Soc: United and Chelsea aim for all-English final

AAP Sports News (Australia), April, 2008

AAP Sports News (Australia) 04-28-2008 Soc: United and Chelsea aim for all-English final By Mitch Phillips LONDON, April 28 Reuters - A first all-English Champions League final is tantalisingly close as Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool prepare for this week's decisive semi-final second-leg games. Only Barcelona, who face Manchester United on Tuesday after a goalless first leg in Spain, have a chance of representing elsewhere in Europe at next month's final. Odds and history point to a Chelsea v Manchester United showdown in Moscow on May 21, 10 days after the sides will have settled the one-two finishing order in the tightest Premier League contest for years. Chelsea host Liverpool on Wednesday in pole position after John Arne Riise's...

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