Here are the reactions from both Manchester coaches and obviously their analysis quite differ.
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Van Gaal has returned the Red Devils to the status of domestic challengers, but they have a long way to go and a lot to prove before we should consider them to be one of English soccer’s standard bearers. Shakhtar finished third with three points and dropped into the Europa League while Malmo came last, also with three points but with only one goal scored and 21 conceded.
Atletico Madrid won Group C by beating Benfica 2-1 to leapfrog the Portuguese host, which took second. When it is a tight group it can happen.
“But let us see next summer”.
“Of course, for every manager, they would all think of managing Manchester United”, Ancelotti told reporters yesterday.
To qualify in first place, City also needed Juventus to lose in Sevilla and last season’s runner-up was beaten 1-0.
Lucas put the home side ahead 12 minutes into the second half and Ibrahimovic – not long after he made a goal-line clearance – doubled their lead with four minutes to go. It seems like it’s faster but it’s slower.
“The game doesn’t mean much for Barcelona, but Luis Enrique will pick a team to win it – I have no doubt about that”, he said. We improved a lot in the second half – we arranged it and once we were losing 2-1, we didn’t concede one chance.
With its brand badly damaged by the diesel emissions scandal, Volkswagen may be reluctant to sacrifice the valuable marketing exposure it gets from subsidizing Wolfsburg, and its other soccer partnerships (it has a stake in German league champions Bayern Munich through its subsidiary Audi). “Those teams you would only want to meet in the final”.
I always use the example of when I was at Malaga – everyone wanted Malaga but we did very well – we won’t have an easy match.
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“Are there any? De Gea definitely”, Owen asserted, but after the goalkeeper – who was linked with a move to Real Madrid throughout the summer – it is slim pickings.
