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--------------------------------- [32] Draw details --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: >From UEFA: The UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw takes place tomorrow at 11:30 UK time (12.30CET) at the House of Football in Nyon. Group winners kept apart The four group winners in the hat are Manchester United FC from Group A, Barcelona from Group B, Madrid from Group C and Leverkusen from Group D. FC Bayern München, Liverpool FC, Panathinaikos and Deportivo all advanced as runners-up. The draw will pit each group winner against a runner-up from one of the other three groups. National derbies in prospect Teams from the same second group stage section cannot meet, but teams from the same country can. This means quarter-final ties between Spanish, German and English sides are all possible. In each quarter-final, the group winner has the advantage [?] of playing the second leg at home. Don't forget the Champions League Draw will be covered live here on the http://www.rednews.co.uk/forum/RED.php RED FORUM tomorrow from 11:30 (UK time, 12:30 CET). Bookmark it now: http://www.rednews.co.uk/forum/RED.php --------------------------------- [31] Fixture dates --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: Don't forget the Champions League Draw will be covered live here on the http://www.rednews.co.uk/forum/RED.php RED FORUM tomorrow from 11:30 (UK time, 12:30 CET). Bookmark it now: http://www.rednews.co.uk/forum/RED.php http://www.rednews.co.uk/forum/RED.php Quarter-finals 1st leg - 02,03 Apr 2002 Quarter-finals 2nd leg - 09,10 Apr 2002 Semi-finals 1st leg - 23,24 Apr 2002 Semi-finals 2nd leg - 30 Apr/01 May 2002 Final - 15 May 2002 --------------------------------- [30] Final Group Tables --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: Group A P Pts Man. United 6 12 Bayern München 6 12 Boavista 6 5 Nantes 6 2 Group C P Pts Real Madrid 6 16 Panathinaikos 6 8 Sparta Praha 6 6 Porto 6 4 Group B P Pts Barcelona 6 9 Liverpool 6 7 Roma 6 7 Galatasaray 6 5 Group D P Pts Bay. Leverkusen 6 10 Dep. La Coruña 6 10 Arsenal 6 7 Juventus 6 7 --------------------------------- [29] All Champs Lge results --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: >From Tuesday & Wednesday TUE A Bayern München Nantes 2-1 A Boavista Man. United 0-3 B Galatasaray Barcelona 0-1 B Liverpool Roma 2-0 WED C Panathinaikos Real Madrid 2-2 C Sparta Praha Porto 2-0 D Dep. La Coruña Bay. Leverkusen 1-3 D Juventus Arsenal 1-0 --------------------------------- [28] Porto stories --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: Posted by Kerry on the http://www.rednews.co.uk/forum/RED.php RED FORUM: A few select memories ... 1) Best of all had to be after the match, when making my way down from the back of the top tier there were only a few hundred left in the stadium. Phil Nev comes out to warm down, and while he jogs round the pitch, is greeted with 'Neville give us a song', so he duly jogs over to the United end, shushes us all down a la David May, and breaks into 'If you all hate Scousers...'. Quality. 2) Drinking pints of 'blue'. What was that all about?! Still, it was better than 'green'!! 3) Darts - just want to thank Fergus for paying for half our drinks!! 4) Big Rich standing up to give us abuse as we sat in the top of a bar, while someone removed his seat from behind him, his subsequent tumble backwards and flick of his legs taking out 2 tables and 5 beers!! 5) Cheese and ham toasties. Good to sample the local cuisine...! A cracking trip [Grommet?] all in all. Back to Athens for the QF - Lavabore anyone?! --------------------------------- [27] Hancock gets prime time --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: Arch ABU, Nick Hancock, a man who once hid in the toilet on a train for his entire journey because he was scared of getting battered by Reds, is to join Radio Five Live, as a fishing correspondent with a 6am show on Saturday mornings. That'll be promotion then. The "comedian" - also the man Danny Baker, or was it Kelly, recently described as a Stoke fan who used to support Port Vale, is best known for his ABU antics as the host of They Think It's All Over .... [.... It is now ... SMACK!]. --------------------------------- [26] Butt & Balls --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: This comes in from our French agent: Rumours in France are that Monaco interested in Nicky Butt. If this happens I will eat my balls! [Thanks Marc - I'll bring a camera for RED NEWS if transfer goes through.] --------------------------------- [25] Out of the frying pan ... --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: ... and into the fire Apparently Olivier Dacourt is having second thoughts about moving from Leeds to Lazio because of their rascist fans! Not that we're saying Leeds are a rascist club or anything .. but plenty of the mongs who support them are. Monsieur Dacourt - Wake up & smell the ..... sheep