The second leg of the quarter final between Manchester United and F.C.Porto was played on the Porto ground, with the Porto stadium is known for uptil thisday no English club could beat Porto there, and it was playing on Fergusons mind as well as the Manchester United players. And it is well known footballers are superstitious .
The big relief for Fergusons team was the return of the wall, Rio Ferdinand from a lay of , it was back injury. And in that time Manchester lost a few games , and also leaked in a few goals.
For this game thje Porto coach was banished to the stands and not allowed to speak to his players before or during the game.Even phones were banned.
It started as a very cagy game as Porto had the away goal advantage. With Ryan Giggs on the left and Wayne Rooney on the right and Ronaldo and Berbatov in the middle, Ronaldo was given permission oto change and run freely. The goal came early in the first half from a wonderful 35yard thunder kick by Ronaldo into the left hand top corner of the net, the brazilian goalkeeper Helton was truely beaten all ends up.
As the Porto ground is called the Dragon, The dragon realy awoke from its slumbeer and started attacking from akll angles , But with Ferdinand back and Vidic along with Evra Manchester United held back the dragon . In the last 25 minutes it was all Porto , but sadly they failed to score that one important goal.
Both Vidic and then Berbatov missed easy chances , Vidics was a sitter, and he should have no excuse for that miss. Rooney passed to Berbatov to score the goal, but Berbatovs shot was a very weak one.
.. Goals Ronaldo 6 minutes.
Booked Evra.. Vidic.
Man of the match Christiano Ronaldo.
Attendance 50,000.
Referee Massino Busacca Switzerland.
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