Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson proud of his team’s efforts against Schalke
Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, is proud of his team’s effort in the 4-1 win over Schalke’04 in the second-leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final that took place on May 4, 2011.
United won 6-1 on aggregate to set up a final date with Spanish Champions, Barcelona, at the Wembley Stadium on May 28, 2011.
Ferguson made as many as nine changes to the United team from the 1-0 defeat at the hands of Arsenal over the weekend. Only Edwin Van Der Sar and Anderson were the survivors of the Emirates Stadium clash and the rest of the team was composed of second-string
players.
Ferguson revealed that he had sleepless nights over his squad selection and feared that his gamble might backfire. Owing to a hectic fixture schedule, United wanted to field a full strength squad for the potential title deciding Premier League clash against
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The 69-year-old is delighted with his team’s effort and believes that it is a healthy sign for the club and it will release the pressure off some of the star players, who play week in, week out. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Scotland-c756 manager believes that his team should have
done better in the Champions League campaigns in the past and will definitely make up for those mistakes by winning the competition this year.
Talking to the reporters, Ferguson said, "They did me proud. It was a semi-final and the fact it's such an important game does create a bit of doubt in your mind of 'Am I doing the right thing?' but I'm glad we were vindicated.”
"It's fantastic for the club. We're where we want to be. I've said many times we should have done better in Europe over the years and I think this team can win the cup." Added the Scot
United have reached their third Champions League final in the last four years and the Scot has hailed the consistency of his team in Europe’s most elite competition. The Red Devils and Barcelona locked horns in the final of the 2008/9 Champions League and
Pep Guardiola’s side came out as comfortable winners by winning 2-0 at Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
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