striker with
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramires-c30523 Santos made up Chelsea’s four man midfield at the Red Devils’ soil.
On the other hand, Manchester United kept a relatively unchanged side from their first leg’s away win at Stamford Bridge by 1-0 against Chelsea. Sir Alex Ferguson opted for the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ryan-Giggs-c31985 and Michael
Carrick started as United’s two central midfielders.
On the wings, Luis http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nemanja-Vidic-c27550 were deployed as Ferguson’s two entrusted central defenders whereas John O’Shea
and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrice-Evra-c29231 played as Manchester United’s two full backs. Surprisingly enough, it was Chelsea who started as the much brighter of the two sides at Old Trafford.
Manchester United took some time to settle into the tie as Chelsea dominated the midfield area due to their compact approach to the match. Ramires and Malouda tucked on both ends of the field to crowd out http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Carrick-c25282 and Ryan Giggs in central midfield.
In the 6th minute of the match, Manchester United showed their offensive intent when Luis http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nani-c27299 skipped past Ivanovic down the right hand side of Chelsea’s defense. However, the Serbian defender fouled the Portuguese winger and the home side was
awarded their first free kick of the encounter.
Nani stepped up to take the free kick but the ex-Sporting Lisbon winger’s delivery into the Chelsea box was too close to Peter Cech. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Czech-Republic-c2882 international gathered the ball with utmost ease. Cech then had the vision to find Fernando Torres with
a wonderful long throw but Park Ji Sung sniffed out the danger and intercepted the throw before Torres could reach the ball. Manchester United regained possession of the ball and in the 10th minute, Manchester United was seemingly dealt a massive
blow as Rio Ferdinand pulled up with an injury.
Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-c9006 Smalling for a minor warm up. However, luckily for the home side, Ferdinand ran off the knock and got back on the field without any serious medical attention.
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