P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
Man United	6	3	3	0	13	3	12
Bayern Munich	6	3	3	0	5	2	12
Boavista		6	1	2	3	2	8	5
Nantes		6	0	2	4	4	11	2

Qualify for Quarter Finals


19 MARCH 2002

BAYERN MUNICH			2-1		NANTES
Jeremies 58					Ahamada 54
Pizarro 87

Armand released Ahamada with a superb pass as Nantes broke from a corner.
Linke couldn't make up his mind whether to go for the ball or cover his
'keeper, Kahn decided to come of his line, Linke ran into the box,
Ahamada's shot bounced off Kahn and Linke missed the ball as it rolled
into the net. Absolutely pathetic defending. Jeremies headed Tarnat's
cross into the ground but it bounced over a helpless Grondin. Grondin
saved a penalty from Pizzaro but the striker made amends with a fine
volley from Salihamidzic's cross minutes from time.

Bayern's defence is shite. Fortunately Salihamidzic is back and if he
maintains the form he showed prior to injury Bayern will be difficult
to beat.

Assists : Armand, Linke, Salihamidzic


BOAVISTA			0-3		MAN UNITED
						Blanc 14
						Solskjaer 29
						Beckham 51 (Pen)

Blanc volleyed Man United into the lead from a Beckham corner. Their second
came from a counter attack. Giggs' shot was saved by Ricardo but Solskjaer
turned in the rebound. Scholes took a dive in the box after Martelinho
clipped his heels. Beckham smashed the ball past Ricardo.

Assists : Beckham (corner), Scholes (pen)


13 MARCH 2002

MAN UNITED			0-0		BAYERN MUNICH

Giggs became the first player to test either 'keeper early in the second half
following one of his trademark solo runs, turning Kuffour inside and out before
being denied by Kahn. Bayern's best chance came from an Effenberg free
kick. Pizarro attacked the ball and seemed certain to score but Barthez made
a World Class save. Crap match.


NANTES				1-1		BOAVISTA
Moldovan 43					Martelinho 78

Silva slipped as he kicked the ball deep inside his own half, the ball bounced
off Pedro and Moldovan snapped at Silva's heels before he could clear, raced
into the box and shot in off Ricardo. Martelinho pulled down a long ball with
an outstanding first touch and calmly stroked it past Landreau. Nantes caught
Boavista on the counter attack as they ploughed forward looking for the
winner. Vahirua ran half the length of the field and centred for Da Rocha
who shot wide with an open goal at his mercy. Possibly one of the worst
misses ever.

Assist : ?

Remaining Fixtures :
Bayern Munich vs Nantes
Boavista vs Nantes


24 FEBRUARY 2002

BAYERN MUNICH			1-0		BOAVISTA
Santa Cruz 81

Both teams hit the post. A brilliant move down the left between Pizarro and
Lizarazu ended with Santa Cruz heading into the net.

Assist : Lizarazu


MAN UNITED			5-1		NANTES
Beckham 18					Da Rocha 17
Solskjaer 31, 78
Silvestre 38
Van Nistelrooy 64 (Pen)

Nantes took an early lead for the second successive week. Andre received the
ball from a throw in, whipped a cross into the box , Irwin ball watched and
Da Rocha was left with an easy finish. Beckham equalised seconds later with
a typically superb free kick. Solskjaer scored the first of his two goals on the
day he turned 29 with a close range header after good work by Van Nistelrooy
and Giggs. Silvestre headed in Man United's third from Beckham's wicked,
wicked free kick. Van Nistelrooy scored his 30th goal of the season from the
penalty spot after being fouled in the box by Fabbri. Solskjaer was credited
with Man United's fifth but I'm still not convinced that he made contact with
Beckham's free kick.

Van Nistelrooy was told that he became the first Man United player since
Brain McCair to score 30 goals in a season. The blank expression on his
face was priceless, I'm sure he was thinking to himself 'who the **** is
Brain McClair?". And before anyone replies, I know who he is and he
sucked.

Taggart needs to send out a search party for Veron - he was AWOL again.

Assists : Andre, Giggs (x2), Beckham (x2)


20 FEBRUARY 2002

BOAVISTA			0-0		BAYERN MUNICH

A hat-trick of stunning saves by Kahn gave struggling Bayern a precious
point. The first from Frechaut's spectacular diving header. The second
from a curling effort from Sanchez and late in the second half he tipped
over a stunning 30yd strike from Goulart. In the 90th minute Kuffour
headed against the post from an Effenberg free kick. 


NANTES				1-1		MAN UNITED
Moldovan 9					Van Nistelrooy 94 (Pen)


Nantes stunned the English Champions with a scrappy early goal. Moldovan
tried his luck from outside the box, his shot took a wicked deflection
off Blanc and fell to Quint, Quint's cross deflected off Beckham, Vahirua
couldn't re-adjust in time and Moldovan's scuffed shot rolled past a
helpless Barthez. Fraud Veron decided to play the ball back to Barthez
from the half way line, Vahirua raced away, got goal side of donkey
Neville and hit a great shot but Barthez pulled off a spectacular save.
Van Nistelrooy smashed the ball against a post after a superb pass from
Keane and he missed an even better chance when put clean through by
Beckham. Moldovan skinned Silvestre on the right before pulling the ball back
to Vahirua but he dragged his shot wide of the post. Landreau made great
saves from Van Nistelrooy and Giggs as United poured forward in the second
half. Barthez denied Quint what would have been a certain winning goal with
a World Class save. Not to be outdone Landreau made an even better stop
from Scholes point blank diving header. Yepes threw away the points and any
chance of a place in the quarter-finals with a mindless handball. Landreau
guessed right but Van Nistelrooy put too much pace on his penalty kick.

Both 'keepers were fantastic. Great match.


5 DECEMBER 2001

NANTES				0-1		BAYERN MUNICH
						Paulo Sergio 65

Landreau, whose handling was diabolical all night, came out for a corner
and pathetically flapped at the ball, Sergio headed under his legs.

Assist : Hargreaves


MAN UNITED			3-0		BOAVISTA
Van Nistelrooy 31, 62
Blanc 55

Barthez made spectacular saves from Duda and Petit. Ironically United
scored after a defensive mistake. Phil Neville stole the ball off a defender,
played a one two with Veron and centred for Van Nistelrooy, 1-0. Blanc,
who has unfairly been made the scapegoat for Ferguson's inept tactics,
headed United's second from a Veron corner. Van Nistelrooy scored a
second on the counter attack, Dwight 'Love Machine' Yorke with a great
pass.

Assists : P Neville, Veron, Yorke


20 NOVEMBER 2001

BAYERN MUNICH			1-1		MAN UNITED
Paulo Sergio 87					Van Nistelrooy 74

Terrible match. Effenberg was back and seemed to slow Bayern's attack down
to a snail's pace. Silvestre was involved in both goals. He found himself in
acres of space down the left flank and sent a perfect cross into the box for
Van Nistelrooy to tap past Khan. His poor attempt to cut out Jancker's pass
gave fellow donkey Paulo Sergio the equaliser.

Assist : Silvestre


BOAVISTA			1-0		NANTES
Sanchez 24

A terrible mistake by Nantes young goalkeeper Mickael Landreau literally
handed Boavista the points. Sanchez tried his luck from the edge of the
box, Landreau dived to parry the ball and it spun backwards into the net.

Assist : Pereira