May 6, 2009 (Part 1); Man Utd back in Champions League Final; Cavs take Game 1

Photo courtesy of MANUTD.com

For the second consecutive year, Manchester United will be competing in the UEFA Champions League final.

Just this morning at the Emirates Stadium in London, United ended Arsenal's dream of going to the final in Rome as they put on a good first-half en route to a 3-1 victory. United wins via a 4-1 aggregate.

Ji-Sung Park provided the first goal for United at the 7th minute, when teenage fall-back Kieran Gibbs slipped at a very crucial moment, allowing Park to slip a shot pass goalkeeper Manuel Almunia.

The second goal for United was from a free-kick 40 yards away from goal. And who else to take it but the greatest player today, Cristiano Ronaldo. He calmly stepped into the field, took a deep breath and stroke it. It went to the top corner, thus producing another goal in the 10th minute.

The third goal again came from Ronaldo when he slipped past Almunia at the 60th minute.

Arsenal got their only goal due to the red card given to United's Darren Fletcher after bringing down Cesc Fabregas in United area, allowing Robin van Persie to convert via a penalty kick in the 75th minute.

With that red card, Darren Fletcher will be suspended in the final on May 27th, joining Roy Keane and Paul Scholes as the only United players to have been suspended on the grandest stage in European football.

They will face the winner of the Chelsea-Barcelona semi-final, which will be shown tomorrow morning at 2:30 AM LIVE on ESPN.

UEFA Champions League

Arsenal 1

Manchester United 3

(Man Utd wins 4-1 on aggregate)

Emirates Stadium, London, England

ARS: Robin van Persie (75" pen.)

MANU: Ji-Sung Park (7"), Cristiano Ronaldo (10", 60")

And now, for NBA news!

The Cleveland Cavaliers take Game 1 of their East Semis against the Atlanta Hawks, with a score of 99-72. The Cavs showed their dominance early on in the game, and never looked back as they won another blowout game.

League MVP LeBron James led the Cavs with a double-double, scoring 34 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, plus 3 assists and 4 steals. Mo Williams added 21 points while Delonte West finished with 13 points and 9 assists.

The Hawks on the other hand were led by Josh Smith with 22 points and 6 rebounds. Mike Bibby had 19 points and 8 assists.

Game 2 of the series will be played on Friday, May 8 at 8:00 AM, still from Cleveland.

Game 1

Atlanta 72

Cleveland 99

Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio

ATL: Josh Smith- 22 pts, 6 rebs, 2 assts.

CLE: LeBron James- 34 pts, 11 rebs, 3 assts, 4 stls.

Cavs lead series 1-0

Game 2 on Friday, May 8 at 8:00 AM from the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

And now, here are some American Idol news.

Here are the songs that they performed for this week's "Rock 'N Roll" theme.

Solos:

1. Adam Lambert- "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin

2. Allison Iraheta- "Cry Baby" by Janis Joplin

3. Kris Allen- "Come Together" by The Beatles

4. Danny Gokey- "Dream On" by Aerosmith

Duets:

1. Kris Allen & Danny Gokey- "Renegade" by Styx

2. Allison Iraheta & Adam Lambert- "Slow Ride" by Foghat

There you are! I will be back later on!

The Wizard was here... :)