Road To Munich Starts With A Point: Benfica 1 United 1

A stunning goal by Ryan Giggs helped earn Manchester United a point in their Champions League opener against a good Benfica side in Portugal. There was a great atmosphere in the Estadio da Luz and there’s no doubt both sets of fans went home happ…

Deja vu from the Estadio da Luz

Haven’t we seen this before?  I knew it wouldn’t last. I mean Fergie could never let things just be. It was asking too much for us to carry our youth movement, scintillating pace and form over the Channel and into the continent and expect a simil…

Benfica v Man Utd Champions League Highlights

Ryan Giggs’ solo effort earned a point for Manchester United in a difficult Champions League opener against Benfica in Lisbon. If you had read the Spreads Broker reviews before the game, you would fully expect them to take Man Utd to win by a landslide, but Sir Alex Ferguson was pleased with draw considering the [...]

Ryan Giggs super goal

Ryan Giggs will not just tear you apart again, he is still running down the wing! A wonderful strike into the top corner of the net from the Welsh legend gave United a good away draw against Benfica …

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Benfica v Manchester United Preview: No Game In Europe’s Easy

Manchester Untied play Benfica tonight at the Estadio da Luz in our first Champions League group-stage game of the season, in what no doubt will be an exciting match of football.

A Quick Chat With A Basel Fan

After getting a take on our Champions League group from the view of a Benfica fan Ricardo Soares and an Otelul Galati fan Daniel Marian, I thought it would be good to finally chat to a Basel fan to find out what their thoughts are ahead …

United Visit Benfica In Champions League Opener

Cue the Heineken commercials, the unmistakable anthem, and the goosebumps – the Champions League is here again. To be Manchester United is to be a perennial favorite in the competition, and that’s no different this season, as United eye a f…

SL Benfica vs. Manchester United: Match Preview

By Mark Young, aka Stretford End Arising forum member mark_young. Introduction It has almost been four months since Manchester United were taken apart, bit by bit by Barcelona in the Champions League final at Wembley. This week the race to Munich start…

United vs Benfica Champions League Preview

IntroductionManchester United kick off their quest for a fourth Champions League crown with a tricky opening fixture against Benfica in the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon. The squad will be in fine spirits after a wonderful start to the season has seen the …

Match Preview: Benfica vs. Manchester United

Competition: Champions League Venue: Estádio da Luz Time: 19:45 Manchester United have a decent record against Benfica in this competition, having won six of our seven previous meetings with the Primeira Liga runners up. Ferguson’s men will attack the Encarnados’ back four, who conceded at least two goals in each of their last five Champions…

United’s Record Against Benfica

Well tomorrow of course see’s Manchester United kick-off their UEFA Champions League group-stage campaign away to Benfica. United have played Portugal’s first European Champions 7 times in the competition having won 6 out of those enco…

The First Games Of Our Successful European Cup Campaigns

Manchester United of course (if you didn’t know by now) start their Champions League campaign this coming Wednesday away to Portuguese outfit Benfica with fans hoping that it will be  the first step on our efforts to claim a fourth European …

A Quick Chat With A Otelul Galati Fan

After getting a take on our Champions League group from the view of Benfica fan Ricardo Soares, I thought it would be good to chat to a Otelul Galati fan to see what their thoughts are ahead of the Champions League which is due to start next …

A Quick Chat With A Benfica Fan

You may recall a couple of months ago I sat down with Ricardo Soares - @RicardoWSTldn - a football coach & top chef in London who I know from my contacts in football and got his take on Manchester United’s past European clashes …

United’s Champions League Squad Announced

UEFA has published the squad lists for this season’s Champions League group stages and a total of 34 players have been called-up into Manchester United’s squad which was announced on Friday.

Previewing United’s Games In September

I thought it would be good at the start of every month to give my predictions on the games that Manchester United will have over the season. Here’s how I can see our games in September panning out.

Club Connections – Arsenal

Of course this coming afternoon, Manchester United face Arsenal up at Old Trafford looking to make it 3 wins out of 3 in the Premier League so far. With that in mind it’s worth looking at 8 individuals who have both spent time at United and Arsen…

A Closer Look At United’s Champions League Group Opponents

The Champions League draw for the compeititon’s group stages were announced yesterday in Monaco with Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and new boys Manchester City representing England. 

Our Take On The Champions League Draw

Yesterday saw the draw made for this season’s Champions League group-stage and it’s fair to say that that the draw in Monaco has thrown up some interesting groups, which we’re now have a look at in full.

Arsenal’s Champions League Draw: Group H

In Monaco yesterday, the draw for this year’s Champions League groups took place, with eight groups being decided out of four pots of eight sides each. Arsenal were grouped with the eight top teams in Pot 1 as we have … Continue reading →

Ins & Outs of United’s European fixture dates

Tweet As is always the case with the Champions League draw, not only does the draw itself take a lot of attention, but also the timing of fixtures and what League fixtures are based around them. Well the cards are in and stamped and ready to go, so Uni…

Champions League draw: A look at our Group (C)

Manchester United were one of 22 automatic entrants in the group-stage draw at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco. The Premier League champions were the first team to be drawn, and were put straight into Group C. The Reds were named in the same group as Benfica, Basel and Otelul Galati. StrettyNews.com decided to write a short paragraph…

United’s Champions League Draw

I, like any other United supporters, will always remember the pain to get beaten by Barcelona at Champions League final. Twice. Yes, twice. Now the new season has started and we have another chance to be on the same competition. Today our fate revealed on Europe’s most prestigious club competition. We’ll be on the group [...]

Our Champions League Group Predictions

This season’s Champions’ League group stage draw is due to start in less than 2 hours and with that in mind, here’s our predictions for the draw.

A Look At United’s Possible Champions League Opponents

In less than a couple of hours time, the draw for the group stages of this season’s Champions League will be done in Monaco.