Louis Nani then almost did the unthinkable & treat fans to a game where United score more than one goal but a long-range effort was saved by Stojkovic.

United then made their 1st substitution of the night with Louis Saha entering the game in exchange for Rooney, who on fair reflection had worked hard if maybe not posing a penetrative threat..

MUFCINFO.COM's MOTM was then decided as Lisbon went close to drawing level only for the Big Dutch Stickman to save again from Tonel's header after a Veloso cross.

Anderson then replaced Ryan Giggs before Ronaldo then left the Estádio José Alvalade to a standing ovation from the home Lisbon fans, albeit limping and a possible doubt for Chelsea on Sunday.

MISSED FLIGHTS, IN GROWING TOENAILS & WARTHOGS
The latest effort to view some European football by the West Cumbria Reds couldn't have got any worse, our trip which cost £700 for the three of us may the money used as well have been burnt before our very eyes as flying from Glasgow Airport to Amsterdam for a connecting flight to Lisbon ended in total disaster.  With two hours to burn if we had have made it to Amsterdam anyone in their right mind would have expected to make it however.

Due to a Frank Spencer like pilot oversight which saw a taxiing plane leave the runway for the grass siding, the plane we were to catch for Lisbon had to be diverted to a localised Airport to refuel knocking off 1.40 mins off our window to catch the Lisbon flight.

Upon dashing as fast as our fitness levels & in growing toe nail (what a Soldier you are Tinker!!) would allow, we missed our plane which was agonisingly beginning to move out onto the runway.

So stuck in Schipol Airport we made our way to Customer Services to be told we would have to catch another flight the next day at 12.40pm, so a long wait in the Airport or pay for another Hotel would be our next move.

The receptionist informed us that we would struggle to get any sort of Hotel room and if we did it would be miles away & expensive, so a quick call to some very good friends of mine Alex Smit & Ron Snellen from the Dutch Mancunians to see maybe if they could help out, very accommodating Alex (thanks for the efforts mate) made a few calls to help out but miraculously we found a cheap Hotel, close by & opted to go for the Hotel.

We had the fortune of being able to fly 1st class on the way over to Lisbon but it suddenly dawned on me that we had booked a small room & folks you do not want to share a small room with the Warthog brothers  I was travelling with, so true to form if you do know me, I slept once again in a random country on a Hotel Room toilet floor, all due to the Snoring antics of my travelling compatriots.

CANCELLED HOTELS & ROMA
If the hassle of obtaining tickets from the ground wasn't bad enough with ID etc etc, we would then be dealt the biggest blow yet as our Hotel in Lisbon we had booked had due to our delay was sold to the next customer leaving us with no Hotel Room in Lisbon, after calming a certain Mr Calvin down & dealing with Tinkers tantrum outburst of leaving the Hotel, i thought it best to try & persuade the Hotel Manager to ring around a few other Hotels.

SUCCESS!!!!! a certain Hotel Roma which rang bells in my mind had a cheap room, so another Taxi ride across the City saw us at the same Hotel we stayed in when Benfica knocked us out a few years earlier, so only two stops from the Stadium on the Underground & a massive treble room, our fortunes changed, but bank balances had a unnecessary chunks missing!!

A BIG THANKS !!.
To Alex who despite the lack of time tried to get us sorted & was more than obliging to travel 45 minutes at short notice to help out.


And a Big up goes to the man in Hotel NacioNal for sorting our Room in Lisbon & Tinker & Peter!!, lets hope Kiev is easier!!

United's Man of the Match
Not many candidates, but in the importance of the saves EVDS wins it.

MUFC.COM's Reaction
Toothless in the 1st half & a sad sad lack of movement, United will get better its just a matter of when, at least we have a rare away win in Europe.

Was our prediction correct?
YES! We said 1-0. MUFC INFO 1 v 6 Wrong Predictions.

Milestones
SAF's 74th victory of his UCL career.
Cristiano Ronaldo's 5th UCL goal of his United career & 51st goal overall.

United's Next Match
Sunday 23rd September 2007 against Chelski in the Premiership at Old Trafford, Manchester with a 16.00pm kick off.