WORLDSPORTS
DECEMBER 2013
The last time United came to Ukraine, they swept aside Dynamo Kiev 4-2 en route
to winning the 2008 European Cup Final.
They arrived in the Ukrainian capital back then on a seven-match winning run in
the Premier League, which they were also to claim that season, for a 10th time, under
Sir Alex Ferguson.
But for a controversial FA Cup exit quarter-final at home to Portsmouth - they
were denied a penalty when Cristiano Ronaldo was taken out by Sylvain Distin – they
may well have gone on to repeat the historic 1999 Treble triumph.
What a difference six years make.
United’s brooding, self-recriminatory mindset could not be in greater contrast to
that of their last visit.
The seeds of a potential crisis have been sown and another comprehensive defeat,
here against the U