The ways of Real Madrid and Manchester United in European club tournaments crossed five times. And all five times it happened in the framework of the Cup / Champions League. In ten full-time meetings, four victories recorded at his own expense the Madrid grandee, two - the "red devils", and four times the teams dispersed the world. In this case, only once the British managed to pass the sum of two matches in the next round.
Cup of Champions-1956/1957 semi-final Real Madrid - Manchester United 3: 1 Goals: Real, 61, Di Stefano, 73, Mateos, 83 - Taylor, 82.
Real: Alonso, Lesmes, Maritos, Becerrill, Munoz, Mateos, Hento, Sarraga, Rial, Copa, Di Stefano.
Manchester United: Wood, Falkes, Byrne, Edwards, Coleman, Blanchflower, Whelan, Violet, Taylor, Pegg, Berry.
Manchester United - Real Madrid 2: 2 Goals: Taylor, 52, Charlton, 85 - Copa, 25, Rial, 31.
Manchester United: Wood, Falkes, Byrne, Whelan, Edwards, Coleman, Charlton, Blanchflower, Taylor, Pegg, Berry.
Real: Alonso, Pastor, Lesmes, Marittos, Sarraga, Rial, Munoz, Mateos, Hento, Copa, Di Stefano.
For the first time now the most titled teams of Spain and England met 60 years ago in the semifinals of the Champions Cup 1957/1958. In Madrid, the ball, scored by Taylor after the exact blows of Rial and Di Stefano, seemed to leave the mankunians a good chance of success. And even Mateos' goal did not kill ManUnayd's hopes for the final victory, because at Old Trafford it was enough to score just two goals ... And Taylor and Charlton performed the minimum program, but only after Wood and Kopa signed the Copa and Rial. Accordingly, they only sweetened the bitter pill ... Champions Cup-1967/1968 1/2 finals Manchester United - Real Madrid 1: 0 Goal: Best, 35.
Manchester United: Stepney, Dunne, Burns, Styles, Sadler, Creand, Charlton, Lowe, Kidd, Aston, Best.
Real: Betancourt, Sunzunegi, Sanchisi, Pirri, Jose Luis, Soko, Velasquez, Gonzalez Ruiz, Hento, Miguel Perez, Grosso.
Real Madrid - Manchester United 3: 3 Goals: Pirri, 31, Hento, 41, Amancio, 45 - Soko, 44 ??(own goal), Sadler, 73, Falkes, 80.
Real: Betancourt, Sunzunegi, Sanchez, Pirri, Soko, Velasquez, Gonzalez Ruiz, Hento, Miguel Perez, Grosso, Amancio.
Manchester United: Stepney, Falkes, Dunn, Brennan, Styles, Sadler, Creand, Charlton, Kidd, Aston, Best.
After 11 years, Manchester took revenge, beating Real Madrid at home thanks to the goal of Besta. However, after the first half of the return match in Madrid, no one had guessed about it, because before the break the gate of Stepney was struck by Pirri, Hento and Amancio. Another real soccer player, Real, also distinguished himself, Soko, however with a minus sign: he forced to take the ball out of the gate of his team-mate goalkeeper Betancourt. And only at the end of the meeting, Sadler and Falkes brought guests a draw and a welcome voucher to the final.
Champions League-1999/2000 1/4 finals Real Madrid-Manchester United 0-0 Real Madrid: Casillas, Salgado, Roberto Carlos, Ivan Campo, Ivan Elgera, Caranca, Redondo, McManaman, Savio (Balic, 76), Raul, Morientes (Ognenovic , 86).
Manchester United: Bosnich, G. Neville, Irwin (Sylvester, 87), Stam, Berg, Beckham, Giggs, Keane, Scholes (Butte, 81), Cole, York (Sheringham, 76).
Manchester United - Real Madrid 2: 3 Goals: Beckham, 64, Scholes, 88 (penalty) - Keen, 20 (own goal), Raul, 50, 53.
Manchester United: van der Gowe, G. Neville, Irwin (Silvester, 46), Stam, Berg (Sheringham, 61), Beckham, Giggs, Keane, Scholes, Cole (Solskyar, 61), York.
