UEFA Champions League Goal Summary: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Basel-c39079 vs Manchester United
Manchester United headed into their game with FC Basel in very unfamiliar circumstances. The Red Devils needed to pick up the win in the game in order to ensure their progress to the next round of the tournament.
If Basel managed to beat the Red Devils then they would be going through to the next round of the tournament, while United would crash into the Europa League.
Despite all the pressure on his side, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson remained confident over the fact that his side could make it through to the next round. However, Basel were determined not to let United cruise past them and were more than willing to put up a resilient
fight in the game.
Basel took to the game with a bang and took only nine minutes to find the back of the net and cause United a massive scare early on in the game.
In the 9th minute of the game, Shaqiri went on to bend in a cross, which was knocked by De Gea into the path of Streller. Streller then went on to volley the ball in emphatic fashion and saw his effort sail into the back of the net.
With the pressure on United, Basel decided to defend their lines and attack the Red Devils on the counter for the remainder of the game.
However, just when it seemed like the game would come to an end, or would result in United scoring a late goal in the game, Basel went on to double their lead in the 84th minute of the game.
Shaqiri was the man to cause problems once again with his tantalizing crosses and this time around he found Alex Frei unmarked in the box. Frei then went on to head the ball into the back of an empty net and in doing so, nearly ensured United’s elimination
from the Champions League.
In the 89th minute, United put all their bodies in the Basel box and following a mad rush in the box, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Phil-Jones-c29903 managed to nod the ball into the back of the net.
However, despite the players best efforts, he just couldn’t help his side make it through to the next round of the tournament, as United were sent crashing into the Europa League following the game.
The line ups for the game were as follows:
Basel: Sommer, Steinhofer, Abraham, Dragovic, Park, Shaqiri, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexander-Frei-c4830, Streller
Subs: Colomba, Chipperfield, Stocker, Kusunga, Kovac, Zoua, Pak
Manchester United: De Gea, Smalling, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Park, Giggs, Jones, Young, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nani-c27299, Rooney
Subs: Lindegaard, Evans, Welbeck, Fletcher, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863, Macheda, Gibson
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