Wednesday, February 25, 2009

FC Copenhagen 2-2 Man City – A Great Uefa Cup Match For Strong Hearts

Man. City had arrived in Denmark for the last round 32 of first leg match on the back of over 2-0 Barclays Premier League at the place of Fratton Park last week. An excited match between FC Copenhagen vs. Man had taken place in the city of Denmark on 19th February. After facing depressing situation, yet unsurprising defeat at Portsmouth on Saturday, Mercurial Man City had golden opportunity to show their bouncebackability in Denmark to confront FC Copenhagen in the two-legged last 32 stage of the UEFA Cup. The Blues got progress from Group A, after ending top of the table, a place which they are unaccustomed to, while lions ended in group G as third place.

Man position seemed quite strong as Manchester city coach was confident due to the availability of both Shaun-Wright Phillips and Richard Dunne players in the team for UEFA Cup game against FC Copenhagen, going one hold in Denmark. Keep aware of the live scores of this great match to know the status of your favorite action heroes. Two more players Micah Richards and Robinho (thigh) of Manchester city played after being recovered from their off injuries for the third round of 32 leg matches.

When the match was started, Copenhagen seemed helpless before the forceful attack of the Man city players, then they succeed to get corner from their weak defense side. But in the mid of the first half, City could not clear their lines due to offensive attack on their defense from the Copenhagen side but the possession of ball eventually came back in as Ailton Almeida was only a few inches away from tapping in.

During match, Manchester city owed great support of people to perform best in the field. It made them somewhat relief from the last nightmare at Portsmouth for everyone involved with them. Some of Manchester City supporters were not expecting good performance due to their last defeat but in this match they seemed to rectify it. If we review match again, Manchester City team looked on their rising against a Copenhagen as they had made quite homework in domestic football practice matches.

On 19th February, Manchester City tried to surrender the lead against Fc Copenhagen in the last stage of Uefa cup first leg tie. City was awarded with the lead twice due to striking performance of the goal keeper Jasper Christiansen who allowed Nedum Onuoha to shot into net. The match ended in a tie mode with Fc Copenhagen 2-2 Man city.

It was a great match for strong hearts to take relish from as crowd in the field created a vociferous environment in the snow and wind at the place of Parken Stadium. City need some homework to improve their performance as this season they are away from home as they should start with vigorous plan to maintain a streak of victories with flashes of swagger. In this match, the most crucial moment was that when Shaun Wright-Phillips had found a chance to shift ball into net after having pass from Robinho but it was not attempted in a good way because keeper Christiansen had blocked it easily.

Anyhow, it was indeed a great match, if you want to explore the some hidden facts of this match, just log on to ScoresPro.com to review football results of the match.

Source: ScoresPro.com

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