I agree about Antonio Valencia, better performance from him and he is showing again what player we know he can be when on form. That left foot cross was amazing, hope he works on using his left foot more in training LOL.

Real are in good form and confidence now after beating Barcelona twice, they have worked out a master gameplan in how to do it. United are in confidence too after our win, so the game will be close and I hope that United do enough to get through of course.

Cristiano Ronaldo will get a great reaction from everyone at United before and after the game, so I hope the occasion gets to him emotionally but during the game I hope there is no reaction apart from the Real fans of course when he touches the ball LOL.

Shinji Kagawa is now on Twitter. Verified account:).

https://twitter.com/S_Kagawa0317

Gameday so fuken nervous. Team i expect SAF to pick

De Gea
Raf Evans Rio Evra
Rooney Carrick Clev Giggs Welbeck
RVP

Hopefully i am wrong cause there are much better teams we could put out
Rooney is USELESS on the wing
If we plan on counter attacking not having someone like Nani starting is silly
Danny played well in Madrid but it wasn't out wide it was when he was moved centrally
Giggs in the MIDDLE

well i guess man utd were unlucky with that red card
i thought they played well overall and wellbeck put in a great shift
rvp missed a few as did rooney late on
overall I do think madrid were better though, technically they took over 60% possession and their movement was great
when you consider kaka, modric, ozil, higuain and the awesome ronaldo its hard to keep them quiet for 90 mins
also their keeper made seberal great saves
man utd still need a world class central midfielder
as for rooney are his days numbered?

How were Real better? :conf:

Even Mourinho said United were the better team. Barcelona had all the possession in the Copa Del Rey game last midweek, were they better simply because they had more of the ball? No.
United had less of the ball, but produced more chances.

Overall, the referee is a ****ing *****.

Firstly LOL at Madrid being better they did not even have a fuken shot before Nani was sent off while we had at least a handful of GREAT chances

Guys I just wanted to say that was the most proud I have been of a United team in a LONG time until Nani got sent off Madrid were as dangerous as Norwich a couple of days earlier.

My personal ratings for the game

De Gea 6 Did nothing wrong or good made a decent save from Ronnie but had nothing major to do nothing he could do about either goal

Raf 10 Was AMAZING going forward and had Ronnie in his pocket was utterly spent went he came off

Rio 10

Vidic 10

EVRA 10 Have ripped Patrice in the past but was a black version of Raf last night

Nani 9 Not as good as the major heroes but was constantly a threat created the goal and worked hard defensively

CARRICK 10 Will never be Keane but should go down as a United Legend dominated the midfield

Cleverly 9 Very good has earned his place in the team not as good as Michael

Giggs 10 Like Patrice have Ripped Giggs ( notice epic performance on the wing not centre) but he shut me up. Had his usual misplaced passes in the first half which he sorted out in the second BUT his workrate at his age was just something else + him pumping the fans up was emotional

Danny 9.75 GUY was fuken epic ( notice again in the centre not out wide) everything but his finishing was WORLD CLASS but the finishing is now becoming a massive problem so I can't give him a 10

RVP 8 Was not as good as Danny in any area and his finishing was not up to scratch when we needed it for the price we paid for him is not acceptable OWES the team a big game vs Chelsea on Sunday

FERGIE 10 Tactics were SPOT ON abused Jose in an area I though Jose was the king at and had the balls not to let Wayne stink the place up on the wings

If all the players are hitting pretty much 10 out of 10's, then I'm surprised you couldn't have gone down to 8 men and still won. Madrid were full of 6's.

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This ain't Fifa son

I'm surprised you used a Cheryl gif, LK. :hugesmile:

That said, she is still http://pictures3.ebuddy.com/emotions...DwCIJQYKzs.png.

dont get me wrong that was an epic occasion and fantastic performance. and if the ref hadnt had a brain fart man utd would probably have won....my reason for saying madrid had the edge was their poessession play usually leads to chances in the second half of most matches plus their strikeforce. modric is class, so is ozil and kaka and higuain is a nuisance, ronnie is very special.....however the keeper was the mom he made several amazing saves
for man u , defensively superb until the sending off....wellbeck was immense, nani had a great game up to that point, giggs terrific, rvp missed a few sadly

so is this ref saying that anytime a player tries to kick a ball thats in the air he will be sent off? madness......havent the refs got some kind of discretion?

We played them perfectly tactically. Ozil and Alonson were made to be irrelevant and despite the goal Ronaldo just wasn't into it and was handled well by Rafa and Giggs. Who knows what would of happened, but I am fairly sure without the Red we would of probably scored a 2nd before they scored.

yeah the ref ruined a truly legendary occasion, heartbreaking stuff:bawling:

Fuken hate that woman Ryan. Obviously I would smash but I would make sure she got not an ounce of enjoyment out of it. Would go in dry and aim the money shot straight in her eyes

Damm that looks a lot more rape like written down

Not a fan of that accent myself. And that new tattoo looks ridiculous. However, in the face, there's not many more good looking in the showbiz world imo.

Agreed. I think we'd of scored a second and definitely won.

I am over the Real Madrid loss now, although that decision and the Referee did annoy me because tactically United's gameplan was working until it all happened but Madrid might have equalised if the ref did not send Nani off in that scenario.

Now to focus on the Chelsea game at Old Trafford and I really hope we can beat them to make it to the FA Cup Semi Final, it has been a long time since United last won the FA Cup and hopefully we will manage to win it this year!

Boss quashes Rooney rumours


I know SAF has said one thing and done the opposite before, but he seems genuinely pissed off at these nonsense press stories and it was the Daily Mail and The Independent that got banned:D.

I was always confident these stories were not true, although due to the contract saga etc some United fans had doubts.

Tactically I think it was a good call though because Giggs got the nod due to his record appearance thing and was in great form, plus Danny Welbeck was chosen to try and keep the threat of Xabi Alonso out of the game, which he did and had good energy levels tracking him so SAF felt that Rooney did not suit that particular role in the game!

The loss sill hurts with Barca practically out I would fancy us against EVERY other team left

Yeah, that's what made it hurt even more. If Barca go out I reckon we could of won it. That said, I still think we would stand a chance against Barca.

United v Chelsea preview

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Fe...a-preview.aspx

Rafael wins goal award

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Fe...uary-2013.aspx

Congratulations to Rafael, well deserved:).

Giggs wins Real accolade

Well done Giggsy:).

Boss: Lopez was the difference


I agree with SAF. Diego Lopez had a very good game for Real Madrid, although United cannot dwell over that result now and the focus goes on to the Chelsea game. I hope we respond back very well!

Sir Alex: We were in shock

Young: We'll bounce back