FC Porto vs Manchester United

Decent first half from us, only qualm is central midfield giving the ball away a bit easily, especially Carrick and Anderson.

And the cameras keep cutting to whoever that is on the Porto bench
 
Started and ended the half well - a bit of a dodgy patch in the middle where we dropped way too deep and couldn't clear our lines for a good 5 minutes but overall a good half.

Now if we can just grab a second, and if the ref' can protect Ronnie just a little more...

Berbatov also, how many times has he got his ankle taken out?
 
Would like to see more from Evra. Of the 2 fullbacks, O'Shea has been much more involved in our attacking play.

Having said that, Evra does seem to be playing better than in recent games.

Oh yeah...and what a fecking strike from Ronnie:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
 
Defensively we have been very solid. Carrick has seen a lot of the ball but is being wasteful with his passing. We really need that second goal though.

Thing about Porto is that they are closing down very quickly in the midfield, they will tire themselves out eventually.

Thats what I thought.I feel the longer the game goes on the better we will get.We need to watch the first 10 mins especially
 
think we must come out with the intent to score an early 2nd. if we get that, then we will go one and score more as Porto have to twist or bust. That has to be the strategy for the 2nd half from SAF
 
i think anderson has done a good job thus far and carrick can do better.
 
anyway, we still have another goal in us as Macheda is still to make his European debut for us.

Imagine that?!
 
berbatov has been very good tonight. I dont think its coincidence that his higher work rate (including making a sliding tackle in our half) goes hand in hand with him being more influential
 
Decent half. Although we went a bit quiet for a period in the middle.

This is an edgy situation as one Porto goal and we're fecked. Had Vidic buried that chance, we would be almost home and dry.

Oh and that strike from Ronaldo was something else. Stunning!
 
not to tempt fate but i only see porto scoring if we make a serious blunder.

TBH at this point i more worried about the ref screwing us over then porto

or the weather oops
 
think porto will start chasing the goal this half. expect us to hit them on the break.
 
Our Defense has done ok.Evra needs to do better in attacking.O'Shea has been good even in attack.

Midfield has done well too.Anderson has been good.Carrick has been very average.

Berbatov needs to stop giving the ball away all the time.

What a goal by Ronaldo
 
Heavy rain in Oporto