Turin heroics the template for class of 2009

ALEX FERGUSON will call on the spirit of 1999 to get Manchester United through to the Champions League semi-finals tonight.

Wed, 15 Apr, 2009 - 01:00

Not for the first time, United find their backs pressed up against a wall approaching a big European night.

Porto’s last-gasp equaliser at Old Trafford in the first leg earned a draw which makes them favourites to advance at the Estadio do Dragao.

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