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giggsy grabbed a controversial winner late on from a set peice. good win by the lads with the crucial away win. we thought adel utd players were bad behaved, apparently the lille players carried on after the goal and the fans were throwing things on the pitch
didnt c the game cause it WASNT on espn, but yeh from reports read that a staff member told his players 2 protest the goal and walk off the pitch... dunno exactly wat apparently giggs took the freekick while the keeper was settin up the wall... i always thought the ref allows the player(taking the freekik), the option of the whistle or no whistle!
but non the less a great result for united, we grabbed that vital away goal, so lets hope we can go back 2 Old Trafford and finish the job!
but non the less a great result for united, we grabbed that vital away goal, so lets hope we can go back 2 Old Trafford and finish the job!
Ryan Giggs' late winner for Manchester United almost sparked a walk-out from
angry Lille players at the climax of a controversial Champions League clash.
Giggs curled in a quick free-kick after 83 minutes while Lille were still
assembling their defensive wall.
Lille players, furious that an earlier header by Peter Odemwingie had been
ruled out, walked off the pitch as the last 16 first leg clash boiled over.
They eventually returned, and United held on for a crucial victory.
United were strengthened by the return of goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar
following a broken nose and Wayne Rooney after a domestic suspension.
But the main talking point of a drab first 45 minutes were the worrying
scenes involving United's supporters, with too many appearing to be packed
in lower tier of the away section.
Dozens of United supporters were concerned, and French police appeared to
respond to a genuine security problem by firing off tear gas.
The situation was eventually resolved and the game continued.
United carved out openings near half-time, with Rooney shooting over the top
and then seeing another attempt blocked from close range.
The England star burst into life again after 50 minutes, surging past three
players - but Giggs was unable to turn in his cross at the far post.
He then set up Ronaldo three minutes later, but Lille keeper Tony Sylva made
a crucial block.
Lille were sparked into action, and only Van der Sar's outstretched leg
stopped Bodmer from close range.
And there was a highly-debatable incident after 61 minutes when Odemwingie
wheeled away in celebration after heading home - but referee Eric Braamhaar
ruled the goal out, presumably for a push on Nemanja Vidic.
United boss Ferguson made a subsitution almost immediately, sending on Louis
Saha for Ronaldo.
Saha could have made an instant impact, but shot straight at Sylva from only
10 yards.
Henrik Larsson had been quiet, but he almost conjured up a moment of
invention to break the deadlock, chipping inches over the bar after Sylva
failed to gather Rooney's driven cross.
Lille substitute Johan Audel then turned a good chance over the top as both
sides pushed for the winner.
United took the lead with seven minutes left - in an incident that brought
the atmosphere inside the ground to boiling point.
Giggs whipped in a 20-yard set-piece as Lille were still organising their
defensive wall - and with keeper Sylva scrambling hopelessly out of
position.
Lille were furious, and it appeared they were on the point of walking off in
protests as several players walked towards the dug-out.
They eventually returned, but even then there were ugly scenes as United's
players, including Gary Neville, were pelted with missiles.
But they remained calm and held out comfortably to set the platform for
progress in the second leg at Old Trafford.
angry Lille players at the climax of a controversial Champions League clash.
Giggs curled in a quick free-kick after 83 minutes while Lille were still
assembling their defensive wall.
Lille players, furious that an earlier header by Peter Odemwingie had been
ruled out, walked off the pitch as the last 16 first leg clash boiled over.
They eventually returned, and United held on for a crucial victory.
United were strengthened by the return of goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar
following a broken nose and Wayne Rooney after a domestic suspension.
But the main talking point of a drab first 45 minutes were the worrying
scenes involving United's supporters, with too many appearing to be packed
in lower tier of the away section.
Dozens of United supporters were concerned, and French police appeared to
respond to a genuine security problem by firing off tear gas.
The situation was eventually resolved and the game continued.
United carved out openings near half-time, with Rooney shooting over the top
and then seeing another attempt blocked from close range.
The England star burst into life again after 50 minutes, surging past three
players - but Giggs was unable to turn in his cross at the far post.
He then set up Ronaldo three minutes later, but Lille keeper Tony Sylva made
a crucial block.
Lille were sparked into action, and only Van der Sar's outstretched leg
stopped Bodmer from close range.
And there was a highly-debatable incident after 61 minutes when Odemwingie
wheeled away in celebration after heading home - but referee Eric Braamhaar
ruled the goal out, presumably for a push on Nemanja Vidic.
