The second leg semi final match of Champions League 2007-2008 between Manchester United and Barcelona is going to kick off 19:45 BST. The match will take palace at the Old Trafford stadium, the home ground of Manchester United. Now, the match has been the center of attention in the football world. Why?
Well, there are a number of things around the match that are attracting the football fans from around the world. First of all, the match will decide one of the finalists of Champions League this season, as the first leg ended in a goalless draw at Barcelona. So, a victory in the match for either side would ensure a place in the Champions League final, while a draw with any score would favor Barcelona because the Catalan club did not concede any goal in the home leg. If the second leg match also ends up with a scoreless draw, the match will enter into additional time, and then tie breaker, if needed. So, you may think that Manchester United has some advantage in the match because the English giants did not lose the away leg.
However, if you look into the first leg result then you can see that Barcelona perhaps has a bit more advantage in the second leg match. The Spanish club has now tow options to get the ticket of the final. One is, making a draw with any score, except score less and no two is, winning the match by any score. On the other hand, Manchester United has only one option and that is, they have to win the match to reach the final of Champions League for the first time since 1999. Well, it is true that Manchester United will have home advantage in the match and that is a way big advantage than any other advantages for any side.
There are some other points countable to prove how much importance the upcoming Manchester United vs Barcelona match has and the significance of the match. For example, Barcelona has no hope to win anything at home this season. The Catalan Club is now 15 points behind the leader Real Madrid in La Liga with only four matches to go in the season. So, you can see that Champions League is the only realistic chance for Barcelona to win silverware this season. It is apparent that Barcelona would not leave any stone unturned to win the title of Champions League this season. Now, you can guess if there is any other thing more important to Barcelona than winning the title of Champions League.
For Manchester United, the situation is not like that. Manchester United is still leading the English premier league point table with 81 points, but they are ahead of Chelsea on goal difference. There are two more matches in the season and Manchester United is very much in the title race. So, you might think that Manchester United will not be fully focused on Champions league. Well, that is partially true, because winning the premier league title is also very important to Manchester United.
However, Manchester United won the Champions League title last time in 1998-1999 season, and since then, they even could not reach the final of Champions League so far. However, since 1999 Manchester United won four English Premier League titles. So, you can feel that Manchester United players, officials, coaches and fans are now eagerly waiting for another European success. So, Manchester United would not be happy to let the chance go away.
I hope, you could understand how much important the match is. Personally, I am waiting to enjoy this high profile encounter and so are you, I guess. Fans of both sides would be happy to watch the match live on their television sets, or at least enjoy the live radio commentary. I have already written about live TV and live radio coverage of the match. However, if you do not have that much fortune to enjoy even the live commentary of the match on radio, then you can visit the online live score websites from where you can get the online live score and update of Manchester United vs Barcelona match. Here, I am giving some links of such online live score websites:
Live Score
Goalzz
Soccer Stats
Goal.com
BBC
Sky Sports
Live Football Scores
Soccernet
Soccerway
Sportpress
ITV
AOL
I would request you to go though the aforementioned websites and decide yourself which site serves you best. I hope, you will find the website you are looking for to get the online live score and update of the match.
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