[UCL] Manchester United 3 vs 0 Olympiakos Piraeus (2nd leg)

[paiman]

De Gea

Rafael - Jones - Vidic - Evra


Valencia - Fellaini - Carrick - Young


Rooney - Van Persie

Depan dan tengah lumayan, belakangnya mengkhawatirkan

[theater of dream]

Originally Posted by Haji Paidin

prediksi :
Menang tapi tersingkir. entah 1-0 atau 2-1
perkiraan formasi:

De Gea

Rafael-Jones-Smalling-Evra

Carrick-Fellaini

Mata-Rooney-Januzaj

van Persie

Good news ternyata Mata udah boleh main

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[zudomiriku]

United will rise again! Defiant Moyes vows to end the dark days... starting with Olympiacos

* Some Manchester United supporters have discussed taking down their banner of David Moyes after Sunday's 3-0 defeat to Liverpool
* Former Everton boss Moyes insists the club's problems are only temporary
* Patrice Evra described United's current plight as a 'difficult moment'
* Moyes and his players enjoyed an open training session on Tuesday ahead of their Champions League clash with Olympiacos
* The Red Devils must overturn a two-goal deficit from the first leg to progress

Football supporters don't get managers sacked on their own but they can do their bit. David Moyes should be a little nervous to learn, therefore, that a minority of those on the Stretford End have this week discussed taking down the banner that hangs there in his honour.

It won’t happen, of course. It would be a self-defeating, tasteless act and United’s hard core support has more class than that.

But as they funnel down Sir Matt Busby Way towards Old Trafford before their team’s Champions League tie with Olympiacos on Wednesday night, a growing number already feel that ‘The Chosen One’ has turned out to be ‘The Wrong One’.


Still smiling: David Moyes has insisted that Manchester United will rise again after a disappointing season

Moyes bucked his own recent trend and fronted up well at his Champions League press conference yesterday, exhibiting some calm and an overdue aura of defiance.

Earlier on at the training ground, he smiled as Wayne Rooney nutmegged him, even if the horseplay involving the United manager, Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand and Robin van Persie did look a little staged.

'This club will rise again,' said Moyes, striking a rather dramatic tone.
Nevertheless, the mood on Manchester’s red half is dark.

United supporters not old enough to remember that Sir Alex Ferguson was three years in to his tenure when supporters endeavoured to chase him out of town after a defeat to Crystal Palace in December 1989 are already convinced of Moyes’ unsuitability.

For the first time in memory, journalists covering United have been criticised by supporters for being too 'soft' on the manager.

Meanwhile, revelations in print on Tuesday that the United board were encouraged by Old Trafford’s apparent support of Moyes towards the end of Sunday’s humbling by Liverpool were quickly countered by many who claimed the spontaneous outbreak of singing was no more than an attempt to drown out the crowing coming from the away end.

This is a remarkable time in this great football town and as cocksure neighbours Manchester City prepare to come tearing round the corner for an Old Trafford derby next Tuesday, Moyes can only hope that an unlikely Champions League comeback gives him some unexpected breathing space tonight.

'I think the support inside Old Trafford has been phenomenal,' said Moyes on Tuesday.

'I’ve told the players we need to give something back now, we need to start performing together. Me and the team.

'We need to make sure that we work together to get a performance on the night to be remembered.

'We’ll leave nothing behind on the night hopefully and we’ll try to make sure that we somehow get ourselves through to the next round.'

Asked the inevitable questions about his future, Moyes did his best to talk of the long-term, mentioning once again fundamental concepts he feels need to be changed at a club, problems previously masked by Ferguson’s individual and unique brilliance.

'My future hasn’t changed and we never discuss it,' he said. 'The biggest assurance is that the club let me get on with the job.'

It is a familiar Moyes theme and would deserve a more sympathetic audience if only his team’s football showed some sign of improving.

Sadly, the manner of Sunday’s defeat to Liverpool has done nothing to inspire any kind of optimism as United try to overturn a 2-0 first leg deficit.

