Ever Since the defeat to AC Milan in the 2006-07 of champions league season, Manchester United had been an unbeaten side. This dream run still continue as Man Utd. defeated Porto FC at Estadio da Grado breaking the jinx of Porto unbeatable run at home against English Clubs.

The goal by ronaldo proved crucial as it was the lone goal of the away match. Along with the victory Man Utd. draught of clean sheet over the past 6 games got over which was mithered by back to back defeats, after a brilliant run of 14 consecutive clean sheet.

Rooney was seen in his new role as Right Winger giving inch perfect passes and attacking and marking French right fall back Cissokho. Rooney got a scare of injury when he tried to run down with the ball in the edge of the penalty area where he was tackled.

With this air of uncertainity over champions league Semi Final becoming Crystal clear, its now again three english club and one spanish club in the semis much similar as it was in last season the difference being arsenal replacing last year semi-finalist Liverpool.

Results Being

Barcelona Vs Bayern Munichen

Agg: 5 – 1

Arsenal Vs Villareal

Agg: 4 – 1

Chelsea Vs Liverpool

Agg: 7 – 5

Man Utd Vs Porto

Agg: 3 – 2

Thus Semfinals are drawn as

Barcelona Vs Chelsea , Man Utd Vs Arsenal On Apr 28th and 29th

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Schedule Read as

• <Date>, <Indian Standard Time>

Match # Team1 Vs Team2  Cricket Ground, City

• 18 Apr,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 1 Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians Newlands, Cape Town

• 18 Apr,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 2 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Rajasthan Royals Newlands, Cape Town

• 19 Apr,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 3 Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab Newlands, Cape Town

• 19 Apr,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 4 Deccan Chargers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Newlands, Cape Town

• 20 Apr,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 5 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Chennai Super Kings St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

• 21 Apr,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 6 Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Kingsmead, Durban

• 21 Apr,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 7 Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians Kingsmead, Durban

• 22 Apr,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 8 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Deccan Chargers Newlands, Cape Town

• 23 Apr,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 9 Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils Kingsmead, Durban

• 23 Apr,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 10 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals Newlands, Cape Town

• 24 Apr,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 11 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kings XI Punjab Kingsmead, Durban

• 25 Apr,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 12 Deccan Chargers Vs Mumbai Indians Newlands, Cape Town

• 25 Apr,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 13 Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Newlands, Cape Town

• 26 Apr,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 14 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Delhi Daredevils St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

• 26 Apr,2009 8:00 PM IST |

bMatch 15 Kings XI Punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals Newlands, Cape Town

• 27 Apr,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 16 Deccan Chargers Vs Chennai Super Kings Kingsmead, Durban

• 27 Apr,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 17 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

• 28 Apr,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 18 Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals SuperSport Park, Centurion (Verwoerdburg)

• 29 Apr,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 19 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Kingsmead, Durban

• 29 Apr,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 20 Kings XI Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians Kingsmead, Durban

• 30 Apr,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 21 Delhi Daredevils Vs Deccan Chargers SuperSport Park, Centurion (Verwoerdburg)

• 30 Apr,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 22 Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals SuperSport Park, Centurion (Verwoerdburg)

• 01 May,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 23 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians Buffalo Park, East London

• 01 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 24 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kings XI Punjab Kingsmead, Durban

• 02 May,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 25 Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

• 02 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 26 Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

• 03 May,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 27 Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

• 03 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 28 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Mumbai Indians New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

• 04 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 29 Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers Buffalo Park, East London

• 05 May,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 30 Kings XI Punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals Kingsmead, Durban

• 05 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 31 Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Kingsmead, Durban

• 06 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 32 Deccan Chargers Vs Mumbai Indians SuperSport Park, Centurion (Verwoerdburg)

• 07 May,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 33 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Rajasthan Royals SuperSport Park, Centurion (Verwoerdburg)

• 07 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 34 Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab SuperSport Park, Centurion (Verwoerdburg)

• 08 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 35 Delhi Daredevils Vs Mumbai Indians Buffalo Park, East London

• 09 May,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 36 Deccan Chargers Vs Kings XI Punjab De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley

• 09 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 37 Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley

• 10 May,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 38 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Mumbai Indians St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

• 10 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 39 Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

• 11 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 40 Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley

• 12 May,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 41 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders SuperSport Park, Centurion (Verwoerdburg)

• 12 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 42 Kings XI Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians SuperSport Park, Centurion (Verwoerdburg)

• 13 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 43 Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi Daredevils Kingsmead, Durban

• 14 May,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 44 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Chennai Super Kings Kingsmead, Durban

• 14 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 45 Mumbai Indians Vs Rajasthan Royals Kingsmead, Durban

• 15 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 46 Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein

• 16 May,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 47 Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

• 16 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 48 Deccan Chargers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

• 17 May,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 49 Deccan Chargers Vs Kings XI Punjab New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

• 17 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 50 Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein

• 18 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 51 Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders SuperSport Park, Centurion (Verwoerdburg)

• 19 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 52 Delhi Daredevils Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

• 20 May,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 53 Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals Kingsmead, Durban

• 20 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 54 Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab Kingsmead, Durban

• 21 May,2009 4:00 PM IST |

Match 55 Delhi Daredevils Vs Mumbai Indians SuperSport Park, Centurion (Verwoerdburg)

• 21 May,2009 8:00 PM IST |

Match 56 Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Deccan Chargers SuperSport Park, Centurion (Verwoerdburg)

