Fergie: Barcelona were the better side & another Ronaldo tantrum
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8071178.stm
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Sir Alex Ferguson claimed Manchester United's Champions league thrashing in Rome last night was because Barcelona were the better side.
Man U played in their white away shirts, sparking rumours from bookies that this made them statistically more likely to be beaten by Barcelona.
"We started brightly and confidently and could have been in front in the first 10 minutes but the goal was a killer...We didn't plan to lose a goal as early as that. We didn't deal with it well enough, it gave them the opportunity to keep possession...We knew what a good football team they were. We had difficulty in defending against them. Messi dropped into midfield and they kept possession and made it difficult for us"
Meanwhile the Sun is reporting that 23 year old Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo, who threw a public tantrum in front of millions of fans in the stadium and on TV when he was substituted in the Sunderland game a few weeks back, has complained that the team lost because of Fergie's tactics.
Ronaldo was reporting in The Sun as saying "We didn't do well. The tactics were not good and everything went wrong for us. We were only in it for 10 minutes and we never found ourselves again." He was photographed giving daggers to Fergie in many of the national newspapers as the manager issued commands from the pitch side during the match.
This has added further fuel to rumours that the winger will be leaving United this Summer as Real Madrid are reportedly very interested in signing him.
The football brought troubled broadcaster ITV1 yest another night of the best audience figures in UK broadcasting when it peaked at just over 14 million viewers
Man U played in their white away shirts, sparking rumours from bookies that this made them statistically more likely to be beaten by Barcelona.
"We started brightly and confidently and could have been in front in the first 10 minutes but the goal was a killer...We didn't plan to lose a goal as early as that. We didn't deal with it well enough, it gave them the opportunity to keep possession...We knew what a good football team they were. We had difficulty in defending against them. Messi dropped into midfield and they kept possession and made it difficult for us"
Meanwhile the Sun is reporting that 23 year old Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo, who threw a public tantrum in front of millions of fans in the stadium and on TV when he was substituted in the Sunderland game a few weeks back, has complained that the team lost because of Fergie's tactics.
Ronaldo was reporting in The Sun as saying "We didn't do well. The tactics were not good and everything went wrong for us. We were only in it for 10 minutes and we never found ourselves again." He was photographed giving daggers to Fergie in many of the national newspapers as the manager issued commands from the pitch side during the match.
This has added further fuel to rumours that the winger will be leaving United this Summer as Real Madrid are reportedly very interested in signing him.
The football brought troubled broadcaster ITV1 yest another night of the best audience figures in UK broadcasting when it peaked at just over 14 million viewers
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nkeg87
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Ronaldo is such a poor sport. And i think Eto'o was alluding to the high of scoring a goal in a competition like that. at least i hope so.
- 2 years ago
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JCollier
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Thank you Fergie, for stating the obvious. It's ok they can go back to beating Hull and feeling good about themselves next season
Messi was just incredible, I'm just astounded that he's only 21!
Why is Eto'o slapping his arm like he's about to jack up?
- 3 years ago
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JCollier
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graemesmith
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Spanish TV coverage of the goals
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The Sun coverage
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