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Rio Focused On Reds' Form



Rio Ferdinand insists United are still concentrating on their own form rather than harbouring hopes of catching runaway league leaders Chelsea.
With Jose Mourinho's side surprisingly dropping two points at home to Charlton, Ferdinand's last-minute winner against Liverpool saw United gain two points on the champions.

Incredibly, it was only the second weekend this season when Sir Alex Ferguson's side had made up ground on Mourinho et al - the other coming courtesy of United's October win over the Blues.

Rio told Sky Sports News: "It makes it a bit sweeter that Chelsea dropped points, but that is not in our thoughts when we go out there.

"We concentrate on getting our own job done and if Chelsea drop points then so be it."

Ferdinand turned in a man-of-the-match performance against Rafa Benitez's side, clearing a Djibril Cisse effort off the goal-line before popping up with the dramatic winner.

"The goal-line clearance was probably as important as the goal," he opined. "I knew it wasn't over the line, no chance. If that had gone in it would have been a different game."

After a four-year goal drought, Sunday's strike was Ferdinand's third in six weeks - and he reserved special praise for his serial provider Ryan Giggs.

"It's all down to Giggsy's delivery - he has set up all three," he said. "I'm more thankful to him than anything else. You just get in there, put your head on it and fortunately for me it went in."

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英超 - 紅魔曼聯利潤下降兩成,但宣稱重為世界首富俱樂部

路透倫敦電---英超豪門曼聯周一宣布，受國內和歐洲賽場電視轉播收入減少影響，他們的利潤減少20%，不過他們仍然再次成為了全世界最富有的足球俱樂部(球會)。

曼聯表示，在截止至去年6月的過去11個月中，俱樂部扣除商譽攤銷和例外項目之前的營業利潤下降至4,600萬英鎊(8,200萬美元)。

曼聯的收入雖然由1.691億英鎊下降至1.572億英鎊，但還是奪回了全球最富有足球俱樂部的頭銜。

皇家馬德里去年7月宣布他們成為了全世界最富有足球俱樂部，但實際上對兩家俱樂部的財務表現進行直接比較十分困難。

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Originally posted by 迷途小羔羊 at 2006-1-25 01:48 AM:
睇黎下半季既主要陣容都應該係咁：

       朗尼 雲佬
傑斯  星仔  費查  c朗拿度
艾華  布朗  里奧  加利仔
        雲達沙

我覺得照目前情況黎睇費sir多數都係搵傑斯轉踢中路
充當一個自由人輔鋒的角色
李察遜充其量都係代返傑斯左中場個位而已

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Originally posted by 瑞比 at 2006-1-24 08:14 PM:
Manchester United midfielder Paul S...

變相提早放假...=_=
幾個月後,好番都谷唔切狀態....

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韋根晉聯賽杯決賽



韋根憑羅拔斯加時下半場的入球，令韋根能夠以作客入球下淘汰阿仙奴晉聯賽杯決賽。

雖然次回合阿仙奴以 2-1 勝出，但是亦無法打入決賽，另一個決賽席位將會由曼聯和布力般流浪爭奪。

阿仙奴今仗派出射手亨利上陣，他亦在下半場射入一球替阿仙奴領先，但他在法定時間完結前被換出，結果90 分鐘踢成1-0 ，需要進入加時。

加時下半場僅3 分鐘，雲佩斯替主場兩回合計反超前2-1 ，眼見晉級在望之際，韋根的羅拔斯在完場前一分鐘攻入重要的作客入球，替韋根打入決賽。

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韋根又一神奇之作....  
曼聯今晚要打醒12分精神!!!

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Fergie Wary Of Pedersen Threat

Morten Gamst Pedersen could have been lining up for United in Wednesday night's Carling Cup semi-final, second leg after Sir Alex Ferguson revealed the club's previous interest in the winger.

United kept a close eye on the 24-year-old Blackburn star before he arrived at Ewood Park.

But the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo, as well as the emergence of Kieran Richardson meant the Reds never followed up their interest in the Norwegian.

"We saw him play and had some good reports on him," proclaimed Fergie.

"But at the time we didn't think he was what we wanted because we'd just signed Ronaldo and we also had Giggs and Richardson coming through.

"Sometimes that happens, you may see players who take your eye but you might be already overloaded in that particular position. So you don't anything about it.

"The boy seems to have made his reputation against us," joked the Boss, referring to Pedersen's three goals against United this season.