Real: Casillas, Salgado, Roberto Carlos, Ivan Campo, Ivan Elgera, Karanka, Redondo, McManaman (Julio Cesar, 89), Savio (Nigitap, 65), Raul, Morientes (Anelka, 72).
After a goalless draw in Madrid, all amicably put on the success of the current owner of the European champion trophy, but Real Madrid made almost impossible, beating Manchester United on the road. Keen's own goal and Raul's double took all the questions about the winner, and although the hosts fought desperately and the efforts of Beckham and Scholes reduced the gap in the score to a minimum, this was not enough to continue the campaign for the main club trophy of the Old World.
Champions League-2002/2003 Round of 16 Real Madrid - Manchester United 3: 1 Goals: Figo, 12, Raul, 28, 49 - Van Nistelrooy, 52.
Real: Casillas, Salgado, Roberto Carlos, Hierro, Ivan Elger, Zidane, Figo, Flavio Conceicao, Makelele, Raul, Ronaldo (Guti, 83).
Manchester United: Barthez, G. Neville (Solskyar, 87), Sylvester (O'Shea, 58), Ferdinand, Brown, Beckham, Butt, Giggs, Keane, Scholes, van Nistelrooy.
Manchester United - Real Madrid 4: 3 Goals: van Nistelrooy, 43, Ivan Elger, 53 (own goal), Beckham, 71, 84 - Ronaldo, 12, 51, 59.
Manchester United: Barthez, Sylvester (F. Neville, 79), Ferdinand, O'Shea, Brown, Veron (Beckham, 63), Butt, Giggs, Kin (Fortune 82), van Nistelrooy, Solskyar.
Real: Casillas, Salgado, Roberto Carlos, Hierro, Ivan Elger, Zidane, McManaman (Portillo, 69), Figo (Pavon, 88), Guti, Makelele, Ronaldo (Solari, 67).
The main hero of the next meeting of two titans of European football was again Raul, who recorded another double at his own expense, which in combination with the accurate blow of Figo and the return shot of van Nistelrooy ensured the result, which again provided Real with an exit in the next round of the Champions League.
However, who knows what would be the outcome of the return match, if not for the conflict that erupted between Sir Alex Ferguson and Beckham, whose apotheosis was the legendary boot put into the locker room by the hand of the Scottish coach in the face of the main, perhaps,. As a result, Beckham in the starting lineup did not hit, and when he came on the field, the hosts were already burning with a score of 2: 3 after the hat-trick Ronaldo. David managed to prove that the coach was not right, but the two goals of the future player of Real, although it was enough to win, but it was not enough to enter the semifinals.
Champions League-2012/2013 Round of 16 Real Madrid - Manchester United 1: 1 Goals: Cristiano Ronaldo, 30 - Welbeck, 20.
Real: Diego Lopez, Varan, Ramos, Fabio Coentrau, Arbeloa, Khedira, Ozil, Xabi Alonso (Pepe, 84), Di Maria (Modric, 75), Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema (Higuain, 60).
Manchester United: De Gea, Rafael, Evra, Jones, Ferdinand, Evans, Carrick, Kagawa (Giggs, 64), Rooney (Anderson, 84), Welbeck (Valencia, 73), Van Persie.
Manchester United - Real Madrid 1: 2 Goals: Ramos, 48 ??(own goal) - Modric, 66, Cristiano Ronaldo, 69.
Manchester United: De Gea, Rafael (Valencia, 87), Evra Vidic Giggs, Carrick, Cleverly (Rooney, 73), Nani Welbeck (Young 81) van Percy.
Real: Diego Lopez, Varan, Ramos, Fabio Coentrao, Arbeloa (Modric, 59), Khedira, Ozil (Pepe, 71), Xabi Alonso, Di Maria (Kaka, 45), Cristiano Ronaldo, Higuain.
The last face-to-face meetings between Real Madrid and Manchester almost accurately copied the confrontation of 2000: a draw in Madrid (with a score of 1: 1, which was more in the hands of Manchester United than 13 years ago) and a minimal defeat in Manchester. This time the main star was the ex-mankuniantan Cristiano Ronaldo, whose strike on Santiago Bernabeu allowed the "Blancos" to escape defeat, and an accurate shot at Old Trafford brought Real to victory.