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VFL Wolfsburg 1-3 Man Utd 08.12.2009 12.08.2009 Manchester United rode their luck at times against Wolfsburg but a Michael Owen hat-trick eventually saw off the German champions 3-1. United began the game with Patrice Evra, captain for the night, as their only recognised defender as Park Ji-Sung slotted in at right-back and Michael Carrick and Darren Fletcher partnered each other in central defence. Wolfsburg knew a win would seal their place in the knockout stages while a point for United would secure them top spot in the group. As you would expect with the Red Devils' makeshift backline Wolfsburg looked threatening going forward and should have taken the lead on 17 minutes when Andrea Barzagli headed over when unmarked from five yards. Wolfsburg threatened again four minutes later when a cross from the right was met by Zvjezdan Misimovic, who had peeled off Fletcher, but his header went over the top of the bar. Opener Just as it looked like United were heading into the break on level terms they went one better and took the lead. Nani turned inside and delivered a superb cross for Owen who duly nodded home the opener. As you would expect Wolfsburg came out of the blocks quickly at the start of the second period as news of CSKA Moscow's opener at Besiktas begin to filter through, knocking Wolfsburg out in the process. The German crowd did not have to wait long before they were back on level terms and the pressure that had been building on the United goal since the interval finally told. Marcel Schafer, as he had done all night, bombed down the left and produced a fantastic cross which Edin Dzeko, who has been linked with a move to Old Trafford last week, powered past Thomas Kuszczak with his head. However with CSKA still leading the hosts knew 1-1 would not be enough and they continued to pepper the United goal with Grafite, Misimovic and Dzeko all testing Kuszczak. Sir Alex Ferguson's men failed to keep the ball for prolonged periods and you began to wonder whether their makeshift backline could hold out but then, against the run of play, Owen struck once more with seven minutes remaining. Dazzled Second-half substitute Gabriel Obertan dazzled his marker on the left before jinking into the area. The Frenchman had the awareness to get his head up and scour the area and decided upon Owen at the back-post who only had to slide home the drilled centre into an empty net. The goal knocked the stuffing out of hosts but news soon began to spread through that Besiktas had equalised against CSKA meaning Wolfsburg needed just one goal to qualify for the last-16. Schafer again attacked down the left and his low centre was missed by Sascha Riether when just yards from goal. It was to prove costly as United immediately went down the other end as Owen, who minutes before had missed a chance to secure his hat-trick, ran half the length of the pitch before dinking over the onrushing Diego Benaglio to secure his treble.

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December 10, 2009 Is the Norway Spiral UFO event Linked With Russian Missile?- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6HFz0Xli5k December 9, 2009 Spiral UFO Puts Norway in a Spin (December 9th 2009)- http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2764647/Spiral-UFO-puts-Norway-in-a-spin.html#ixzz0ZDVmmhRP A MYSTERIOUS giant spiral of light that dominated the sky over Norway this morning has stunned experts — who believe the space spectacle is an entirely new astral phenomenon. Thousands of awe-struck Norwegians bombarded the Meteorological Institute to ask what the incredible light — that could be seen in the pre-dawn sky for hundreds of miles — could possibly be. The phenomenon has been dubbed 'Star-Gate' — as the world's top scientists and the military lined up to admit they were baffled. Theories ranging from a misfired Russian missile, meteor fireball, never-before-seen type of northern light, 'black hole' and even alien activity were all proposed. Witnesses across Norway, who first glimpsed the space show at 8.45am, all described seeing a spinning 'Catherine wheel-style' spiral of white light, centred around a bright moon-like star. A blue "streaming tail" appeared to anchor the spiral to earth, before the light "exploded" into a rotating ring of white fire. The spiral spectacle — which lasted for two minutes — was seen by vast swathes of the Scandinavian country's almost five million population, with sightings as far north as Finnmark to Trondelag in the south. Totto Eriksen, from Tromso, in northern Norway, was one of the thousands who bombarded Norwegian newspapers with sightings — after nearly crashing his car on spotting the spiral overhead. He said: "I was driving my daughter to school when this light spun and exploded in the sky. "We saw it from the Inner Harbour in Tromso. It looked like a rocket that spun around and around - and then went diagonally across the heavens. "It looked like the moon was coming over the mountain - but then turned into something totally different. "People just stopped and stared on the pier - it was like something from a Hollywood movie." Axel Berg, from Alta, also in the north of the country, added: "It was like a giant spiral - a shooting star that spun around and around. "I initially thought it was a projector but then the 'tail light' left and the spiral remained spinning still." Norway's most celebrated astronomer, Knut Jorgen Roed Odegaard, said he had never seen anything like the spiral before. He said: "This was seen over an exceptionally large area of the country - in all of north Norway and the Trondelag. "My first thought was that it was a fireball meteor - but it lasted far too long. "It may have been a missile from Russia - but I can't guarantee that is the answer. "I rang the Air Traffic Control tower in Tromse. They said it was over in two minutes. To me, that is far too long for this to be an astronomical phenomenon. "This spiral shape is unique. It is definitely not a variation of the aurora borealis - northern lights." Chief Scientist Erik Tandberg, at the Norwegian Space Centre, said that he too was "totally amazed" by the spiral. He agreed with many other experts that the spiral pattern could have been caused by a missile from Russia — something the Russian military have strongly denied. Dr Tandberg said: "I agree with everyone in the science community that this light was the weirdest thing. I have never seen anything like this ever. "It may have been anything from an exploding missile whose launch went wrong - to a comet or other celestial object that for some reason has been behaving strangely. "If it was a missile - most likely from the launch base in Pletsevsk in Russia or one of the Russian submarines or even from the European Space Agency base in Kiruna - then we are talking about a rocket launch that has gone wrong. "The spiral suggests the object came off course and balance and entered the spiral movement. Leaking rocket fuel could account for the blue light. "But I know that the military have denied this explanation. So we could be looking at an entirely new natural phenomenon." Taken from:http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2764647/Spiral-UFO-puts-Norway-in-a-spin.html#ixzz0ZDVmmhRP MYSTERIOUS BLUE SPIRAL LIGHT IN NORWAY SKY DECEMBER 9 2009- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fgn7-AoQtI Rotating light, northern Norway. What do you think it is?- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYvM68AtlbA

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