Man Utd missed the opportunity to win early tickets 0
Man Utd (red shirt) did not achieve the goal of winning tickets early in the Champions League.
The defending Premier League champions must win at least one point in the final match at Basel to be sure of progressing.
Fifth match
Group Bayern Munich 3-1 Villarreal
(Ribery 3′, 69′, Gomez 23′ – De Guzman 50′)Napoli 2-1 Manchester City
(Cavani 17′, 49′ – Balotelli 33′)
Table BCSKA Moscow 0-2 Lille
(Berezutsky own goal 49′, Sow 64′)Trabzonspor 1-1 Inter
(Altintop 23′ – Alvarez 18′)
Table CMU 2-2 Benfica
(Berbatov 30′, Fletcher 59′ – Jones 4′ own goal, Aimar 60′)Otelul Galati 2-3 Basel
(Giurgiu 75′, Antal 81′ – F Frei 10′, A Frei 14′, Streller 37′)
Table DLyon 0-0 Ajax Amsterdam
Real Madrid 6-2 Dinamo Zagreb
(Benzema 2′, 66′, Callejon 6′, 49′, Higuain 9′, Ozil 20′ – Beqiraj 81′, Tomecak 90′)
7:45 p.m. Thursday, November 23
(London time; +7 Hanoi time)
Table E
Bayer Leverkusen – Chelsea
Valencia – Racing Genk
Table F
Arsenal – Borussia Dortmund
Marseille – Olympiakos Piraeus
Table G
Zenit St.
Shakhtar Donetsk – FC Porto
Table H
BATE Borisov – Viktoria Plzen
AC Milan – Barcelona
Benfica also has 9 points, but is better than Man Utd in terms of direct confrontation.
Determined to win three points to advance to the next round, Man Utd was doused with cold water in the 3rd minute. Phil Jones’s leg lift accidentally put the ball into his own net when Nicolas Gaitan brought the ball in from the right wing (
In this match, Man Utd will not have Wayne Rooney due to injury.
Nani played too much, while in the midfield Michael Carrick and Darren Fletcher struggled against the flexible playing style of the pair Gaitan and Paolo Aimar.
However, after stabilizing the defense system, Man Utd gradually improved.
This was Berbatov’s first goal in the Champions League since 2008 and his second this season in all competitions, although he appeared to be offside.
Not long after, Berbatov had a reasonable assist for Young, but the away team’s goalkeeper Artur showed his talent to save the match.
After the break, Man Utd continued their aggressive attack pace.
However, Man Utd’s advantage only lasted one minute.
Towards the end of the match, Man Utd had a chance to win, but Berbatov’s volley was about 10 meters off target.
Squad
Man Utd: De Gea, Evra, Jones, Ferdinand, Fabio Da Silva (Smalling 82), Carrick, Nani, Young, Fletcher, Valencia (Hernandez 80), Berbatov.
Goals: Berbatov 30, Fletcher 59
Benfica: Artur, Emerson, Luisao (Miguel Vitor 58), Pereira, Garay, Javi Garcia, Bruno Cesar, Aimar (Amorim 83), Gaitan (Matic 67), Witsel, Machado.
Goals: Jones 4 own goals, Aimar 60
Table C
TT
Team
Battle
T
H
B
H.S
Point
first
Benfica
5
2
3
0
3
9
2
Man Utd
5
2
3
0
4
9
3
FC Basel
5
2
2
first
0
8
4
Otelul
5
0
0
5
-7
0
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