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::7:07 AM
Saturday, October 27, 2007
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy. There are 3 main reasons and i shall talk about each one of them> I am sooooooooooooooooo happy that my fever has been cured. Ive got no more headaches and can drink cold water again. First reason-> Manchester United just pwned Middelsborg 4-1. So I am dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmn happy n he is my report on their victory.
Middlesbrough have traditionally held something of a hoodoo over United at Old Trafford, but even they had no answer to another vibrant attacking display from Sir Alex Ferguson's side.
Goals from Nani, Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez (twice) invalidated an early equaliser from Jeremie Aliadiere and put United on top of the Barclays Premier League, ahead of Arsenal’s trip to Liverpool on Sunday.
Following on from convincing victories over Wigan, Aston Villa and Dynamo Kyiv, the scoreline also marked a fourth-consecutive four-goal haul, equalling a club record set back in the 1907/08 season.
The only noteworthy change to Sir Alex Ferguson’s line-up saw Owen Hargreaves return for only his fourth United appearance, his first taste of action since the victory over Sunderland on September 1.
Whereas Boro traditionally come to Old Trafford with a stifling approach clearly at the fore, Gareth Southgate’s 4-4-2 formation suggested the potential for an open game, and Nani's early goal bore that out in style.
Just three minutes had passed when he picked the ball up on the left flank, just inside the Boro half. The Portuguese winger beat three defenders, cut inside and sent goalwards a scorching 30-yard drive which arced over the flailing Schwarzer.
Less than two minutes later, Tevez could have doubled the Reds’ lead. The Argentine striker was sent clean through, but his attempt to lift the ballover Schwarzer was thwarted by the Australian stopper.
United would rue that miss moments later as the visitors drew level. Turkish striker Tuncay, who scored a hat-trick for Fenerbahce in his last appearance against the Reds, did superbly to outfox John O’Shea and send in a cross, which Aliadiere glanced in off van der Sar’s far post.
The Turk proved troublesome again after 24 minutes, curling in another fine cross which Stewart Downing headed wastefully past the far post. Boro were by no means bossing the game, but they were certainly proving a handful on the counter-attack.
United, as per, were enjoying the lion’s share of possession, and responded to Downing’s near-miss with one of their own, as Ronaldo latched onto Rooney’s pass and sent a left-footed shot skidding just past Schwarzer’s post.
Downing was heavily involved again as United retook the lead after 32 minutes. The England international dwelled on the ball inside his own area and, as he attempted to pass clear, Nani nicked the ball to Rooney, who hammered a shot past Schwarzer and in.
The Australian was called into action again moments later as United sought to extend their lead. A spell of heavy pressure ended with O’Shea sliding the ball back to Ronaldo, whose low sidefooted effort was held just in front of the line.
United seemed liberated by the chance to savour their advantage, and they continued to pile the pressure on Boro’s goal, coming agonizingly close to scoring a third in first-half injury time.
A defensive slip allowed Rooney, Tevez and Ronaldo to break against just one Boro defender, but Rooney’s overhit pass to Tevez was half-cleared to Nani. In the ensuing melee, the winger’s cross fell invitingly to Ronaldo, but the ball merely bounced off him and ricocheted straight to Schwarzer.
The lead stayed at just the one goal going into the break, but it could easily have been extended further within a minute of the restart as Tevez fed Rooney, but the England striker could only fire narrowly over the crossbar with a diagonal shot.
Much had been made of the burgeoning English-Argentine partnership upfront after their prominent role against Aston Villa and Dynamo Kyiv, and they combined again to devastating effect to put United 3-1 ahead.
Tevez flicked a long ball straight to Rooney and continued his run into the box. The Argentine then slipped below Boro's radar as he crept into the box, but Rooney was able to find him with a sumptuous back-heel, which teed up a simple slid finish.
Parallels have been drawn between the infamous Cole-Yorke partnership and the current Tevez-Rooney pairing of late, and this goal was the most glaring sign of similarity yet. The duo’s interplay immediately evoked memories of Cole’s much-heralded 1998 goal against Barcelona, scored with similarly intuitive front-play.
With a two-goal lead established, Sir Alex opted to bring on Darren Fletcher and Gerard Pique for some much-needed playing time, as they replaced Hargreaves and Ferdinand respectively, while Ryan Giggs replaced Anderson. There was no disruption to United’s attacking flow, however, and they grabbed a fourth goal with five minutes remaining.
