That's the toughest European tie we'll play for the rest of 2011, so good to get it done early. Look forward to the three home games and the trips to Switzerland and Romania (Basel won 2-1 this morning, gives them a good start in the group)
Reasonable point this morning in Portugal, rested a lot of players and played like we did last year with Giggs and Carrick in the middle (along with Fletcher - great to see him back) and Rooney up front on his own; Park and Valencia running up and down the flanks. Evans won't be too proud about the Benfica goal, though Cardozo did brilliantly to finish. Lovely goal from Ryan to equalize.
That's the toughest European tie we'll play for the rest of 2011, so good to get it done early. Look forward to the three home games and the trips to Switzerland and Romania (Basel won 2-1 this morning, gives them a good start in the group)