Thomas Hein
The Manchester United football club is one of the most popular in the world – not only football fans know about it, but every second person on the planet knows about it, and such names as Eric Cantona, Peter Schmeichel, Teddy Sheringham, Michael Owen, Andy Cole, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, John Terry, Frank Lampard are also well-known.
This sick club has been leading its history since 1878. It was originally formed under the name Newton Heath (Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway) by a group of Manchester railway workers. Today, Manchester United fans around the world follow the club’s games, and many bettors use Gamebookers to place bets on the victory of this team. In this review, we will talk about the five best football club games of all time.
Interesting Facts
Manchester United became a professional football club in 1885 and joined the Football League in 1892. Today the club plays in the Premier League, the top division of the championship of England. In 1956, the team became the first English club in history to take part in the European Cup (European competition). Today, the football team regularly plays in European competitions.
This football club has the highest number of victories in the top division of the championship of England – it has won 20 times. In addition, the team also holds the record for most Premier League wins with 13 times and is the first and only English football team to ever win the Intercontinental Cup and Club World Cup.
In addition, Manchester United has won the FA Cup 12 times. Ryan Giggs, head coach of the Wales national team, has played the most games for the club with 963 matches. Wayne Rooney (253 goals) is considered the best scorer in the history of the club – today, he is the head coach of the Derby County Championship club.
They took part in many great competitions – such as the Champions League final, premier league cup, FA cup final. Sir Alex Ferguson is known for making the team play attacking football.
Top-5 games
It is difficult to single out the five most spectacular matches because every game of the MU football club is interesting and exciting. However, the list of 5 most interesting games includes the following:
Manchester United 2:1 Bayern Munich, 1999
Even though the club showed far from its best game in this match, it should still appear in the top 5 list due to its tense denouement. In the match against Bayern Munich, there were suspensions of two players – Paul Scholes and Roy Keane. The players diligently struggled with the opponent and tried to change the course of the match after a missed goal, which Mario Basler made against the English team.
Despite the fatigue and lack of strength, the team managed to finish the game with a score of 3:3 and 2:2 in the group stage, but there could have been even more goals, so this result can be considered very good.
During the match, many dangerous moments could have ended with goals against the English team – one of these moments happened when the German footballer Karsten Janker sent the ball into the bottom corner into the lap with the post. However, everything ended well for the team. Manchester United played great.
Manchester United 4:3 Real Madrid, 2003
This match was called a brilliant victory against one of the most stellar clubs, two giants in history – the enthusiastic cries of football fans did not stop in the stands throughout the game because the real giants of the football world fought on the field.
Two beautiful goals from Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ivan Elger gave United hope to win, but Real had a 3-1 lead in the first half.
The tension continued until the very end of the match – in the end, MU won, but the hat-trick that Ronaldo made was the real spectacular moment. At the end of the match, the red and white coach Alex Ferguson changed tactics and built a stronger defensive line, which served as the basis for the upcoming victories in the 2008 Champions League.
Manchester United 2:1 Barcelona, 1991
Another amazing match took place in 1991. Back then, there was a ban on English clubs from European competitions, so many of the best English footballers moved to other leagues.
In particular, this was done by Mark Hughes, who then played with Terry Venables for Barcelona – in the match, which took place at the De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam, he opened the scoring and scored the ball in the 67th minute. Seven minutes later, the second goal took place – then Hughes bypassed goalkeeper Carles Busquets and made a top corner goal.
Opposing player Ronald Koeman saved one goal with a long-range free-kick, after which another Spanish goal was disallowed. As a result, Ferguson’s men managed to win their first European trophy since the 1960s.
Manchester United 4:0 Milan, 2010
This match is notable for English fans in that the legendary David Beckham took part in it – however, he did not play for the English team, but the opposing team, along with Andrea Pirlo and Ronaldinho. Unfortunately, despite the presence of such experienced footballers, Milan failed to score a single goal.
Manchester United 7:1 Roma, 2007
The 2007 match against Roma was a real spectacle for the fans. English team coach Alex Ferguson called this match the best team game in Europe under his leadership. Although Roma won the first leg 2-1, they failed to repeat their success in the second leg.
By the middle of the match, the British were leading with a score of 4:0 – Michael Carrick made a twisted goal, opening the scoring in the 12th minute of the match. In the second half, Carrick made another amazing long-range shot – then the score was already 6:0.
The opposing player Daniele De Rossi managed to win back one goal, but soon Patrice Evra scored another goal for the United team. Thus, the British won a brilliant unconditional victory with a score of 7:1.
Conclusion
Speaking about the MU team, it is worth noting that almost every game of the club can be called memorable, so a few dozen more games could be added to the list of the club’s top games. Players of MU are called football giants by many fans.
Every team match is unique in its own way. Some have a tragic outcome, while others have an important result or a beautiful team game. The matches reviewed in this review have one thing in common – all of them are firmly embedded in the memory of football fans because they kept them in suspense until the very end of the game.
It is this football that attracts millions of fans of this sport around the world.