Rooney broke from deep inside his own half and left Cattermole trailing in his wake before picking out Tevez, who cut inside and, although his goal-bound shot struck Taylor’s arm, it bounced down into the ground and past the hapless Schwarzer.
And with that, United had equalled a century-old record and moved to the top of the Premier League table, with a tantalising trip to title rivals Arsenal looming next weekend.
Yup so that's my brief report on Manchester United's victory.
2nd reason: I just finished watching 1 n a half hours of Scooby Doo. He owned the bad guys in Scooby Doo and the monster of Mexico. And there are 2 more shows of Scooby Doo today in Cartoon Network. Cartoon Network have started to get more brains I msut admit.
3rd reason: tampines Rovers drew with SAFFC 1-1 n are 2 points below them with a game in hand. Whoo Hoo. Thhe're gonna win the S-league year. i Bet you that. here is the report on the match.
Mirko Grabovac had the last laugh in the duel of the Methuselahs on Saturday evening, as a late Tampines Rovers goal forced a 1-1 draw with league title rivals SAFFC.
The result kept Tampines within two points of the defending champions with a game in hand, as the balance of the championship race began to tilt in the Stags’ favour.
Aleksandar Duric, all of 37 years old, had struck nine minutes before the break to give his team an advantage that had come against the run of play.
But former Warriors star Grabovac, himself just a year younger at 36, capped a hardworking display with an assist for Aliff Shafaein to equalize eight minutes from time.
Tampines had come into this match without seven of their senior players, three of whom had been ruled out through suspension and injury.
Making things even tougher for Vorawan Chitavanich was the absence of four Singapore internationals, who could not be released for club duty as the Lions’ World Cup qualifier against Palestine 24 hours later remained in limbo following the visitors’ AWOL show.
Compared to Vorawan’s woes, SAFFC coach Richard Bok seemed to face fewer problems as Razif Mahamud, Hafiz Osman and Aidil Sharin slotted into the side to replace Daniel Bennett, Faizal Abdul Hamid and John Wilkinson respectively.
Norikazu Murakami was meanwhile restored to the starting eleven, after being cup-tied in the Warriors’ RHB Singapore Cup victory over Woodlands Wellington last week.
Despite the advantage Bok’s men seemed to have on paper, though, both teams remained very evenly matched right from the kickoff.
Young striker Ahmed Fahmie, filling in for Singapore goal ace Noh Alam Shah, was denied a chance in the 7th minute by SAFFC custodian Shahril Jantan, before Rafi Ali robbed Therdsak Chaiman of a clear shot on goal at the other end less than a minute later.
It did not take long for the 3,078 fans to realize, though, that the hosts were taking a rather rushed approach to the match, compared to the aggressive but calm demeanour shown by their opponents.
Whether it was because Tampines had won the two corresponding fixtures earlier this year was anybody’s guess, but it was clear that the apparently weaker team was holding the psychological advantage over the title holders.
Indeed, the Stags looked the more convincing title contender of the two, and could have gone ahead in the first half but for some disappointing ball control by Fahmie and Aliff.
Instead, it was SAFFC who claimed the lead in the 36th minute, and unsurprisingly the goal bore the name of runaway league top-scorer Duric.
The burly striker, who had missed a call-up by Radojko Avramovic as his new Singapore passport would only be ready for collection on Monday, had received a good low pass from Murakami, but fumbled with his initial control as he had his back facing goal.
Ibrahim Noh’s failure to immediately close Duric down, however, allowed the latter to turn around and send in a shot, and by the time Rezal Hassan realized what was coming, it was too late for him to keep the ball out of the net.
Duric was ecstatic to have broken a three-match goal drought, but credit really had to go to Murakami, who ran about everywhere in an effort to invigorate his tense teammates.
Kenji Arai too did a generally fine job at the back to soothe the Warriors’ nerves, but Therdsak, the team’s final foreigner, looked well below his best as a niggling hamstring injury prevented him from exerting his usual commanding influence.
Inevitably, the Thai had to be taken off at the interval, and with him went SAFFC’s ability to dictate play in the centre of the park.
