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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

2013-14 UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg Wednesday March 19,2014



Teams That Qualify for the Round of 16 







How the last-16 ties stand on aggregate before second legs

  • FC Barcelona 2-0 Man City(Feb 18,2014)
  • Paris St-Germain 4-0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen(Feb 18,2014)
  • Atletico Madrid 1-0 AC Milan(Feb 19,2014)
  • Bayern Munich 2-0 Arsenal(Feb 19,2014)
  • Manchester United 0-2 Olympiakos(Feb 25,2014)
  • Borussia Dortmund 4-2 Zenit St Petersburg(Feb 25,2014)
  • Chelsea 1-1 Galatasaray(Feb 26,2014)
  • Real Madrid 6-1 Schalke(Feb 26,2014)


Manchester United Vs Olympiakos@Old Trafford,Manchester,England

  'The Chosen One' banner was put up on Wednesday night despite some calls to tear it down



Manchester United beats Olympiakos 3-0(Aggregate 3-2)and enters the QF's


Goal Scorers -Robin van Persie(25th minute penalty,46 and 52nd minute)



Robin Van Persie completes his first ever Champions League hat-trick just after half-time with a free-kcik

Robin Van Persie was brought off on a stretcher after suffering a late injury


This was only the second time a side has come back to win the tie when trailing 2-0 from the first leg, the first being Barcelona's last 16 comeback against AC Milan last season.

GREAT CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SECOND-LEG COMEBACKS

Chelsea v Barcelona Quarter-final, 2000
Before the arrival of Roman Abramovich, Chelsea took a 3-1 first-leg lead, with two goals from Tore Andre Flo and one from Gianfranco Zola, but Barcelona forced the same score at the Nou Camp, then scored twice in extra time.
Chelsea v Barcelona Quarter-final, 2000

AC Milan v Deportivo La Coruna Quarter-final, 2004
Deportivo were 4-1 down from the first leg. Incredibly, they went through 5-4 on aggregate after a 4-0 win in the return.
AC Milan v Deportivo La Coruna Quarter-final, 2004

Real Madrid v Monaco Quarter-final, 2004
At the same stage in the same season, Monaco were thrashed  4-2 at the Bernabeu before a shock 3-1 victory in the return sent them through to the semi-finals on away goals.
Real Madrid v Monaco Quarter-final, 2004

Napoli v Chelsea Last 16, 2012
Napoli’s 3-1 win in Naples was the last straw for Andre Villas-Boas, but Roberto Di Matteo’s Chelsea won the return 4-1 after extra time, then lifted the trophy.
Napoli v Chelsea Last 16, 2012

AC Milan v Barcelona Last 16, 2013
No team had ever recovered from a two-goal first-leg defeat  without the benefit of an away goal before the mighty Barcelona changed all that. They had lost 2-0 at the San Siro but produced a stunning return performance at the Nou Camp in which Lionel Messi’s double and goals from David Villa and Jordi Alba took the Catalan through to the quarter-finals following a thrilling 4-0 victory and 4-2 aggregate success.
AC Milan v Barcelona Last 16, 2013





 Ryan Giggs(Manchester United) became the oldest outfield player to play in a Champions League game
This was Ryan Giggs' 140th appearance in the Champions League, just two short of Raul's record. His debut was in 1993 against Budapest Honved.


Antonio Valencia United takes a knock on the eye from Joel Campbell of Olympiakos
Antonio Valencia with swollen eye after clash with Joel Campbell

Sir Alex Ferguson was in the stands on Wednesday night

Squads

Manchester United
De Gea 7.5, Rafael 6.5, Jones 6.5, Ferdinand 6, Evra 6.5, Welbeck 8 (Fletcher 82), Giggs 8, Carrick 6.5, Valencia 7 (Young 77, 6), Rooney 7.5, Van Persie 9 (Fellaini 90)
Olympiakos
Roberto 6.5, Salino 5.5, Manolas 6, Marcano 5, Holebas 5.5, N'Dinga 6, Maniatis 6.5, Perez 5.5 (Valdez 7, 6), Dominguez 6.5, Fuster 6.5, Campbell 7.




Borussia Dortmund Vs Zenit St Peterburg@BVB Stadion Dortmund,Germany
 
Zenit beats Dortmund  2-1 but Borussia Dortmund enters the QF's on Aggregate Goals 5-4
With a 4-2 away win in the bank, Borussia held almost all of the cards and played them conservatively to secure their passage even as they lost 2-1 on home soil

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