"He's a good striker of the ball with two good feet and his goal at Ewood Park in the first leg was absolutely fantastic. We'll need to be aware of him on Wednesday night."

"Blackburn will get stuck right into us, therfore, our attitude and intent to win the match has got to be paramount."
Sir Alex Ferguson

United go into the match at Old Trafford on the back of their last-gasp victory over Liverpool thanks to Rio Ferdinand's header in the dying seconds.

"It looked like it was going to finish 0-0," admitted Fergie. "Liverpool had set their stall out to get the draw in the last 20 minutes, whereas we were trying to win it.

"It was fantastic to get the late goal and it's great to get that back into the club because scoring in the last minute is something we used to do regularly.

"After a great result against Liverpool, we must now make sure we win this semi-final against Blackburn," insisted the United manager. "It'll be a hard game but another 1-0 win will do me fine.

"Blackburn are a strong, physical team who are very hard to beat. They'll be aiming to make it a difficult night for us, but difficulty can comes in many shapes and forms and sometimes you can make it hard for yourself.

"Our attitude and intent to win the match has therefore got to be paramount. It's a good opportunity for us and we'll play a strong team which will hopefully get us through."

Both sides are missing key players for the clash. United have confirmed that Paul Scholes will miss the rest of the season with an eye problem, while Ji-sung Park (knee) is still out. John O'Shea is doubtful after injuring a rib against Liverpool and Cristiano Ronaldo will sit out his final game of his three-match ban.

Blackburn, meanwhile, will be without the services of striker Paul Dickov who injured his shoulder in Rovers' 1-0 win at Newcastle at the weekend.


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岩喇,睇實佢啦,呢條友好鬼死勁...

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Rene: Belgian Experience Boosts Youngsters

Reserves boss Rene Meulensteen feels United's link-up with Royal Antwerp provides a great opportunity for the club's youngsters to gain vital experience.

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Danny Simpson, Ritchie Jones, Adam Eckersley and Lee Martin are all in Belgium until the end of the current campaign, and despite Antwerp's poor recent results Meulensteen feels the time abroad will aid the players.

Rene told ManUtd.com: "All these experiences are very good for them. This is why we think Antwerp is so good, the players benefit from having a broader experience.

"They're not moving to a club on their own, we've got five of them there so hopefully they can make an impact. It sounds like they're all enjoying themselves so far."

All five United youngsters played in Antwerp's 1-0 home defeat on Saturday but, as ever, Meulensteen sees the positives in such adversity - an opportunity for the lads to show their resolve.

"They all need time to settle in. They've had a couple of poor results lately but again it's an experience to straighten their backs, concentrate on the task ahead of them and make it work.

"That's what it's all about, in football and in life. They're all there and chipping away, and hopefully they can get some good results over the next few weeks which will lift their spirits."


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原來借左5個後生仔去安特衛甫直至季尾...

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Originally posted by buengland at 2006-1-25 11:44 AM:
其實摩連奴同賓尼廸斯嚟左英超之後

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仲有曼聯三冠王果年令到好多人鍾意曼聯
我唸又有d係d人既老豆鍾意曼聯,搞到d小朋友細細個成日睇曼聯
咁樣一代傳一代咁
但好奇怪,鍾意曼聯既人會好鍾意,反曼聯既就會好極端

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奧沙傷出六星期



奧沙 (Getty Images)  

曼聯後防奧沙因為肋骨骨折，將要缺陣最多六星期，周三晚將不能出戰布力般流浪。

奧沙是在週日對利物浦時受傷，半場便已經要退下火線。

由於曼聯已經有阿倫史密夫、朴智星及史高斯受傷，上仗已經將奧沙移往任防守中場，如今奧沙缺陣，使中場更缺人腳。

因此，英國有報章有傳曼聯會急於在一月斟介一名中場以解燃眉之急。

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史高斯今季收咧



史高斯 (Getty Images)

曼聯中場史高斯被證實眼晴出現問題而要休息三個月，今季餘下賽事都不能上陣。

史高斯是在對伯明翰的比賽後右眼出現視力模糊，至今都未能上陣。

「史高斯的右眼視力模糊。」曼聯官方發表聲明說。

「經過幾位專家研究後，認為他要休息三個月才能康復。」

「明顯地，這對於曼聯與球迷來說是一件壞消息。」

「我們期待他在下季的季前熱身賽復出。」