On Wednesday
after beating S.C. Braga with a 3-1 score, Manchester United became the third
team to move on to the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League.
However Celtic
stole the show when they defeated four time champions Barcelona with a 2-1
score to move on to the next level. Neil
Lennon the former captain and the current manager of the Scottish club was
elated over the victory and reminded that while taking up his charges that is
what he has aimed at, to bring back the
thunder to his team and has been able to do the unbelievable. He admitted his
club being in low spirits but refused to call it the pinnacle and assured fans
that there is lot more from the club to come in the following days. Champions League Tickets are available on sale; buy them now to catch the upcoming
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However,
Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova was generous to praise their opponents and
congratulated the celts and their fans and gave them their due credits for
being wonderful on the ground. He regarded the match to be an amazing show and
reiterated that had they been able to hit first, the match would have been more
thrilling and open. He acknowledged the great efforts demonstrated by Celtic
goalkeeper who was instrumental in saving their passes twice. Get your
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In another match of the day, last season champions,
Chelsea somehow kept their chances alive in the game beating Shakhtar Donetsk
at Stamford Bridge with a 3-2 score. However their fate will be decided based
on the outcome of their match at Juventus stadium where they will play against
the talented Italian squad. Juventus is at present one point behind Roberto Di
Matteo’s squad after beating Nordsjaelland in Turin.
The spectacular game of the night came from
last year’s runners-up Bayern Munich who defeated the French club Lille with at
6-1 score. Claudio Pizarro added on to the humiliation of the French club
scoring a hat - trick in the first half. Sir Alex’s squad after taking lesson
from their last years embarrassing elimination from the competition has come up
brilliantly winning all their four matches till now and leading their group.
They came up from behind on their match against Braga with their ace players
Rooney, Chichirato and Persie all scoring within ten minutes remaining from in
the second half.
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