UEFA Champions League

It was great to see Gary Neville back in action for the first time of the season. In the final minutes of the second leg of the champions league semi-final, Gary Neville was brought in to the ground. Every time he touched the ball, the audience would roar which was one of the best moments for Gary and Manchester United fans.

Manchester United already had a heavy advantage on away goals. Man U had scored two goals to nil at Roma's home ground. This second leg played at Old Trafford did not have that much of pressure against the Man U players. With a wonderful cross from Hargreaves, Tevez scored the only goal to secure their place in the semi-final of the champions league where they would be facing another good Spanish team Barcelona. With this win, Manchester United have set a record of winning most matches at home in the champions league. Previous best record was held by Juventus of winning ten consecutive matches at home in the champions league.

Now that Manchester United have reached the semi-final of the champions league, they are in need of keeping that winning streak alive and eventually lifting the title. If only an English team could win the Champions league, the English fans would have something to cheer about because the upcoming Euro 2008 is not featuring England.

However the chances for an English team to lift the UEFA Champions league title is very much alive as the other semi-final match features and English team versus an English team, Chelsea against Liverpool. Among these two teams the later would be the number one favorite for most of the football fans outside England.

Another important thing about Manchester United is that, they are on the verge of winning two titles this season, Barklays Premier League and the Champions League.