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Champions League Highlights: Man Utd 1.03 to reach semis after conquering Roma

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Joe Dyer rounds up the highlights from a good night for Fergie's men in Italy

Manchester United are just [1.03] to reach the Champions League semi-finals after a 2-0 victory over Roma tonight.

Goals from Ronaldo and Rooney sealed a good win for United who touched a high of [3.3] on Betfair for the win following a nervy start in the Italian capital. The correct score of 2-0 was matched at [18.0] on the exchange.

And their likely semi-final opponents are Barcelona in the semi following the Spaniards' win in Germany.

Goals were expected after Barca scored early on at Schalke. More than 1.5 goals was matched at [1.12] on the exchange after Bojan Krkic opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Barca hit a high of [2.54] to win on Betfair before the teenager's opener.

But it ended 1-0, a result that leaves Barca set fair for the semis and trading at [1.07] to qualify.