Smelling blood in the air, the Stags exerted much pressure along the flanks, and they could have pulled level many times but for some resolute work by the Warriors backline.
Twice Fahmie worked his way into a shooting position on the left side of the box, but Shahril saved the 20-year-old’s first try before forcing him to chip high with his second.
Sutee Suksomkit then saw his 64th-minute lob from the right flank go over the crossbar as well, before Arai stepped in to deny both Aliff and Fahmie a few minutes later.
But as Aliff and Grabovac got closer and closer with their subsequent shots, and Sead Muratovic saw a 79th-minute free kick saved, a Tampines goal seemed a matter of time.
The critical moment finally came in the 82nd minute, as a double save from Shahril and Arai saw the duo stay down as Grabovac picked the ball up on the right side of the box.
Looking up and spotting Aliff in a better scoring position, the Stags No.10 unselfishly teed the ball in-between the two Warriors, and the diminutive forward made no mistake.
The goal sparked wild celebrations among the players, nearly all of whom mobbed Aliff. Grabovac, however, had something else in mind as he rushed towards the away fans section at Choa Chu Kang, screaming in near-delirium.
And there could well be more joy for the Tampines faithful to savour at the end of the season, as Grabovac and his colleagues took what could be a key step towards the title.
Grabovac: Character will win title for Stags
Veteran striker Mirko Grabovac hailed his Tampines Rovers teammates’ ‘character’ after holding SAFFC to a 1-1 draw – and boldly predicted his team would go on to unseat the Warriors as S.League champions.
The 36-year-old gave his remarks following a fierce display from the Stags, who were missing over a third of their senior squad for this match.
Despite the apparent handicap, Tampines played out a more organized game and often looked the more threatening of the two, leading Grabovac to praise his teammates for rising to the challenge.
“We showed today that we may not be at our best, but we still have the character we needed to win,” he commented after the match.
“That was what senior players like Nazri (Nasir), Rafi (Ali) and I told the youngsters. We already knew one month ago that we had to do without our best players for this game, but we had to come here and show we have the character.
“I’m very happy that we showed that here today. It felt very special for me to see the team do it here against SAFFC.
“I’ve played with them for five years (before joining Tampines), and I will never forget the good memories. But now I am confident that we have what it takes to win all the games we have left; nobody is going to stop us from winning this year’s title!”
Stags coach Vorawan Chitavanich was appreciative of the evergreen striker’s work throughout the match, singling out the latter’s constant reassuring influence on a team that included youngsters like Shahdan Sulaiman, Ahmed Fahmie and Kairuldin Ishak.
“Mirko did not play like a player today; he played more like an assistant coach,” he noted.
“He was there to give encouragement to the young players, and we needed him to do that today because we had many young players on the field. Four players representing the country, two suspended, Satria (Mad) injured – of course the young players had to play!
“To get a result like this was very good for the team. Of course, after Therdsak (Chaiman) came off for the other side, the game changed, but we had to work hard and take control.
“The title race is still open, even with Home (United) losing this week. But our boys showed that, even when we lose more than half our first team, the fighting spirit is still there to give a good game.”
Ya so that's the 3 reasons y I am fully recovered n out of fever.
GO RED DEVILS GO SCOOBY DOO GO STAGS
::11:43 PM
Thursday, October 25, 2007
IM bored. Dun fell like studying so Im blogging. (during my tamil tuition) SO lets talk about school. Nothing better to talk about 8.00-9.00- Ms Sim's English lesson -Boring!!!!! -all English lessons are -wish Ms Sim does not read this or im cooked 9.00-9.30- Break -SO! SO! SO! boring..... -4got wat i even did 9.30-10.30-Mr imbufe's CHemistry -Mr Imbufe is pwnage -studied practically nothing in chemistry( shall go through the hour-plan of chemistry later) -was calculating my English marks the whole time -now for Chemistry hour-plan -9.30-9.45- icebreaker which Mr Imbufe asked Chang Han to break but in the end he broke it himself. Mr Imbufe,"Where do the whales meet in the ocean?"..."the whale station". -9.45-9.50-setting up laptop -9.50-10.00-Mr Imbufe got serious for the first time. I was scared at first cos I was not paying attention. Actually I never did in any of his class (Only for about 20% of the time) -10.00-10.10-recap of what we have learnt last week -10.10-10.20- he was teaching some funny funny stuff about Nuclear chemistry. Dont ask me anything about it cos I was doing English marks then. -10.20-10.30-doing exercises of what we have learnt in the past lesson (10mins) 10.30-12.30-FREE PERIOD!!! played DM for sometime and then started to play basketball or half an hour 12.30-1.30-maths -got back maths result 23/25 :((((((((((((((((( -got back coordinate geometry journal (10/10 YAY!!!) -got back my trigo journal and my file check, both 6/10 SAD!!!!!!!:((((((((((( -moew filing to be due alllllllllll tmr!!!!:((((((((( 1.30-3.30-FREE PERIOD!!! year 2 sem2 rocks so many fre periods some more i did not take any humanities at all so dammmmmmmmmmmmmn freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (sounds nice) -ate lunch -played com -played basketball for an hour -went home
K I have blogged today. Scolded so many times for blogging and playing DM on the com for not studying by my mum. I wish I had a time machine and could adjust time. I wish I had. K BB.
