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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

European Champions League: Inter and Man U made it to the last eight

Aggr. Bayern München 3 - 3 Internazionale
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Aggr. Manchester United 2 - 1 Olympique Marseille
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Bayern Munich 2 Inter Milan 3
Inter could not have asked for a better start at the Allianz Arena than the one Samuel Eto'o handed them, the prolific Cameroon striker stealing through Bayern's napping defence and sliding his shot underneath goalkeeper Thomas Kraft in just the fourth minute.
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Inter custodian Julio Cesar, whose dreadful error gifted Bayern their winner at the San Siro, made another howler when he allowed Arjen Robben's fierce effort to bounce off his chest and into the path of Mario Gomez.

The dangerous striker ran back with the flighted ball and deftly lobbed it over Cesar's head, restoring Bayern's advantage in the 21st minute.

Another Inter error, this time from defender Lucio, handed Bayern their second 10 minutes later.

The tie was cast wide moments later as Wesley Sneijder drew Inter within a goal of the last eight, skidding a long-range strike into the far corner following Eto'o's assist.

In the end it was Macedonian striker Pandev who fired the Italian champions into the quarter-finals.

The winning goal owed much to the good work of the omnipresent Eto'o, who stole his way around Holger Badstuber and whipped a pass into space for Pandev to slam the ball into the net.

Man United 2 Marseille 1
Mexican striker Javier Hernandez, chosen ahead of top scorer Dimitar Berbatov, rewarded his manager's faith with a smartly-taken, close-range finish in each half before Marseille replied through a Wes Brown own goal late on.
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Wayne Rooney volleyed a wonderful pass out to the wing, received the return ball from Ryan Giggs and crossed low for Hernandez to score from close range after only five minutes.

Hernandez grabbed his second of the night after substitute Antonio Valencia set up Giggs to cross low into the box.

Hernandez's calmly side-footed finish was typical of the striker who has now scored 16 goals this season.

Marseille gave the home team a nervy finale after Wes Brown headed a Gonzalez corner into his own net after 83 minutes, despite Paul Scholes' attempts to clear it off the line but United eventually made it safely through.

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