United vice-captain Patrice Evra did his best to talk up his team-mates’ chances tonight but even he was left without answers when asked exactly why a team of English champions have imploded almost overnight.

'It’s a difficult moment,' said the French defender.

It’s a new challenge for us because we have never been in this situation. But you have to show your character and personality.

'When you put on the United shirt you know it’s big story, a big pressure every year and this year is more difficult than a year ago.

'We know we had a bad game in the first leg. I think even a three-year-old Man United fan has been hurting.

'But in life you always have a second chance and we get it in this game.

'I’m still confident. We don’t want to think about Sunday, it’s gone, the past is the past.'

United will be without the cup-tied Juan Mata against Olympiacos a blessing given his recent moribund form. We can expect Danny Welbeck to fill that hole and one of Antonio Valencia and Ashley Young to replace the tired-looking Adnan Januzaj.

Certainly an early goal would help. On the fourteen occasions United have fallen behind in the Barclays Premier League this season, they have come back to win only three times, a damning statistic given this team’s erstwhile reputation for recovery.

An early goal would give Old Trafford something to cling to as well.

Moyes may have sounded confident about his future yesterday but if performances don’t change soon then something else will.

United’s supporters will not stay classy forever. They may have more power than they think.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2583742/Manchester-United-rise-Defiant-David-Moyes-vows-end-dark-days-starting-Olympiacos.html

[Shi no Gekai]

semoga menampilkan permainan yang membuat penonton yang udah beli tiket2 mahal di OT puas dan terhibur..

dan penonton layar kaca ga merasa rugi begadang atau bangun subuh..

que sera sera..

[zudomiriku]

Big Match Guide: All eyes on Moyes as United bid to salvage something from disastrous season

David Moyes is desperate for a result that could lift the gloom around Old Trafford and the beleaguered Scot will get just the fillip he needs if his side can turn around the 2-0 first leg deficit and progress into the quater-finals of the Champions League.

Moyes will be praying his big three, Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Juan Mata can strike form, and if they do United must have a great chance of seeing off an Olympiakos side that do not fare well on their travels.

After Sunday's disastrous defeat to Liverpool, which all but rules United out of a chance of a top four finish, progression in this competition is the only way of ensuring Champions League football is played at Old Trafford next season.

GOAL GETTERS

After a miserable 2-0 loss in Athens, David Moyes’s men must score three unanswered goals at Old Trafford to progress in normal time. But they have not managed that since beating Norwich 4-0 in the Capital One Cup in October. Javier Hernandez (right) scored twice that night, including a penalty after 20 minutes. If they want to have any hope of getting through United will be hopeful of a similarly quick start tonight.


Under pressure: Moyes (right) was defiant in his pre-match press conference on Tuesday

GREEK TRAVEL BUG

Despite the first-leg loss, United have reason to be cheerful — Olympiacos do not travel well. The Greeks have played 11 matches on English soil and lost every one. In those matches they’ve managed to score just three goals and conceded 34,an average of 3.1 per game.

Encouragingly for Moyes, two of those defeats came against United — a 4-0 win in 2001 and a 3-0 thumping a year later. How the Reds could do with a repeat performance this evening.

100 Club

UNITED have a 100 per cent home record in the Champions League this season. A win tonight would be their best run since 2007-08, when they won the trophy.

AT LEAST MOYES IS CONSISTENT

After 29 Premier League matches under Moyes, United have 48 points, have scored 46 goals and conceded 34. After 29 matches last season under Moyes, Everton had 48 points, had scored 46 goals and conceded 35. Still, at least he’s slowly improving that defensive record…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2583800/Big-Match-Guide-All-eyes-Moyes-United-bid-salvage-disastrous-season.html

[goodmin]

Bacaan bagus. Bukan jaman OPA SAF, mampu kalahkan Barca dengan Maradona

Man Utd v Olympiakos: Inspiration comes from 1984 win over Barca

If Manchester United are looking for inspiration to reach the Champions League quarter-finals, they must turn back the clock almost 30 years to the day.
On 21 March 1984, the Manchester night sky was gloomy, and the outlook for the hosts equally dreary.
The Red Devils were hosting Spanish giants Barcelona in the second leg of their Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final, with a vociferous home crowd hopefully optimistic - rather than expectant - of overturning a 2-0 deficit.
"We knew we had a mountain to climb," then-United boss Ron Atkinson tells BBC Sport.

