The match has already started and its one of the most important, our loved Man United is already playing against Aston Villa in Villa Park.
As it was written on bbc sports
(1). Aston Villa has only one win against Man United in the last 31 games.
(2). In all competitions, United have lost just one game against Aston Villa.
(3). United has lost only one time in Villa Park at the opening day of the 1995 - 1996 season.
Man United Facts
Manchester Unites won the last 23games in Premier League after scoring the first game.
Man United has missed the most penalties in Premier League
Robin van Persie has scored eight goals and registered three assists in 10 Premier League appearances for the club. He has also scored 56 goals in his last 65 league games.
Today at 20: 45 is the forth game of our loved Manchester United against the Portuguese football club Braga F.C. at the “Estadio Municipal de Braga” for the Champions League 2012 - 2013. Referee of the game is Mr. Felix Brynch from Germany.
Portuguese team is at the third position on the Champions League group H table 6 points behind the first Manchester United, the team of Jose Peseiro needs the points of victory to keep the dream of Champions League alive. On the other hand Manchester United has four wins on the last five matches and Sir Alex Ferguson wants to secure the first position on the Champions League table.
The previous game between Manchester United and Braga took place on 12 October 2012 in Old - trafford and the final score was 3 - 2 for the Reds.
Table of Champions League Group H.
Games
W
D
L
Goal Diff
Points
Manchester United
3
3
0
0
6 : 3
9
CFR Cluj (Romania)
3
1
1
1
4 : 3
4
Braga (Portugal)
3
1
0
2
4 : 5
3
Galatasary (Turkey)
3
0
1
2
1 : 4
1
Table of Champions League Group H - Home Field
Games
W
D
L
Goal Diff
Points
Manchester United
2
2
0
0
4 : 2
6
Galatasary
2
0
1
1
1 : 3
1
Braga
1
0
0
1
0 : 2
0
CFR Cluj
1
0
0
1
1 : 2
0
Table of Champions League Group H - Away
Games
W
D
L
Goal Diff
Points
CFR Cluj
2
1
1
0
3 : 1
4
Braga
2
1
0
1
4 : 3
3
Manchester United
1
1
0
0
2 : 1
3
Galatasary
1
0
0
1
0 : 1
0
Previous Games of Man United
Manchester United - Arsenal 2 : 1 (Premier League)
Chelsea - Man United 5 : 4 (England Cup One)
Chelsea - Man United 2 : 3 (Premier League)
Man United - Braga 3 : 2 (Champions League)
Man United - Stoke 4 : 2 (Premier League)
Newcastle - Man United 0 : 3 (Premier League)
CFR Cluj - Man United 1 : 2 (Champions League)
Man United - Tottenham 2 : 3 (Premier League)
Man United - Newcastle 2 : 1 (England Cup One )
You can see videos of the previous match between Manchester United and Braga
Manchester United achieved a great victory over Chelsea yesterday afternoon at Stamford Bridge stadium against Chelsea F.C.. It was a dramatic game with five goals, red cards and controversy. Finally, the red devils won and climb higher on Premier League's table (just one point behind Chelsea).
Game’s highlights
The game begun with two goals for Manchester United. David Luiz open the score with the first owngoal at third minute then at 11 minute Robin van Persie scored the second goal for Red Devils. Before the end of the first half Juan Manta will score for Chelsea reducing the score to Chelsea - Manchester United 1 - 2.
At the first minutes of the second half Ramires will score for Chelsea against Manchester United,at the 52 minutes the score was 2 - 2. At 74 minutes Javier Hernadez (Chicharito) will score the third and the most significant goal against Chelsea.
The game will end with Manchester United victory against Chelsea in Stamford Bridge stadium. In my opinion it’s a very important and significant victory because : firstly, it opens the road for Premier League trophy and secondly it can motivate the Red Devils (players) to build a psychological advantage for future international and premier league games.
You can see on this video the interview of Hernades after the game (click here) You can see the highlights of the game (Click Here)
Chelsea FC “The Blues” are four points above Manchester United at the Summit of Premier League table. The game is one of the most significant, interesting and important.
Chelsea’s boss Roberto Di Matteo is aware of the game’s significance, describing it as a “classic” and declaring his intention to build an advantage for his club on Manchester United’s recent defensive compilation.
Actually, as he has commented on an Interview “It’s a massive game for both club’s and a classic in fixture list, also Manchester United is conceding few goals and Chelsea has a big advantage, so we will try to exploit those weaknesses”
Although Fernando Torres won’t play tomorrow Di Matteo said the following which is very important “we know Manchester United very well and the games against them are always very difficult. But we have to take advantage of hour home field and our home pitch and play with belief and confidence we have shown so far”
Also, Wayne Rooney won the England National Football Player of the year arround in 2008 and 2009. I need to highlight that Wayne Rooney as of July 2012 has won 75 International Caps and scored 29 goals. From the other hand Wayne Rooney with David Beckham is the most red carded player for the England National Football team.
According to relative announcement the sponsorship contract is starting from the 2014/15 season when the current deal with Aon expires.
Richard Arnold the Manchester United's commercial director has mentioned on the Official Manchester United's web site that “This is a fantastic long - term deal for the club. We have beeb partners with Chevrolet for only six weeks, but already they have produced same fantastic ideas that will benefit both the partnership and our 657 million followers around the world”.
He also mentioned, that Chevrolet was a key partner on Manchester United's current tour, so the management team of car industry have enjoyed experiencing the buzz generated by Manchester United F.C.’s friends in South Africa, China and Continental Europe.
There are benefits not only for Manchester United but also for the brand name of sponsor - Chevrollet.
Among them, I can mention
1. Sport sponsorship creates a relationship between club and the brand name of the sponsor.
2. Sport sponsorship will increase brand awareness and a product or service associated with a sport team can be vary valuable for the sponsor.
3. Football offers unlimited opportunities for publicity and advertising.
4. Friends, fans and supporters of Manchester United F.C. are an enormous fan base - over 650 million of fans.
5. The loyalty of Manchester United F.C. friends can extend to the loyalty of the club’s sponsor.
6. Also, Manchester United F.C. friends offer a huge, enormous and extended network through friends and family.
7. Football is a global sport, a world language, a common cultural issue among friends, fans and supporters.
8. Manchester United sponsorship will raise awareness of Chevrolet as a company and not only the product or service of Chevrolet.
9. Chevrolet - the fifth shirt sponsor - will gain an enormous media exposure through football event not only in Premier League but also in UEFA Champions League.
