FC Copenhagen Stuns Man Utd
Sir Alex Ferguson had known from the beginning that a draw would be enough to ensure that his Man Utd side progress to the next round in the Champions League but ex-Aston Villa player Marcus Allback had other ideas as he bundled in the winner to keep Copenhagen’s slim hopes alive while condeming United to their first defeat in Europe this season.
The atmosphere in the stadium was almost similar to one you would see in Moscow, it was cold and there was snow falling down from the sky as the host opted to open the stadium’s roof instead of clsoing it and preventhing the elements from coming in, it’s a little strange, why build a retracable roof if you don’t use it when you have the chance to?
Anyway, United they field Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs and Louis Saha as Wes Brown, Darren Fletcher and Ole Gunnar took their place respectively while Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes and Patrice Evra were also rested with Silvestre, O’ Shea and Heinze coming in for the trio, so it was a total of six changes to the squad that had won 4-0 against Bolton on the weekend.
The stage was set for a Man Utd victory but FC Copenhagen obviously didn’t read the script as they pushed United from the first whistle.Rooney and his mates seemed contended to soak up the pressure and the likes of Silvestre, Vidic and Heinze were got a game on their hands as the home team tried to tear apart a resilient United defence.
Sir Alex realized this fact and brought on the experienced Rio Ferdinand for Vidic and replaced the recovering Heinze with Patrice Evra, yet United still fell behind as Allback scored Copenhagen’s first ever goal in the Champions League proper.
Bad news for United was besides losing their 100% record they also lost Ole Gunnar Solksjaer who appeared to be suffering from a hamstring injury and maybe the slight good news is that Celtic lost 3-0 to Benfica which means their hopes of qualifying is a little more brighter.
Final score Man Utd 0 FC Copenhagen 1
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