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Manchester United Lose To Bayern Munich And English Football Fans Rejoice: Pictures

MANCHESTER United lost to Bayern Munich in the Champions League. In 1999, when last the teams played in the biggest club competition in European football, Bayern were winning as the game moved into its death throes. Your writer was in a bar in Madrid with a few drunk United fans, a few more Spanish football hacks and Mario Basler. Not that “Super Mario” was there in person. But he was there in spirit, when the German player as taken off before the final whistle to milk the applause for his winning goal. I laughed, Ha! United were losing. Ha! Ha! Ha!

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Manchester United's Darron Gibson (right) crouches dejected after Bayern Munich's Arjen Robben scores his sides second goal of the game

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Posted: 7th, April 2010 | In: Sports | Comment