United boss Ferguson made a subsitution almost immediately, sending on Louis
Saha for Ronaldo.
Saha could have made an instant impact, but shot straight at Sylva from only
10 yards.
Henrik Larsson had been quiet, but he almost conjured up a moment of
invention to break the deadlock, chipping inches over the bar after Sylva
failed to gather Rooney's driven cross.
Lille substitute Johan Audel then turned a good chance over the top as both
sides pushed for the winner.
United took the lead with seven minutes left - in an incident that brought
the atmosphere inside the ground to boiling point.
Giggs whipped in a 20-yard set-piece as Lille were still organising their
defensive wall - and with keeper Sylva scrambling hopelessly out of
position.
Lille were furious, and it appeared they were on the point of walking off in
protests as several players walked towards the dug-out.
They eventually returned, but even then there were ugly scenes as United's
players, including Gary Neville, were pelted with missiles.
But they remained calm and held out comfortably to set the platform for
progress in the second leg at Old Trafford.
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Uefa is to investigate the crush of supporters and major security scare that overshadowed Manchester United's hugely controversial 1-0 win over Lille in the Champions League last night. European football's governing body will also hold an urgent inquiry into the behaviour of Lille's players after they threatened to walk off the pitch in protest at Ryan Giggs's goal, but the priority will be to look at the off-pitch drama.
Riot police fired tear gas into an overcrowded section of United supporters after they tried to scale the perimeter fences to get away from the type of incident that demonstrates why metal cages are no longer allowed in England. United have pledged to assist Uefa with its inquiries and a meeting was hastily arranged with the club's security officials at the end of a match in which it seemed a miracle that nobody was hospitalised.
"We will be submitting a report to Uefa," said a United spokesman. "We met with Uefa officials, FA officials and the police straight after the game. We want to hear the accounts of supporters who may have been involved and we will submit that to Uefa."
Uefa's match delegates were so concerned that there were appeals over the loudspeakers for calm in the away end. Appallingly, there was nothing approaching calm on the pitch. When Giggs scored the goal with a quickly taken free-kick seven minutes from the end, the Lille players surrounded the Dutch referee, Eric Braamhaar, complaining long and hard that they had still been lining up their wall and had not heard a whistle.
In extraordinary scenes, the French side's coaching staff were so incensed that they encouraged some of their players to leave the pitch as a protest. Uefa's charge-sheet is bound to be long and the recriminations have set up a feisty second leg at Old Trafford on March 7. First, though, Uefa must look at what happened off the pitch and particularly the actions of the French riot police.
Five minutes had been played when it became apparent that late arrivals had dangerously swelled the away end. There were clearly United fans being crushed and several scaled the perimeter fences, signalling frantically for help. One woman was dragged out by security stewards. Another fan ran on to the playing surface and signalled that the game should be stopped and for five terrible minutes of confusion there were scenes that were worryingly reminiscent of the early stages of the Hillsborough disaster.
Thankfully it proved to be nowhere near as serious but there were far too many supporters in the right-hand corner of the away end, with large areas of empty seats at the opposite corner, and there were reports late last night that the French police had opened the gates for United fans who had black-market tickets for other sections of the stadium.
What is beyond doubt is that the police handled a significant safety issue atrociously. The firing of tear gas did at least succeed in moving the fans away from the cages but it was an absurdly heavy-handed gesture, the only possible explanation being that the police believed the supporters were trying to get on the pitch to cause trouble. Some supporters were struck with batons.
The Stade Félix-Bollaert was one of the 1998 World Cup stadiums but the events last night will renew questions about the wisdom of having perimeter fences inside football grounds. Uefa may also be unimpressed by the fact that United fans stood in an all-seated area throughout the game, a habit which has got the club in trouble before now. A flare was lit in the second half and a disciplinary charge will almost certainly be brought against the club.
There is bad feeling between these clubs going back to their games last season when Sir Alex Ferguson accused the Lille player Mathieu Bodmer of deliberately elbowing Giggs, giving the winger a fractured cheekbone. Giggs was again at the centre of last night's rancorous events when he caught out Tony Sylva as he lined up his wall for a free-kick 25 yards out.
In the ensuing protests, Sylva was booked and all 11 Lille players crowded around Braamhaar demanding that the goal be disallowed. From the restart, Lille simply kicked the ball into touch and their coaches suddenly appeared on the touchline, beckoning for the players to leave the pitch. Grégory Tafforeau, the captain, was the first to walk off followed by several team-mates.