dip. --------------------------------- [24] Arse Trophy Countdown? --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: The Arse treble has gone - now Vieira reckons they are going for the double. As Ted Rogers used to say, well more display with finger gestures, "3 - 2 - 1" .... [ - 0 ] Vieira said: "I will try to do my best and try to win the Premier League and the FA Cup ... [ .. and the ... oh no that's it isn't it.]" Wenger said: I did not see it. We are the best. We were unlucky. We will win the League, the FA Cup, the European Cup (next year) and the World Cup in the Summer. Manchester United are lucky .. the FA gave it to them ...... --------------------------------- [23] Turin turns up to see the future champs --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: Massive 8,562 to see the future treble winners last night..... and that included a decent travelling Arse support to swell the ranks of the part time b@stards from Turin? --------------------------------- [22] Reserve teams (1-1) --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: Unwashed Stiffs - Parry, Heggem, Vignal (Warnock 64), Culshaw, Wright, Biscan, Barmby, Redknapp, Baros, Berger (Sjolund 64), Diomede. Manchester United Reserves - Carroll, Irwin, Pugh, O'Shea, Brown (Tierney 45), Fortune, Davis (Muirhead 73), Stewart, Webber, Nardiello, Djordjic. Redknapp scored for them while Danny Webber scored from a Bojan Djordic cross. Both keepers played well with Carroll having another outstanding game. --------------------------------- [21] Return of the bizarre --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: ... testicle mutilation stories. By popular demand ... and while the editor's still getting inebriated and flagellated (probably at the same time) in Porto. Bizarre 1: More than a mouthful - this woman may be able to help Marc out (see news item [26]) if the French Butt rumour proved true. A Ugandan woman has been accused of biting off her husband's penis and testicles during a row. [DURING a row!??] Her husband is recovering at home after doctors managed to sew them back on. The husband told the newspaper: "By the time my neighbour came to my rescue, she had bitten off both my testicles and the penis. I doubt whether I will regain my manhood." He claims she attacked him after he caught her trying to assault their stepdaughter [what was she trying to bite off her?] and slapped her. Bizarre 2: Old Farts One for our very own RN correspondent .. the Old Fart: Two ageing pranksters are facing fines and jail for repeatedly letting off "fart spray" in a New Jersey supermarket. Shopper Brian Lee, 18, said: "It smelled like somebody had let a real stinker in there. It was pretty nasty." Ranallo, 65, and Jacoby, 50, had sprayed the offending fumes inside the ShopRite supermarket, the municipal court in Warren heard.Similar occurrences had surfaced in the past when Ranallo and Jacoby were in the supermarket, reports The Express-Times. Shop assistant Jolene Kolakowski had to vomit behind a till. Cans of fart spray and a fart machine was found on the men. Municipal Court Judge Joseph W. Steinhardt said, "These two guys were amusing themselves. Apparently Mr. Ranallo has a fart fixation." Afterwards, Ranallo said the judge's decision angered him, adding: "I don't want to be known as the fart guy." (Ananova) --------------------------------- [20] Desailly disses the King --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by tb: In his new book, "The English can see an exceptional champion in Cantona all they like, but he has never won anything in France. Eric had talent, but jibbed at putting it at the service of the national team. "He never spoke much to the young ones and waited too often for the team to play for him, neglecting defensive tasks." "When he flicks at a ball without conviction, it annoys me. Everything will be fine when he behaves the same with France as he does with Manchester United." Oooh, get her --------------------------------- [19] Wenger still conceited --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: Remember after we won the Treble - he still said Arsenal were better than us and that they'd just been unlucky! On their embarrassing flop the scoutmaster said: "This will not stop us. Do I still believe we can become the best in the world? Yes, I do. We are in a good position in the championship and we also have a good chance to win the FA Cup." "We will come back and win this competition next season. We have a team that are good enough to win it. We are not far away. We must respond positively to this situation. But we could have an advantage over Manchester United and Liverpool if we do respond well." "We have more players who want to join us than want to leave. Our big problem is refusing players who want to join us." [You what?]