Manchester United v Barcelona - 1984
Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson's starting XI against Barcelona
But, against a Barca team built around the irrepressible Diego Maradona - widely acclaimed as the world's best player - and mercurial West Germany midfielder Bernd Schuster, Atkinson's side upset the lengthy odds.

On Wednesday, Old Trafford will be packed to the rafters for another crucial European tie. David Moyes's much-maligned side need to turn around a humbling 2-0 first-leg defeat by Greek champions Olympiakos to reach the last eight.
No Red Devils side has managed to nullify a two-goal deficit on the European stage since the famous win against Barcelona.
Then, many observers had given United little hope of rescuing the tie. A last-minute strike from home winger Juan Carlos Rojo, added to Scottish defender Graeme Hogg's first-half own goal, put Barca in command at the Nou Camp.
Ahead of the return fixture, Atkinson told his players to forget about the first leg, concentrate on winning the Old Trafford match and let the rest take care of itself.
"The first game wasn't a great game, we didn't play particularly well but felt the scoreline flattered Barcelona a little bit," says Atkinson, who managed United between 1981 and 1986 before he was replaced by Sir Alex Ferguson.
"They didn't cause us many problems but scored the late second. They thought that goal put the tie to bed.

'Noise like you have never heard'

"On the day of the game I always remember United chairman Martin Edwards saying to me: 'You will hear a noise inside Old Trafford tonight like you have never heard in your career,'" recalls Atkinson. Backed by 58,350 noisy Mancunians, United unsettled their illustrious opponents from the first kick. Loud jeers and whistles from the stands greeted every Catalan touch as a flurry of red shirts surrounded the ball.
Northern Ireland forward Norman Whiteside almost put United ahead when his 15th-minute lob bounced off the top of the crossbar after Barca goalkeeper Javier Urruticoechea unconvincingly flapped at Ray Wilkins's teasing right-wing cross.
Urruticoechea's indecision caused panic among his defenders and provided impetus to the home players. Barcelona grew edgy, United grew in stature.
"That set the tone for the goalkeeper being nervous," remembers Arthur Albiston, United's left-back on the night.
As Barca wilted, United quickly took advantage of the building pressure. Another Wilkins delivery, this time from a left-wing corner, caused consternation among the visitors as United skipper Bryan Robson flung himself at Whiteside's near-post flick to head in.
Old Trafford erupted. The hosts dared to dream.

'Captain Marvel' outshines Maradona

Barcelona managed to regain some composure before the half-time break, but were overwhelmed by the home side's rampant start to the second period.
Inspired by box-to-box midfielder Robson, United refused to let Barcelona settle on the ball, forcing the visitors into more errors.
"All the build up was about Maradona. But it was the match which gave Bryan Robson the world-class status he deserved," says Manchester United Supporters Trust vice-chairman Ian Stirling, who was stood on the Old Trafford terraces.
Shortly after the restart, Robson pounced on a rebound to net United's second in front of a jubilant Stretford End.
Spain midfielder Victor Munoz panicked under pressure, playing a dangerous back pass towards a scrambling Urruticoechea, who could then only parry Wilkins's stinging shot, leaving Robson with an easy finish.
United were level in the tie - and knew Barca were rocking.

Wilkins, wheeling his arms in motion while in possession, urged his team-mates forward, while Atkinson instructed them to "attack but attack sensibly" from the touchline.
They needed less than a minute to grab the third. Robson sprayed an inch-perfect ball out to the left touchline, where Scottish left-back Albiston galloped forward.
"In Spain, Barcelona didn't have to defend against crosses bombed into the box," Albiston told BBC Sport. "With the aerial threat of Frank Stapleton, Norman Whiteside and Bryan Robson, we knew if we got a good ball into the box, then Barca would struggle to cope."
Albiston delivered a teasing, deep cross which the Spanish defence could not clear as Whiteside headed back to strike partner Stapleton.
Old Trafford held its collective breath. Stapleton kept his cool.
The Republic of Ireland striker prodded in the third and United led for the first time in the tie.

