UEFA Champions League 2009: Round of 16 highlights

The first knockout round of the UEFA Champions League produced some great goals. The first knockout round saw many big teams crash out and too without even scoring a single goal. Get all the highlights of the first knockout round.

First Leg
All matches - Link

Second Leg
March 10
Liverpool - Real Madrid - Link
Bayern - Sporting - Link
Panathanaikos - Villareal - Link
Juventus - Chelsea - Link

March 11
All matches - Part1 - Part2
(Manutd - Inter,
Roma -Arsenal,
Barca - Lyon,
Porto -Athletico)

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UEFA Champions League 2009: Manutd - Inter Milan goals

Manchester United beat Inter Milan at Old trafford and marched into the last 8 of the champions league. Vidic opened the scoring in the 4th minute and Ronaldo added the second 4 minutes into second half and helped United overcome a spirited Inter. It certainly wasn't a magical performance from the defending champions but they managed to put it past Jose's side and it was the first time United had scored twice against Jose Mourinho's sides.

Manchester United 2 - 0 Inter Milan
1-0 -Vidic - Watch - Download
2-0 - Ronaldo - Watch - Download

Full Highlights - Download
1st Half - Watch
2nd Half - Watch

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Can Jose weave his magic wand again?

Five years on and memories of Jose Mourinho's touchline jig at Old Trafford still touch a nerve with match-going Manchester United supporters.

A 90th-minute equaliser from Costinha to cancel out a Paul Scholes goal meant the current holders suffered the ignominy of being knocked out of Europe's premier club competition at the first knockout phase by eventual winners Porto.

It would not be the first time that Mourinho and Old Trafford supremo Sir Alex Ferguson were to clash.

During a trophy-laden but sometimes turbulent three-year stay at Chelsea, the enigmatic Portuguese coach suffered only one defeat in 10 meetings with the current world club champions, including a 1-0 win in the 2007 FA Cup final.

Now, Mourinho has the chance to send United packing again when he returns with Internazionale to Old Trafford on Wednesday for what promises to be a night to savour.

Again, Mourinho's team will arrive as underdogs but their form in Serie A this season dictates that they are a live threat to United's hopes of reaching the last eight of the Champions League.

United, however, are a different beast these days and even Mourinho, albeit through gritted teeth, will acknowledge that his players spent the majority of the opening period in the first leg chasing shadows.

Inter had the inspired Julio Cesar to thank for keeping the visitors at bay in the San Siro, but 0-0 is a dangerous scoreline and Mourinho will be praying his formidable-looking front-pairing of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Adriano - who was substituted after 77 minutes in Italy - turn up in Manchester.

Ibrahimovic has already promised United's defenders an uncomfortable night but then confidence has never been an issue for the Swedish man mountain and the reigning champions can boast a record of not being beaten in 18 matches at Old Trafford in the competition proper dating back more than four years.

Ferguson has warned his players to expect a long night and those with a nervous disposition may wish to look away.

Mourinho, by contrast, will relish the spotlight and only the brave would bet against the star from Setúbal pulling off one last party trick before his proposed return to the Premier League.

Nick Walsh writes features and betting previews for Betfair.

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UEFA Champions League 2009: Round of 16 - Second leg preview

The first knockout stage of UEFA Champions League is nearing its climax. After the first leg, most of the matches are still in balance apart from a few like Bayern - Sporting. The performance of few of the big clubs in the group stages were poor and they could manage only second positions in their groups, which had lead to the fixtures we had got for the Round of 16. When one sees the fixtures, they might get a feeling that each of these fixtures should have been the finals. But only 8 teams can go through to the quarterfinals. Liverpool, who play particularly well in the Champions League have got a lead against Real Madrid and they are at Anfield. So I can't see them losing against Real. Manchester United battered Inter Milan at the San Siro but could not get a goal but it was a totally different team that played in Milan with Rooney on the bench for that. And at Old Trafford they will play their normal 4-4-2 formation and they are real favourites to progress. Chelsea have 1-0 lead going to Turin against Juventus. That's a small lead considering Juve's home form so the match will be real tight one. Arsenal too have a 1-0 lead going to Rome but AS Roma will be heavily dependent on Totti. If he plays Arsenal will have some serious problems. This match too is a tight one. I fancy Arsenal as this is the only trophy that they are left to play for this season and they will be fired up. Barcelona have a crucial away goal against Lyon and at Camp Nou you would expect them to walk over Lyon. Sporting were buried at Lisbon and I would not be surprised if Bayern play a second string team at Munich as overturning a 0-5 deficit is near impossible for the Portugese club.

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Champions League: Round of 16 - 1st leg highlights

The first leg of the Round of 16 produced some stunning football. All the English teams are on course to progress through to next round. Enjoy all those moments during the first leg.

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Star act stalls on centre stage

In the end Internazionale coach Jose Mourinho was left to vent his anger at referee Luis Medina Cantalejo.

The Portuguese coach went as far as suggesting the match official had favoured the holders, saying: "When we go there [to Old Trafford] we will not have the same referee.

"If we have another referee it gives so much protection to the away team, then it will be us who go to the quarter-finals. Hopefully in the next game the referee will be on our side."

Cynics may view Mourinho's veiled swipe was a clever ploy to deflect attention away from his side's failure to deliver on his promise of upsetting Sir Alex Ferguson's side in the bearpit that is the San Siro.

And perhaps the biggest disappointment was Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who Mourinho had dared to suggest should have been the recipient of the World Player of the Year award - not Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Swedish man mountain provided only fleeting glimpses of his undisputed gifts but was, in the main, well shackled by patched-up centre-back Jonny Evans and the imperious Rio Ferdinand.

Young Irishman Evans had only been able to take part in a full training session the night before but did not look hindered in arguably the biggest game of his fledgling career. John O'Shea also coped well to shrug off a heel problem and made Sulley Muntari look like a square peg in a round hole.

For all the bluff that comes with Mourinho he was gracious enough to accept that Inter will have to show a marked improvement at Old Trafford in the return leg to defy the latest football betting and progress to the quarter-finals of Europe's elite club competition.

United will have key defender Nemanja Vidic back from suspension on March 11 and can extend their proud unbeaten Champions League run to 21 games if they do what the latest match bets suggest and send the runaway Serie A leaders packing.

Nick Walsh writes features and betting previews for Betfair.

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Serie A:Beckham scores for Milan, Inter march on

David Beckham scored his first goal for AC Milan and Kaka bagged a brace to help Milan win against Bologna. Inter rode on a solitary goal from Adriano to emerge victors in match that saw Mourinho sent off. Roma won 3-0 while Juve won 1-0 against Fiorentina.

Bologna [1 - 4] AC Milan
Goals
9' [1 - 0] M.D. Vaio (pen.) > Mediafire
13' [1 - 1] C. Seedorf > Mediafire
17' [1 - 2] Kaka (pen.) > Mediafire
43' [1 - 3] Kaka > Mediafire
59' [1 - 4] D. Beckham > Mediafire
Inter 1-0 Sampdoria
1-0 Adriano - DOWNLOAD

Napoli 0-3 AS Roma

[0 - 1] P. Mexes - Download | 4share
[0 - 2] S.D.S. Juan - Download | 4share

[0 - 3] M. Vucinic - Download | 4share

Juventus 1-0 Fiorentina

Marchisio [1-0 ] - DOWNLOAD
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