Manchester United Quintuple Mission Still ON! United 2 - 0 Inter

| Thursday, March 12, 2009

Another great victory for us against Serie A leader, Inter Milan. After months of speculation; Sir Alex Ferguson vs Jose Mourinho, Zlatan Ibrahimovic vs Cristiano Ronaldo, Julius Cesar vs Edwin Van Der Sar, we finally have a clear winner.

The game started quite fast with United searching for early goal and their effort paid off with Vidic header from Ryan Giggs corner. After the goal, United changed their style in defensive mode whereas Inter are looking for equaliser. Zlatan Ibrahimovic came close after his effort his the post but it was 1 - 0 until the half-time whistle.

The only change ahead of the second half feels like Mourinho admitting a mistake: Vieira is off and Muntari came on in his stead. While Mourinho boys still looking for the goal, Rooney who resisted the temptation to shoot and instead cut inside and clipped a ball into the six-yard box where Ronaldo arrived at just the right moment to beat Cesar. Great work again by Giggs in the build up as he drove in from wide leaving defenders in his wake before feeding the ball to Scholes who in turn found Rooney.

Inter's response has not been all that Mourinho may have hoped for - they appear shell-shocked rather than stung into action. Mourinho make another substitution; Stankovic is off and on is Adriano. The Brazilian was only on the pitch for a minute before he was coming close to a goal; his flying half-volley clipping the post and rebounding across the face of goal after a great cross from Cambiasso.

Although both teams had their chances towards the end of the game, none of them managed to change the scoreline. United win 2-0 on the night and 2-0 on aggregate. Mourinho and Ferguson share a handshake and a hug and the old enemies prepare for a glass of wine in. United into the quarters and the quintuple remains on.



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