Man United 7 - Roma 1

289 Views Wed, 11 Apr 2007 at 06:07 am

United: Carrick 11′, Smith 17′, Rooney 19′, Ronaldo 44′, Ronaldo 49′, Carrick 60′, Evra 80′
Roma: De Rossi 69′
Man United are through to the semifinal with 8-3 win on aggregate.

A marvellous performance by United. Scoring seven goals in any game would never been ordinary. To do it in Europe, in an ECL quarter final match would require something more than extraordinary.

Fresh from the set-back suffered in the domestic league last Saturday, which raises doubts that their season may start to crumble (me included ). Added with the crisis caused by the injuries and suspension coming in the most critical part of the season (3 of the first-choice back four are out, Scholes is suspended from the red card in the first leg, Saha also injured), this kind of performance could not come at a better time.

Roma for sure suffered more from the suspension of their midfield dynamo Perrotta (and what happened to Taddei?), and who would fancy that it is Fletcher who came up with Perotta-like performance all night?

Simply unbelievable. Surely talk about emulating the treble year of 1999 can not be dismissed now.

Additional note:
It is always not good to watch your favorite teams faced each other. Last week when Roma was leading, I was hoping that United would score. This time when United lead by 3 goals, I was expecting Roma to be able to overturn their deficit .

On the other match tonight, Chelsea are also progressing to the semifinal, coming from behind to beat Valencia, away at Mestalla. Boy, I have to say they are made of steel for sure (and making it sweeter because United are about to top them ).