Manchester United vs. Bayer Leverkusen

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Sir Alex Ferguson has warned that Manchester United must not underestimate Bayer Leverkusen despite the German team's poor start to the season, including a 6:2 hammering at Olympiakos last week. United travel to the Bay Arena on Tuesday in their second Champions' League Group F fixture, keen to exact revenge for last season's semi- final exit there but Fergie has no doubts that it will a tough task.

"They are obviously missing Ballack and Ze Roberto" said Ferguson. "When you lose two players like that it is a big loss."

"It is the same with us a little bit. We have been without Gary Neville this season, Paul Scholes hasn't been right and Roy Keane is out."

"That takes the substance out of your team and it shows you what Leverkusen are going through. They are not getting the consistency of results they think they deserve."

"We know how much resilience German sides have shown over the years and you would expect them to regroup quickly. Their coach is a good coach and we expect a hard game."

"We will not be going there thinking they have fallen apart because of one result. It doesn't work like that." <hr></blockquote> From <a href="http://www.redcafe.net" target="_blank">www.redcafe.net</a>
Your comment on this?? Do you think if there's any chance Leverkusen can win Man Utd ... or the other way round??
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It's payback time... <img src="graemlins/keano.gif" border="0" alt="[Keano]" />
 
Yeah its payback time, I dont care who they miss, they'll miss the NET totally in their clash with the REDS! <img src="graemlins/smirk.gif" border="0" alt="[Smirk]" />
 
Manchester United line up
Barthez, P. Neville, G. Neville, Ferdinand, Silvestre, Beckham, Butt, Veron, Giggs, Van Nistelrooy, Solskjear
 
Fergie's got a point though. After they were humiliated in Greece last week they got nothing to lose. Most people are expecting us to beat them easily.
 
Originally posted by Ever hopefull:
<strong>Fergie's got a point though. After they were humiliated in Greece last week they got nothing to lose. Most people are expecting us to beat them easily.</strong><hr></blockquote>

NEVER. I've said it before, and I'll say another 1000000 times.

THERE ARE NO EASY GAMES IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.

Expect the worst, hope for the best.
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Originally posted by spinoza:
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NEVER. I've said it before, and I'll say another 1000000 times.

THERE ARE NO EASY GAMES IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.

Expect the worst, hope for the best.</strong><hr></blockquote>

That was the point of my argument
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Bayer seem to be leaking a few goals at the back but they are still scoring, it seems.

Away games in the CL are never easy. From any away game you'd be happy with a point - a win is a bonus - and then concentrate on winning your home games.
 
i really hate basturk's face, look at his nose, its so big even takes 3 months from nose to feet
 
Originally posted by aleni:
<strong>i really hate basturk's face, look at his nose, its so big even takes 3 months from nose to feet</strong><hr></blockquote>


bloody good player though. . .who's going to keep an eye on him? phil neville?
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Originally posted by michael owen's mum:
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bloody good player though. . .who's going to keep an eye on him? phil neville?</strong><hr></blockquote>

he can be good but he's a very sly player goes down very very easily and needlessly ... he got ray palour sent off last season with his diving i remember.
i hope that he and his team won't have too much space to worry us i i would think that we should have them under alot of pressure throughout the game although they will be dangerous on the counter.
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as someone else mentioned in another thread, i reckon Phil will be playing as part of a 5 man mifield tonight.

GK:Barthez
RB :o 'Shea or Gary Neville (if fit)
LB:Silvestre
CB:Blanc
CB:Ferdinand

DM :p hil Neville
CM:Butt
CM:Veron
LM:Giggs
RM:Becks

FW:Rvn

although Leverkusen got beat 6-2 in their last turnout, i dont think we should take them lightly. Theyll be out for revenge, especially at their own ground.
 
Sir Alex Ferguson spoke to the media assembled in the team hotel in the build-up to Tuesday night's match against Bayer Leverkusen.

Here's what the Boss had to say about the game.

Fitness

"Laurent Blanc is fit, and he will play tomorrow. Everyone else is fit from Saturday."

Pleased with Spurs performance

"I thought we created a lot of chances on Saturday, but the combination of Keller playing well and maybe a bit of anxiety from our players kept the score down. We made some good chances though."

Bayer missing Ballack

"I've looked at their results and I've been surprised. It's easy to say that they've missed Ballack and Ze Roberto, but it's hard to replace seventeen goals from midfield. They've also had one or two injury problems which haven't helped. But you always expect a difficult game when you come to Germany. It will be a challenge - they've got resilience, so we're going into tomorrow's game knowing we have to perform."

Positive Leverkusen

"Their games this season, most of the time they've started out how they'd like to play, and scored first in most games. Their belief is to attack, and I can't remember what game it was, but they scored a goal in the first ten minutes and they had six men in the penalty area! I think we'll see their true side tomorrow and we'll have to be very careful. They might just adopt an attacking philosophy and just go for it.

"Their philosophy is to attack, but hopefully we can put up a good stand. We don't always do that, but we'll have to think about it tomorrow. It could be an open game, it could be bang bang bang. If it is, it could be a great game."

Unlucky last season

"Last season they had a positive team and they were pushing forward all the time. I think they were very unlucky not to win the Cup. I think they should have won the final. An exceptional goal out of nothing beat them, and I thought they were the better team in the final."

Proud of David Beckham's decade as a United player?

"I'm proud of all the players who came through that spell. It's not just David, but the Nevilles, Butt and Scholes, Ryan Giggs. It's exceptional in modern day terms for so many players to come through in one year, and we're very proud of that.

"We always try to get one or twos player from the youth teams every year and turn them into first team squad players at least, but I don't think that many will happen again. We've got the likes of young Chadwick, Stewart and O'Shea coming through.

"All young players, when they get to 27 or 28, start to add dimensions to their game. Those are the peak years, from 27 to 33. Maybe some years ago it was 30 or 31, but nowadays players prepare so well they can easily go on into their mid-30s, through diets and training routines."

Report by Simon Davies. <hr></blockquote>
From <a href="http://www.manutd.com" target="_blank">www.manutd.com</a>
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What's everyone so negative about?
Leverkusen have been shit since the start of the bundesliga.What are they,2 or 3 bottom?
Probably the best time to play them.
 
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