. "Of course we are disappointed but we had the right attitude and battled until the last minute. We were unfortunate to lose the game." [You mean like when you got a penalty when Henry dived? Presumably you did not see it?] "Our away record could be a psychological problem but I don't think it is. We got a draw in Germany and were unlucky in this game. [Unlucky? Obviously you did not see it?] "I believe we actually lost this group at home in losing to Deportivo. If we had at least drawn against them then they would have had to get a result." [Yes, it was their fault and not yours.] --------------------------------- [18] GN: Losing to Liverpool is unthinkable --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: Gary Nev said: "Obviously that would be a real heavyweight clash that everyone would look forward to, playing Liverpool. It would be something, I can't remember it happening before, to be honest with you." "I think two German teams drew each other maybe three or four years ago - I think it was Bayern and Dortmund - but it would be a real nerve-tingler for us to get Liverpool. It would be a case really that you would not want to turn up to training the next day or live the next day if you lost one of those games." --------------------------------- [17] AF: Liverpool, no thanks --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: On hearing that the Scousers had sneaked through the back door and were potential opponents in the quarters Fergie said: "That is not the reason we are in Europe." [Indeed, a Euro away at Liverpool would make the Wrexham Cup Winners' Cup away seem appealing.] --------------------------------- [16] AF: Madrid get ref help --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: Ferguson stunned a Portuguese audience ahead of the Boavista match suggesting that Real favourable treatment from refs. AF:"Their history in quarter-finals and semi-finals is successful. They tend to get help in the knockout stages. It's better to play them in the final." --------------------------------- [15] It'll be tough - Butt --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: "They're all top quality teams and whoever it is will prove very difficult whether it's Arsenal or any of the other teams. But it doesn't really matter who we get and we just have to concentrate on ourselves." "Obviously Real Madrid are a massive team." [Leave it]. You would like to get them in the latter stages, but it doesn't matter who you play at this stage and that's been proved over the years. The year we won it we played all the hardest teams." "I think this puts us in good stead for the quarter-finals. The manager spoke to us before the game at Boavista and made sure we were all aware that we wanted to come top. That's what we've done and we're all delighted." --------------------------------- [14]GN:We're getting better. --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: More from Gary Nev in the Independent: "We're definitely playing better. We've played better in this group phase than we played in the group phase over the last two years. Our performances against Bayern were solid. I think away from home we deserved to beat Bayern and I think overall we deserved to win the group." "I think when we look like scoring goals it doesn't matter what happens at the other end because we always score more goals than the opposition - and that's the name of the game." --------------------------------- [13]GN:Depor the danger. --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: Gary Nev in the Indy: "I watched Deportivo last week against Arsenal and, having played against them this season, I think they are the best team in Europe at the minute. I think we did our job in getting top of the group, and whoever we play it's going to be a tough game." "At the end of the day we're in the quarter-finals of the European Cup, and if you're going to win this trophy then you've got to beat the best teams. There are going to be eight very, very good teams [well, 7 plus the Scousers] left in the quarter-final draw." --------------------------------- [12] Ole out --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: Ole is definitely out of the squad for Saturday - he's now pulled out of the Norway squad for next Wednesday's clash with Tunisia. Ole's agent - Jim Solbakken - told website nettavisen.no. "His ankle injury will definitely put him on the sidelines for a while. He's a definite non-starter against Tunisia." "Ole Gunnar's in good mood, as always, but it's of course unfortunate to pick an injury when the season comes to an end with so many important matches." --------------------------------- [11] Giggs - coming together --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: Giggsy said: "Getting knocked out at the quarter-final stage in the last two years has been very disappointing, especially after winning it in 1999." "But we have learned from that and after adding to the squad I feel things are coming together at the right time." "There are similarities to 1999, with every game having an edge to it. We have the players to do it - now it is up to us to perform." --------------------------------- [10] Gary Nev defends the