• 22 May,2009 8:00 PM IST | 1st Semi Final T.B.D vs T.B.D SuperSport Park, Centurion (Verwoerdburg)

• 23 May,2009 8:00 PM IST | 2nd Semi Final T.B.D vs T.B.D New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

• 24 May,2009 8:00 PM IST | Final T.B.D vs T.B.D New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

 

It was another day….. Sir Alex and his Fall back woes continued and so did the magic of Italian striker Macheda that helped Manchester United regain the top spot after Liverpool’s emphatic four goal clean sheet. This happened twice over the couple of week and chelsea are also trying to pull themeselves out of the blues. The tension is mounting at Old Trafford. With very few games left and three games of MU  getting rescheduled and crucial champions league match to do the almost impossible task of winning at porto.

Talkin about Sunderland match:Inclusion of Berbatov raised few eyebrows and he couldnt do much. Once he was subbed tv clips showed his ankle being treated with Icebags not so good considering the porto match. But the magical run of macheda once again helped MU regain the top spot. In the villa match he was subbed at 72nd minute and scored in ET this time Sir alex subbed him at 74th minute just to the amazement of his side scoring a goal in the next few minutes. Scholes pass to Carrick . Carrick aiming the Far post and Macheda purposely deviated the ball to near post, to which Gordon couldn’t do anything but stand and see. Although we regained the top spot but the lack of center fall back Rio is clearly seen on the field Evans inexperience was clearly prominent in the game. Ben foster misjudgment to the cross resulted in Sunderland goal. Rooney’s brilliance could only help MU take the early lead. Later his brilliant play created only chances after chances surprisingly he started from RM where Ron used to play and his crosses where no doubt but of pin point accuracy.

The one thing that’s still hurting Sir Alex is to get back to the ruthless form. It must be a disgruntled feeling running through every MU fan. “So close yet so far”.

But then “No mountain too high, no river too deep”

Once A Red

Red Forever……..

Virender Sehwag

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graeme Smith (Vice-Captain)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ricky Ponting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S.R. Tendulkar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

K. Pietersen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S. Chanderpaul

M.S Dhoni (Captain) (Wicket-Keeper)

Harbhajan Singh

M. G. Johnson

D. W. Steyn

Zaheer Khan

The journey is about to end

I’ve got nothing to defend

No serious enemity , no one to offend

And precisely no close and true friend

But

The journey is about to end

I never wanted to travel

Having reached so far

I started with a vision in my eyes

And ecstasy that no feeling stands at par

Still unaware of why I took off

And where exactly to land

But

the journey is about to end

the life tried to teach at its best

and I permanently unavailable to appear for the big test

I gained nothing but experience

The only way to have survived here is ignorance

The very sequence of mysterious failures to comprehend

But

the journey is about to end

there were people I really liked

there were people I wanted to be liked from

the people impressed and I admired them

the people lead well and I followed them

perhaps I commited some big mistakes

which they feel might take more then my lifetime to mend

the time is short

and

the journey is about to end

the last couple of months

for which I’ve been waiting for like eternity

The ocean of emotions

The lack of expressions

The fears of rejection

So much to be accomplished

And

The very journey is about to end………………………………………

From My Friend Avis Blog :)

Player	GF	PEN	MinP	MP
Edin DZEKO	7	0	530	6
Ebi SMOLAREK	6	0	360	4
Wesley SONCK	6	1	531	6
Soren LARSEN	5	0	248	3
David VILLA	5	0	399	5
Wayne ROONEY	5	0	444	5
Blaise N KUFO	5	0	518	6

 

However if you take a look at South American World Cup Qualifiers: likes of Messi scoring just 3 goals of 12 games and Kaka scoring 4 goals of 9 matches Robinho scoring 3 goals of 12 games Ronaldinho scoring just 1 goal of 8 games shows they are not intrested in their national duties and want to play for clubs giving large bucks.

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Both teams had so for terrible form in past few games and atleast one team will end the draught of win

Form guide: Aston Villa visit Old Trafford in terrible form having lost their last three league games. A five-goal punch at the hands of Liverpool saw Martin O’Neill’s side drop out of the top four; prior to that game, Villa suffered a home defeat to the in-form spurs and lost to rivals City on their previous trip to Manchester. The Villas' only win in the last six games was back on 7 Feb when they beat Rovers 2-0. Meanwhile, the Red devils are determined to recover from successive defeats against Liverpool and Fulham.

ASTON VILLA: W L D L L L

4/18 points in last six games

MAN. UTD.: W W W W L L

12/18 points in last six games

Ins and Outs:

Aston Villa

Inclusion:Wilfred Bouma after 8 months lay off

Exclusion:Heskey injured in his national match in WC Qualifier against Ukraine and captain laursen also unavailble.

Manchester United

Inclusion: Gary Neville after a long time

Exclusion:Utd Woes Continue with injured Berbatov, Anderson and Red Carded Rooney, Vidic and Scholes.

 

Star men: Villa’s  Agbonlahor's pace could pose a few problems against a relatively weak united defence. Ashley Young has also been in great form for Aston Villa this season and he will be eager to test a United defence missing a possible Player of the Year in Vidic.

Rivals watch: Newcastle v Chelsea, Arsenal v Man City (both Saturday 20:30 IST), Fulham v Liverpool (Saturday 23:00 IST).