In his earliest days at Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo would react to tackles on the training ground with a yelp and sometimes a quick roll on the ground. His new team-mates – Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs among them – took him aside and advised him to be less theatrical: not out of righteousness, but [...]
Thursday, May 5, 2011
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If anyone was truly disappointed here it would have been the watching Barcelona manager, Pep Guardiola, who saw almost nothing of the Manchester United team he will face in the Champions League final at Wembley on 28 May. This was, eventually, a spree. Anderson scored two simple goals in the latter stages against a Schalke [...]
Thursday, May 5, 2011
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Sir Alex Ferguson believes his Manchester United players will not allow Barcelona’s reputation to inflict “a sense of terror”, after safely navigating a passage to another Champions League final against the side that beat them in Rome two years ago. “I wish it was Brechin City or someone like that because at the start of [...]
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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The last instalment of a four-match, 18-day scorpion dance that became nastier by the hour was a proper contest in which Real Madrid recovered their attacking urges but Barcelona advanced to a probable meeting with Manchester United in the Champions League final at Wembley. “This has been one of the most beautiful nights I have [...]
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has vowed to play for England at this summer’s European U21 Championship, insisting: “I will never say no to my country.” Head coach Stuart Pearce defied opposition from Gunners boss Arsene Wenger by selecting Wilshere in his provisional 40-man squad for June’s finals in Denmark. Wenger is adamant Wilshere should not [...]
Sunday, May 8, 2011
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