Tuesday, October 23, 2012

UEFA Champions League, Group H: Red Devils Top Visiting Braga; Galatasaray and CFR Cluj Draw In Turkey

Two games were played on Tuesday in Group H of the UEFA Champions League.

At Istanbul, Turkey:

Galatasaray's Semih Kaya (L) and Emmanuel Eboue (R) fight for the ball with CFR Cluj's Pantelis Kapetanos during their Champions League Group H soccer match at Turk Telekom Arena i

Burak Yilmaz equalized in the 77th minute to lift Galatasaray to a 1-1 home draw with CFR Cluj, whose goal came from the hosts Dany Nounkeu (OG-19').  Here, we see Galatasaray's Semih (left) and Emmanuel Eboue (right) battle CFR Cluj's Pantelis Kapetanos for the ball.

Photo from Yahoo-Eurosport website

At Manchester, England:

Manchester United's Javier Hernandez celebrates his second goal against Braga during their Champions League Group H match at Old Trafford in Manchester (Reuters)

Javier Hernandez scored twice (25', 75', that's him celebrating his second goal, which turned out to be the game winner) while Jonny Evans added a tally (62') as Manchester United came back from a two-goal deficit to upend visiting Sporting Braga 3-2.

Reuters photo

GROUP H STANDINGS:

1. Manchester United (GP: 3; GD: +3; PTS: 9)
2. CFR Cluj (GP: 3; GD: +1; PTS: 4)
3. Sporting Braga (GP: 3; GD: -1; PTS: 3)
4. Galatasaray (GP: 3; GD: -3; PTS: 1)

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