United's players, led by their captain Gary Neville, rushed over to confront their opponents and then came the extraordinary sight of Ferguson furiously signalling for them to return to the pitch. At one stage Ferguson grabbed Neville and gave him an angry shove. Neville responded with a stream of invective.
European precedent
Roma 2004
Play two European games behind closed doors after object hits referee at home to Dynamo Kiev, forcing game to be abandoned
Internazionale 2005
Made to play four European home matches behind closed doors after flare-throwing against Milan
Levski Sofia 2006
Fined £21,200 after crowd trouble against Chelsea
Feyenoord 2007
Kicked out of Uefa Cup because of crowd trouble at Nancy
Riot police fired tear gas into an overcrowded section of United supporters after they tried to scale the perimeter fences to get away from the type of incident that demonstrates why metal cages are no longer allowed in England. United have pledged to assist Uefa with its inquiries and a meeting was hastily arranged with the club's security officials at the end of a match in which it seemed a miracle that nobody was hospitalised.
"We will be submitting a report to Uefa," said a United spokesman. "We met with Uefa officials, FA officials and the police straight after the game. We want to hear the accounts of supporters who may have been involved and we will submit that to Uefa."
Uefa's match delegates were so concerned that there were appeals over the loudspeakers for calm in the away end. Appallingly, there was nothing approaching calm on the pitch. When Giggs scored the goal with a quickly taken free-kick seven minutes from the end, the Lille players surrounded the Dutch referee, Eric Braamhaar, complaining long and hard that they had still been lining up their wall and had not heard a whistle.
In extraordinary scenes, the French side's coaching staff were so incensed that they encouraged some of their players to leave the pitch as a protest. Uefa's charge-sheet is bound to be long and the recriminations have set up a feisty second leg at Old Trafford on March 7. First, though, Uefa must look at what happened off the pitch and particularly the actions of the French riot police.
Five minutes had been played when it became apparent that late arrivals had dangerously swelled the away end. There were clearly United fans being crushed and several scaled the perimeter fences, signalling frantically for help. One woman was dragged out by security stewards. Another fan ran on to the playing surface and signalled that the game should be stopped and for five terrible minutes of confusion there were scenes that were worryingly reminiscent of the early stages of the Hillsborough disaster.
Thankfully it proved to be nowhere near as serious but there were far too many supporters in the right-hand corner of the away end, with large areas of empty seats at the opposite corner, and there were reports late last night that the French police had opened the gates for United fans who had black-market tickets for other sections of the stadium.
What is beyond doubt is that the police handled a significant safety issue atrociously. The firing of tear gas did at least succeed in moving the fans away from the cages but it was an absurdly heavy-handed gesture, the only possible explanation being that the police believed the supporters were trying to get on the pitch to cause trouble. Some supporters were struck with batons.
The Stade Félix-Bollaert was one of the 1998 World Cup stadiums but the events last night will renew questions about the wisdom of having perimeter fences inside football grounds. Uefa may also be unimpressed by the fact that United fans stood in an all-seated area throughout the game, a habit which has got the club in trouble before now. A flare was lit in the second half and a disciplinary charge will almost certainly be brought against the club.
There is bad feeling between these clubs going back to their games last season when Sir Alex Ferguson accused the Lille player Mathieu Bodmer of deliberately elbowing Giggs, giving the winger a fractured cheekbone. Giggs was again at the centre of last night's rancorous events when he caught out Tony Sylva as he lined up his wall for a free-kick 25 yards out.
In the ensuing protests, Sylva was booked and all 11 Lille players crowded around Braamhaar demanding that the goal be disallowed. From the restart, Lille simply kicked the ball into touch and their coaches suddenly appeared on the touchline, beckoning for the players to leave the pitch. Grégory Tafforeau, the captain, was the first to walk off followed by several team-mates.
United's players, led by their captain Gary Neville, rushed over to confront their opponents and then came the extraordinary sight of Ferguson furiously signalling for them to return to the pitch. At one stage Ferguson grabbed Neville and gave him an angry shove. Neville responded with a stream of invective.
European precedent
Roma 2004
Play two European games behind closed doors after object hits referee at home to Dynamo Kiev, forcing game to be abandoned
Internazionale 2005
Made to play four European home matches behind closed doors after flare-throwing against Milan
Levski Sofia 2006
Fined £21,200 after crowd trouble against Chelsea
Feyenoord 2007
Kicked out of Uefa Cup because of crowd trouble at Nancy
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This coming from a fan of English football...MUFCBOY wrote:thats only in italian football mate... but they take it 1 step further and kill eachothaLFTWNG11 wrote:would have been ncie for the french police to do us all a favour and use nerve gas instead of tear gas on the mancs...
