A 1-0 TO AN O. LYON COMBATIVO
With an iron defense, Manchester United corroborated again proven its capacity to place, thanks to a single goal of prodigious Cristiano Ronaldo, in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, after an initial 1-0 at Old Trafford before a Lyon combative.
In addition to prolong their stay in the tournament, with the victory, the United wrote, in addition, a bit of history to chaining its tenth consecutive victory in the Champions League, equaling the record so that reached Juventus eleven years ago.
It was the red devils who penetrated more frequently in the domains of his rival, which aroused more admiration with the understanding moves combined Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo; interned with Luis Nani.
At the United him enough with the draw. The Lyons, leader of the newly established French tournament, it did not stop to observe the beauty of its host English football. Hatem Ben Arfa Karim Benzema and the French, especially the latter, not to give problems left behind shown in the initial act.
But there were no clear occasions by both teams. A lack of launch to 28 meters from the goal of Gregory Coupet led to United once succulent putting ahead, although the French defences aborted action by the Portuguese Ronaldo. The situation changed, however, in 40 minutes. Once again the prodigious Ronaldo was the hero of the first goal of the night, both in its thirty-30 encounters with the shirt of United.
The lethal action of the Portuguese was the culmination of a combined move between his compatriot Nani and the defense Wes Brown for the right before the ball passed to Brazilian Anderson and it would end up in the boots of Ronaldo who, in a masterly , escaped Clerc and rematós move from the center of the penalty area, with a zurdazo that sealed the advantage for the local eleven.
Tighten the Lyon
The United tightened, but the Lyon maintained composure. At no time, the French team gave any sign of weakness. Far from it, the French leader came close to replicating the "red devils" with a threatening shot from Brazilian Juninho who managed to abort the Dutch goal Edwin Van der Sar. The goal from Ronaldo moved to the United faced pressure the second time with the same momentum, mindful of the need to safeguard its advantage to avoid having to go to the extension.
The Lyon adueñó control of the ball for much of this half. Men Alain Perrin took to the tie without a break, taking risks and trying everything to endure their stay in the competition. The technical Lyons introduced new players to get a change of script: reinforced the attack with two front (the Brazilian Fred and the far Keita) instead of Swedish Kim Kallstrom and Sydney Govou.
When little step on the field, the substitute Keita had in his possession a remarkable opportunity to level in 74 minutes with a shot inside the large area, on the right, which warned of the stands at Old Trafford, although in the end crash against the post. Over the last fifteen minutes were touched tension with United determined to cling to their ticket room and a Lyon desperate to break behind English with a strong quartet formed by Fred, Benzema, Ben Arfa and Keita in the attack.