FC Porto v Manchester United MINUTE BY MINUTE

[SharkyMcShark]

Giggs floats sit in and Elton punches back to Giggs, who earns a throw on the left hand side of the Porto area.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Porto CB goes down clutching his head after a clash with Berba, and Porto rush the ref demanding a card.

 

[Solius]

Porto make a sub.

Rodriguez comes off for Farias.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Porto substitution

Rodriguez off for Farias, who scored twice at the weekend.

 

[Solius]

Rooney wins a corner.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

United with a corner after good work down the right by Rooney and Ronaldo

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Giggs swings it in but Brunp Alves clears again. Ball back to Rooney who wins another corner.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Giggs takes again, this time from the left, and the ball is cleared as far as Anderson, who gives it back to Giggs who loses it for a throw.

 

[Solius]

Nani is ready to come on.

Gonzalez gets passed Ando and Evra with some nifty footwork before the brick wall that is Vidic stops him in his tracks.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Nani was subbed on for us at some point but we haven't been told for who yet - I think it's Berbatov.

Yes it's Berba.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Ronaldo with some nice footwork on the edge of their area tees up Rooney, who has a shot blocked and then cleared.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Our three players who have run the furthest are Carrick, Sheasy, and Giggs

 

[Solius]

Porto are mounting some pressure now. United resorting to hoofing it clear at times.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Ronaldo correctly adjudged offside. Just.

 

[Solius]

Giggs plays Ronaldo through but he is offside and wouldn't have caught it anyway

 

[Solius]

Hulk, who has been a bit wank, runs to the byline and crosses out of play.

 

[Solius]

Porto have a corner that they play near post, but it is headed way way wide.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Ferdinand clutches at his posterior after a chellenge. Oh shi-

 

[SharkyMcShark]

75th minute. One more goal would be nice.

 

[Solius]

Scholes is going to come on.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Scholes getting ready to come on.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Scholes for Anderson

A good showing by the BRazilian tongiht.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Van Der Sar came and was STRANDED - Rolando heads over fortunately.

Must be the odd shape of his forehead.

 

[Solius]

Corner floats in from Porto, VDS comes out for it and gets nowhere near it, luckily Rolando heads over.

 

[Solius]

United look disjointed and nervy at the moment.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Costa on for Sapunaru for Porto.

 

[Solius]

Hulk shoots, a deflected takes it wide and Porto have another corner.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

I'm fecking shitting it at the moment.

Porto with a corner.

 

[Solius]

Farias overhead scuffs it wide from the corner.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Varias with an overhead kick that looked a lot closer at the time than it really was.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

sheasy fouls Hulk on the halfway line.

He should be careful - you dont want to make him angry

VDS mis hits another clearance that the defence deals with.

 

[Solius]

Rooney has a crack from 25 yards, over.

 

[Solius]

Rio has been very good.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Rooney shoots just over after good work from Scholes and Giggs.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Evra skinned by Mariano, cross comes to nothing.

Still shitting it.

 

[Solius]

Gonzalez sends in a cross but it is too powerful and Utd get a throw.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

Van Der Sar clutches a ball straight at him.

We're giving them far too much room between the centre circle and the box.

 

[Solius]

Evra goes missing at LB, Gonzalez skips past Nani, plays the ball in and the striker kicks it straight into VDS arms.

We are just inviting pressure on here.

 

[SharkyMcShark]

we get a corner now.

Giggs to take.

 

[Solius]

Nani doing well to take some pressure off us.

Fergie is going a bit bonkers on the touchline.

4 minutes left plus stoppages, United win a corner.