May 30th, 2008
Manchester United and England’s Owen Hargreaves has admitted he will not be paying much attention to this summer’s European Championship and also reflected the Three Lions’ win over the United States on Wednesday…
Steve McClaren infamously failed to guide England to the Austria-Switzerland showpiece and now many of the world’s biggest and best-paid names will be watching this summer’s action from afar.
Many of England’s stars have expressed their disappointment at not being involved in recent weeks and, naturally, Hargreaves is no different.
“I definitely won’t be in Austria or Switzerland. And I don’t think I will enjoy watching it, apart from maybe the semi-finals and final,” admitted the versatile, Canadian-born midfielder.
“I will keep an eye on a few team-mates and friends but I don’t think I’ll get a lot of satisfaction watching, knowing we should probably be there.”
Reflecting on the 2-0 win over USA on Wednesday, Hargreaves is sure that they could have won by a greater margin, but believes the team played well.
“We could have scored more against the USA,” he insisted. “But I think the things he [Capello] wanted us to do, which were switching play and making runs in behind, we did.
“You’ll have to ask the manager if he’s happy. We won at home. He seemed rather pleased.
“I think you have to [experiment], as he’s trying to find out the best team. We have all the pieces of the puzzle. We just have to make them fit.”
May 21st, 2008
C. Ronaldo 26′ - 45′ F. Lampard
Penalties:
Manchester United 6 - 5 Chelsea
| Man Utd |
Chelsea |
| |
|
| Carlos Tevez (120′) |
Michael Ballack (120′) |
| Michael Carrick (120′) |
Juliano Belletti (120′) |
| Owen Hargreaves (120′) |
Frank Lampard (120′) |
| Luis Nani (120′) |
Ashley Cole (120′) |
| Anderson (120′) |
Salomon Kalou (120′) |
| Ryan Giggs (120′) |
|
C. Ronaldo for Manchester United and John Terry, Anelka for Chelsea missed the penalties.
THE WINNER OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2008 IS MANCHESTER UNITED
| Match Information |
| Stadium: |
Luzhniki Stadium |
| Attendance: |
69,552 |
| Match Time: |
19:45 UK |
| Referee(s): |
Lubos Michel (Referee) |
| Match Stats |
|
Man Utd |
Chelsea |
| Shots (on Goal) |
13(5) |
25(1) |
| Fouls |
22 |
25 |
| Corner Kicks |
5 |
8 |
| Offsides |
1 |
2 |
| Time of Possession |
56% |
44% |
| Yellow Cards |
4 |
4 |
| Red Cards |
0 |
1 |
| Saves |
0 |
4 |
| Man Utd |
| No. |
NAME |
POS |
| 1 |
Edwin van der Sar |
(G) |
| 5 |
Rio Ferdinand |
(D) |
| 6 |
Wes Brown |
(D) |
| 3 |
Patrice Evra |
(D) |
| 15 |
Nemanja Vidic |
(D) |
| 18 |
Paul Scholes |
(M) |
| 4 |
Owen Hargreaves |
(M) |
| 7 |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
(M) |
| 16 |
Michael Carrick |
(M) |
| 10 |
Wayne Rooney |
(F) |
| 32 |
Carlos Tevez |
(F) |
| Man Utd Substitutes |
| No. |
NAME |
POS |
| 22 |
John O’Shea |
(S) |
| 11 |
Ryan Giggs |
(S) |
| 27 |
Mikael Silvestre |
(S) |
| 24 |
Darren Fletcher |
(S) |
| 29 |
Tomasz Kuszczak |
(S) |
| 17 |
Luis Nani |
(S) |
| 8 |
Anderson |
(S) |
| Chelsea Substitutes |
| No. |
NAME |
POS |
| 35 |
Juliano Belletti |
(S) |
| 23 |
Carlo Cudicini |
(S) |
| 7 |
Andriy Shevchenko |
(S) |
| 21 |
Salomon Kalou |
(S) |
| 33 |
Alex |
(S) |
| 12 |
John Mikel Obi |
(S) |
| 39 |
Nicolas Anelka |
(S) |
| Man Utd Substitutions |
| Substitutions |
| Ryan Giggs for Paul Scholes (87) |
| Luis Nani for Wayne Rooney (102) |
| Anderson for Wes Brown (120) |
| Man Utd Yellow Cards |
| Name |
Min |
| Paul Scholes |
(22) |
| Rio Ferdinand |
(43) |
| Nemanja Vidic |
(111) |
| Carlos Tevez |
(116) |
| Man Utd Red Cards |
| Name |
Min |
| No Red Cards |
| Chelsea Red Cards |
| Name |
Min |
| Didier Drogba |
(116) |
May 21st, 2008
Which team is going to win? What is your bet? Manchester United or Chelsea for the first time to be the Champions League 2008 winner?
HARGREAVES WON’T ENJOY EURO 2008