defence --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: GN: "Contrary to what some people think, we have not defended too badly in Europe this season, we just had a couple of bad moments in the first phase." "The most important thing is that we always look like scoring more than the opposition. We have definitely played better in this second phase than in the first. In fact, I think this has been our best performance in a group since we won the competition in 1999." "Just look at our performances against Bayern Munich which were very solid. And while we drew both games we should have beaten them away from home. We have definitely deserved to win this group because we have scored eight more goals than Bayern and conceded only three." "We have done our job so far but we know a difficult tie awaits." --------------------------------- [9] Ole on Ruud partnership --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: Solskjaer said: "We have scored a few between us but I do not see us like Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole were. They were more of a partnership on their own whereas our play seems to involve the whole team." --------------------------------- [8] Ole - Giggs --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: Ole: "Ryan is flying as well [as Becks] and when you're a striker it is brilliant to have those two supplying chances for you." --------------------------------- [7] Ole - team is peaking --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: Ole: "We are definitely a very different side to the one that started this season. Now we are confident enough to take on anyone in this competition. When you look around the team you can see why." "More and more players are beginning to hit top form. It was okay before but now it is peaking." --------------------------------- [6] Ole on Becks --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: Ole: 'Becks is in the form of his life and he is looking strong. He is fantastic at the moment, he runs all over the place and his passes are brilliant. He could get 20 goals. He is always dangerous, he creates and scores goals and he is a match-winner - plus he gets to take the penalties. 'I have never really rated myself on the number of goals I have scored and I don't really mind how many I get as long as I perform as the manager wants. 'Ruud and I have scored a few goals but the partnership is helped by the whole team. Giggs, Scholes, Becks, Keane and Veron all play their part. It is not just about our partnership but the whole team. 'But we are doing OK together and it is only going to improve because we have only played about 15 games together so we are still learning.' --------------------------------- [5] Forlan is patient --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: (Soccernet) Diego: 'I know that at Manchester United sometimes even someone like David Beckham can be on the bench but I have to be patient and learn. Playing matches and even watching from the bench sometimes will be useful. A few years ago I was at school in Uruguay and trying to do everything as best I could. Now I am here at one of the best teams in the world. It's incredible. 'Coming here is important for me because United are one of the best teams in the world and it could help my chances of forcing my way into Uruguay's World Cup squad, but I have to play and play well. 'I'm comfortable here. I've been living away from Uruguay for four years already, so it doesn't worry me. Gus Poyet has told me I have everything going for me because I speak English. It's going to be a bit different here because I won't be able to go back to Montevideo as often as I could from Argentina, but my friends and family will visit.' --------------------------------- [4] Forlan is popular ... --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: ... with fans & teammates. In the Boavista match when Scholesy was brought down by Martelinho, the United fans chanted 'Diego, Diego' and then took the piss out of Becks with mock booing when when he grabbed the ball for the penalty. And he's also a popular member of the squad - in his first few weeks Keano was regularly seen giving him a lift from his hotel. --------------------------------- [3] Quarter Final Draw --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: We will play one of: Deportivo La Coruna Liverpool Panathanaikos --------------------------------- [2] ARSE TREBLE????? --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: ..... WHAT 'KIN treble? Anyone fancy another visit to the Bay of La Coruna? Get the trunks out just in case. --------------------------------- [1] Reserves Draw V Scouse stiffs --------------------------------- Posted Thursday, March 21, 2002 by redend: United reserves drew 1-1 at Southport's ground tonight with Looneypool. Steven Wright Liverpool fullback was sent off near the end. The likes off Redknapp, Biscan, Barmby played against a United side that showed improvement on the last few games.
