United Triumph As Silvestre, Neville Return

Manchester United 1 - Roma 0
Scorer
Manchester United: Tevez (70)

Team: Van der Sar, Rio, Pique, Silvestre, Brown, Carrick (O'Shea 74), Hargreaves, Anderson (Neville 81), Park, Giggs (Rooney 74), Tevez

The game was largely beyond Roma after De Rossi missed a penalty on 30 minutes. Although they did try to make a fight of it, they were largely unable to cope with the industry and inventiveness of our play.

With the scoreline at 2-0 after the first leg, Ferguson opted to rest players, with both Rooney and Ronaldo on the bench. Pique was given a rare start and almost forgotten man, Silvestre, started on his left. Both played well, especially Silves who was simply rock solid at left back.

We packed the midfield with 5 players, leaving Tevez the lone figure upfront. To be honest we didn't come into this game to score goals, but to preserve a lead and an eye on Sunday's clash against Arsenal.

Despite a conservative lineup, we could've ripped Roma apart in the opening quarter, both Giggs and Hargreaves spurning one v one chances. Hargreaves, in particular, had an outstanding game.

In fact he conjured up a cross in the 70th minute which led to Tevez's diving header. So comfortable was the game that we even had the luxury to introduce our other forgotten man, Gary Neville, and have him play in midfield. It's great to see our captain back playing.

So now that we're officially thru to the semis, we're going to have to face mighty Barcelona, who quite honestly are playing like crap at the moment. I'd be really disappointed if we do not go on to the finals to playing either Chelsea or Liverpool.

Personally I would love to see Liverpool in the finals. With the current team, I cannot see us losing to the scousers.