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Chelsea FC 1-0 at Stamford Bridge to get an advantage towards the return-leg of the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Manchester United FC Chelsea FC live match on 12th April,2011.Wayne Rooney had given Manchester United FC the inspiring win at Stamford Bridge, the first for Sir Alex Ferguson at the Blues’ Fortress after a long time.
If Manchester United FC qualifiers for the semi-final of Europe’s elite football competition, they would meet another German opposition in the form of Red hot Schalke 04 who surprised CF Inter-Milano 5-2 at the San Siro stadium last week.
The Red-Devils have not been too lucky against German teams in recent times. They had to wait till the 90th and 91st minute of the 1998/1999 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE final before goals from Ole Gunnar Solksjaer sank an almost victorious Bayern Munich. However, the Bavarian team beat Sir Alex Ferguson’s men enroute to winning the competition 2 years later.
The Scotsman couldn’t checkmate a rampaging midifield duo of Ze Roberto and Micheal Ballack as Bayern Leverkusen pipped Manchester United 1st team players to book a place in the final of the 2001/2002 edition.
Louis Van Gaal’s 1st team players got the better of Fergie again in the 2009/2010 edition as former Chelsea FC winger Arjen Robben and Frank Ribery helped Bayern Munich get another revenge of the Old-Trafford team.