MUFC boy, we all know that English sides have an impeccable record when it comes to crowds don't we?
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exactly... let them have their cry though, they cant take a joke*Del*Piero* wrote:are you serious he supports liverpool its a bit of banter, fugen relaxback.of.the.net wrote:bit too far mateLFTWNG11 wrote:would have been ncie for the french police to do us all a favour and use nerve gas instead of tear gas on the mancs...
Barcelona 1 - 2 Liverpool.... whos the udnerdogs?? Riise and Bellamy on the scoresheet, oh the irony!
yeh but the poms dont go killin eachothajuventino_4_ever wrote:This coming from a fan of English football...MUFCBOY wrote:thats only in italian football mate... but they take it 1 step further and kill eachothaLFTWNG11 wrote:would have been ncie for the french police to do us all a favour and use nerve gas instead of tear gas on the mancs...
MUFC boy, we all know that English sides have an impeccable record when it comes to crowds don't we?
italian football is corrupt
that is hilarious! everyone knows the Greek league is the most corrupt, they jsut cant be arsed to fix it up so they just let Olympiakos run the league...MUFCBOY wrote:yeh but the poms dont go killin eachothajuventino_4_ever wrote:This coming from a fan of English football...MUFCBOY wrote:thats only in italian football mate... but they take it 1 step further and kill eachothaLFTWNG11 wrote:would have been ncie for the french police to do us all a favour and use nerve gas instead of tear gas on the mancs...
MUFC boy, we all know that English sides have an impeccable record when it comes to crowds don't we?
italian football is corrupt
and italians kill each other at the soccer, one incident over the many decades of professional football means that it is a regular occurence... brillant! ignorance is bliss hey MUFCBOY?
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please... you couldnt stop that if you tried!MUFCBOY wrote:nah im jst being the man to stop u from lookin like a d!kLFTWNG11 wrote:dnt get all teary about it....MUFCBOY wrote:who cares, this all started with ur stupidy lftwng about cops usin tear gas on man utd supporters, ill end it there
UNITED!!
It was a joke aimed towards manu4life cos he is the only one on here who can handle the bantar...!
I can believe Rooney hasnt scored since his debut... his finishing has been deplorable this season, his play has been brillant, but he really needs to get some scoring boots... maybe keep setting him up volleys on the edge of the box, hits them pretty well!!!
(that was random i know, just watched his volley against Newcastle a season or two ago... quality!)fuck cunt slut mother fuck shit bastard whore slut bitch dick hoe LFTYLFTWNG11 wrote:please... you couldnt stop that if you tried!MUFCBOY wrote:nah im jst being the man to stop u from lookin like a d!kLFTWNG11 wrote:dnt get all teary about it....MUFCBOY wrote:who cares, this all started with ur stupidy lftwng about cops usin tear gas on man utd supporters, ill end it there
UNITED!!
It was a joke aimed towards manu4life cos he is the only one on here who can handle the bantar...!
I can believe Rooney hasnt scored since his debut... his finishing has been deplorable this season, his play has been brillant, but he really needs to get some scoring boots... maybe keep setting him up volleys on the edge of the box, hits them pretty well!!!
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you still didnt answer my question do you always say stupid sh*t just stick to watching LAZIO and jizzing on the screen when they walk on to the pitch.LFTWNG11 wrote:have a whinge you f.ucking girl...The one and only wrote:do you always say stupid S**TLFTWNG11 wrote:would have been ncie for the french police to do us all a favour and use nerve gas instead of tear gas on the mancs...
I speak nothing but the truth
maybe we can wrist off together march 3LFTWNG11 wrote:how did you know I wrist off to Lazio walking onto the pitch?!?!? thats crazy man, your like telepathic or something...
just a side note, you will see the answer to your question in my last post on this thread to manu4life you piece of romanista filth.
after the game is over ill be the only one wristing off... youll be crying like a biatch!manU4life wrote:maybe we can wrist off together march 3LFTWNG11 wrote:how did you know I wrist off to Lazio walking onto the pitch?!?!? thats crazy man, your like telepathic or something...
just a side note, you will see the answer to your question in my last post on this thread to manu4life you piece of romanista filth.