::3:26 AM
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Champions League Group F Olympiyskiy Stadium, Wed 23 Oct
DYNAMO KYIV 2 (Rincon 34, Bangoura 78)
MANCHESTER UNITED 4 (Ferdinand 10; Rooney 18; Ronaldo 41, 68)
Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice as Manchester United FC cruised to a comfortable victory at FC Dynamo Kyiv to make it three wins from three in UEFA Champions League Group F and move to the brink of qualification. The visitors led after ten minutes when Rio Ferdinand headed in a free-kick from Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney quickly added a second on the counterattack. Dynamo were briefly given hope when Diogo Rincón nodded in Carlos Corrêa's corner, but Ronaldo restored the two-goal cushion just before half-time. The influential Portuguese added the fourth from the penalty spot before home forward Ismaël Bangoura completed the scoring with 12 minutes remaining. The visitors had suffered a setback before kick-off when Patrice Evra picked up an injury and was replaced by Darren Fletcher, with John O'Shea falling back to cover and the Scotsman linking up with Anderson in central midfield. The hosts had the first chance through Bangoura, back from a rib injury, testing Edwin van der Sar with a shot from the edge of the area in the opening seconds. The English champions responded with Ronaldo particularly active but it took Sir Alex Ferguson's charges ten minutes to produce their first shot – and their first goal. Ronaldo won a free-kick near the corner flag on the left which Giggs crossed for Ferdinand to place a powerful header over Olexandr Shovkovskiy. As József Szabó's men poured forward, leaving vast spaces at the back exposed, United were clinical as they executed their opportunities on the break. One such free-flowing move down the right brought the second goal, as Rooney applied a simple finish after a pass by Wes Brown. Rooney had a further chance to add to United's advantage several minutes later, but Shovkovskiy parried his powerful drive while Goran Gavrančić took a blow when blocking an ensuing effort from Carlos Tévez. It was all United at that point with Dynamo looking out of ideas, but just as it seemed there was no hope for them, they found their way back into the game following a set-piece. On 34 minutes, Corrêa whipped in a corner which the unmarked Rincón nodded in. Ronaldo called Shovkovskiy back into action with a shot from acute angle yet the keeper was powerless to prevent the third United goal four minutes before the break when Ronaldo neatly headed in Giggs's cross from the left to restore the Red Devils' two-goal lead. Dynamo introduced Valentin Belkevich and Artem Milevskiy at half-time but United continued to dominate with Anderson hitting the post. Rincón delivered another fine header from an Oleh Gusev cross which flew just wide of the post, while Anderson drew another save from Shovkovskiy. The match was effectively over on 68 minutes when Gavrančić conceded a penalty for handball which Ronaldo casually stroked in to make it 4-1. Bangoura put some respectability on the scoreline with a fierce strike from 25 metres, yet the defeat leaves the Ukrainian club without a point and facing elimination at Old Trafford in two weeks' time.
So this is my lengthy report on how Manchester United owned Dynamo Kyiv.
::1:25 AM
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 hello i am !< /-\ {_} $ ! !<. From 202 crazy class. From NUSHS even crazier school. Im blogging for the first time. W8. Im not. Second. I lie often. Im bored. I love cricket n soccer. I'll be giving commendatory on Manchester United's matches. erm. Done.