United heartbreak if Barca score

"The problem we had then, in hindsight, was we had another half-an-hour to hang on knowing full well an away goal would send us out," says Atkinson.
There were moments of concern, notably when United substitute Mark Hughes - the current Stoke City manager - bundled over a Barca opponent inside his own penalty area. "It was a stick-on penalty," concedes Atkinson.
Italian referee Paolo Casarin waved away Barca's protests and United survived to claim a famous win.
Ecstatic home fans raced on to the pitch to congratulate their heroes. Robson, who had been linked with a move away from Old Trafford to Italy's Serie A, was mobbed, hugged and kissed, then carried shoulder-high off the pitch by his adoring followers.
"Even to this day, players who played and people in the stands - and Manchester United have had many great nights - would say, atmospherically, they have never known a night like that," concludes Atkinson.

Whether David Moyes has sat his underachieving players down in front of a big screen to watch grainy highlights, we do not know.
But Wayne Rooney can take inspiration from Robson. Danny Welbeck should be encouraged by Wilkins. And Robin van Persie ought to seek motivation from Stapleton.
"This is one of the great Old Trafford nights. This is what European football is about," gushed a proud Atkinson after the final whistle.
Olympiakos are not Barcelona. Joel Campbell would not lace Maradona's boots.
But if the Red Devils manage to overcome the Greek champions and reach the Champions League quarter-finals, Moyes will be celebrating his greatest night so far at Old Trafford.

[jifortin]

Kudu siap-siap pinalty juga nih United. Kayaknya bakalan kayak waktu lawan Sunderland di Capital One deh. De ja vu
Tapi semoga aja engga, ane 100% tetep dukung United

[Triguna Wibawa]

semoga moyes tidak menurunkan fellaini dengan carick,,,
karna fellaini gk ada fungsinya di tengah posisi yang sangat tanggung,,2 karakter pemain yang lambat,,,bakal kalah lagi lini tengah klo seperti ini,,

de gea

rafael jones vidic evra

carick flatcher

januzaj rooney kagawa

van persie


2 bek muda yang masih seger untuk bisa di hadapkan dengan penyerang olympiakos,,vidic n eevra pengalaman yang cukup,,

2 gelandang yang sya harap bisa turun match nanti malam,,dimana flatcher dengan pemain yang lebih cepat lebih cerdik dalam serangan dan carick yang pintar mengatur ritme,,

januzaj beberapa mayche terakhir sya pkir tampil kurang bagus namun karakter yang berani nusuk ke tengah sangat di butuhkan,,ada valencia jika adnan buntu,,

adnan rooney n kagawa akan menjadi AMF yang penuh kreatifitas pas untuk RvP kemudian ada evra n rafael yang muncul sebagai sayap,,,

[tumpal_oneunited]

Berat,,tapi harus tetap optimis.
Jika United masih mengandalkan crossing,,tentunya sangat mudah bagi olympiakos untuk mengantisipasinya.
Jika United berani memainkan bola dari kaki ke kaki dan divariasi dengan terobosan dan juga crossing, mungkin mudah juga bagi olympiakos untuk mengantisipasinya.
Dengan keunggulan 2-0 di kandang mereka,,tentunya mereka datang ke OT untuk bisa mempertahankan keunggulan tersebut. Artinya bisa jadi kita melihat olympiakos punya pemain bertahan 8-9 orang besok dini hari.

Coba memprediksi line up dulu
David de Gea
Rafael Jones Vidic Evra
Valencia Fellaini Carrick
Kagawa
Rooney RvP

Semoga Manchester United bisa lolos dari lubang jarum. Amin.
Glory..Glory..Manchester United..!!

[Haji Paidin]

Originally Posted by tukang-las

Mata kan cup-tied om?

iya ya..
jangan jangan formasi Dos Diosas lagi yang diturunkan