Lille 0-1 Man United

February 20th, 2007 . posted by admin

A hotly-disputed Ryan Giggs free-kick gave Manchester United a 1-0 win away to Lille as the match ended in chaos. Giggs's 83rd-minute effort was taken before the referee's whistle, prompting a farcical attempt from Lille to leave the field in protest.

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Posted on Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 at 5:08 pm In Champions League, Latest Highlights | Comments RSS

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ogami 1 year ago 1 point
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Shame on giggs...

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Red Lion 1 year ago 1 point
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Well, they had their wall up.

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georgeyaj 1 year ago 1 point
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very nice

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R3Dd3vil 1 year ago 1 point
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i don't understand the controversy.....GO LOOK UP THE LAWS OF THE GAME!!! once the referee does not instruct the player to wait on the whistle AND he (the ref) walks away it is perfectly legal to take the kick - the opposition's wall is their business - if they want to take 10 mins. to organize it then they pay the price...

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Robert Moon 1 year ago 1 point
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its all legal, but man i wish they would have won differently.

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Fifa Laws of the Game 1 year ago 1 point
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Laws of the game allow it--Ref acknowledges, and strides off. It is clever, wily, and the mark of a veteran footballer in a level of competition where taking that long to build a wall looks like a bunch of 12 year olds out on the youth pitch. A legal win is a legal win. Nobody claims it's pretty.

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aa 1 year ago 1 point
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thats the only way man utd wins...

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aa 1 year ago 1 point
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GROW SOME BALLS MAN UTD...U BUNCH OF WANKERS

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daniel 1 year ago 1 point
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Don't need balls, it's in the back of the net.

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Tom 1 year ago 1 point
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Thanks for the clip- just finished a night shift and trying all the TV channels to no avail!

I agree with comment 6.

Comment 8 man obviously a bitter Chelsea fan.

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yukiman 1 year ago 1 point
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man utd is the best team on earth!!! no1 can beat man utd!! nice goal ryan giggs!!! "what a sensational goal by ryan giggs!!!"

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Yanno 1 year ago 1 point
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There's no controversy at all. Perfectly taken free kick with a wall not properly set up... too bad for Lille, but as far as Manu is concerned, it's a legal win.
It's actually a shame that Lille was about to boycott the rest of the game.... What a disgrace for our great sport.

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Bastairteile 1 year ago 1 point
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Perfectly good goal.

With all the comments I've read so far, how come nobody has mentioned Henry doing EXACTLY the same thing? Was there this much of an uproar when that happened? I'm not sure but I think it was against villa. Were people saying "shame on Henry" like another poster above back then? Of course not. There is an unwritten rule in football - "When the ball goes dead, you come alive" and thats what happened last night. Lille committed the foul, why should the ref give them an advantage by waiting for them to set up the wall after that? You're supposed to be punished after a foul, Lille were just punished in the harshest way. Thats football, live with it.

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phil 1 year ago 1 point
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you twats it was a perfectly legal goal. talk about the babies who were walking off in a sulk!!\:d/

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kbm 1 year ago 1 point
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I'm not a Man Divided fan nor Lille... but it's all legit. Divided deserve the win

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David - D 1 year ago 1 point
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Absolute disgrace - if it had been a quick free kick the wall would never have had time to form. As soon as the Lille players think it is a direct free kick they would expect the ref to BLOW HIS WHISTLE to inform BOTH SETS OF TEAMS - NOT JUST MAN U SCUM - that the game is restarting.

So what did the ref and Giggs say to each other ? 'go on Ryan, take the free kick I know its not a quick one and I know the goalie is still lining up his wall but this will be an easy goal for you.... especially hepful after I've already disallowed one of theirs'

This is disgrace and brings into question the whole legitmacy of the game no wonder Lille wanted to walk off - you're never going to win when you are playing against the referee.

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mel 1 year ago 1 point
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if it's not against d rules.. so why not then? good goal i definitely say.. smart move! u gotta use ur damn brains sometimes to win a tough match .. not juz by skills..

and i'm very sure many teams do play like that once in awhile..
this is at least better than diving for penalty..
you're juz jealous that manchester won.. if it's ur fav team who scored that goal like that; i think u'll be defending him..
PLay d game beautifully with BRAINS too.. !

And yea.. i hate it when they take ages to score free kicks.. many many players including henry lampard have done it b4..

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Scotafella 1 year ago 1 point
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Utd win, cause we slugged it out on a crap pitch with crap Lille fans throwing missles and playing against crappy babies who walk off pitches when they go one down!

Anybody saying there is a problem with Giggsy's goal don't know nothing bout football, its in the rulebook ya stupid idiots! People all over Europe have been scoring free-kicks like this for years.

There is NO excuse for walking off the pitch during a game, did the england team walk off when Maradonna punched in a goal in the World Cup....NO because we're real men! Bunch of cowards.

I'm going to the 2nd leg at Old Trafford, any Lille fans with a problem then, come find me......

Ps. Big up to 'daniel' and his reply to 'aa' comments. Oh and 'David D' get a life, you sound like a right chump/scouser! ha \:d/

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c0latine 1 year ago 1 point
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MAN U is really a dirty team that i ever seen ... same as Arsenal .... Soccer is a beautiful game that everyone enjoy and both these team had ruin the beauty of the game.

I agree with the comment 16 where the ref is on the MAN U side ...... !!!

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vidhyesh 1 year ago 1 point
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well its legal when the french do it n not legal when the brits do it ? ? ? ? ? ? (henry) wat a bunch of sore losers the french are......

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lunarkin 1 year ago 1 point
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What a sizzling shot!!!!!!

Giggs just hammered the goal right in the corner!!!

Literally blew the leather off the ball!!!

give credit where it's deserved!!!

There's no chance in hell that the keeper would have stopped it ready or not.

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