Sir Alex Ferguson tells his players they need not fear Barcelona – UEFA Champions League
Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson, manager for Manchester United, has told his players that they need not to worry about the final of Champions League, where they will face Barcelona at Wembley. He said that there is no reason for his team to worry about the mighty Catalans
and believes that his team has the ability to overturn the Spanish champions.
Manchester United completed a comprehensive 4-1 win in the second leg of their semi-final against Schalke at Old Trafford, and ended the two legged tie with a 6-1 win. Now, they will take on Barcelona on May 28th, in what would be a repeat of
the final of the Champions League from 2009 where Barcelona outplayed United.
Ferguson said that his team should go in the final with full confidence and he added that Barcelona is playing at the peak of its powers and it is not easy to beat them. But it is the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 of United to find a solution and come up with a plan for the final.
Barcelona beat their age old rivals, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Real-c30728 Madrid, 3-1 on aggregate in the other two legged semi-final, and booked a date with United on the ground where they won their first European cup almost two decades ago.
Manchester United boss, Sir Alex Ferguson, is expected to have a detailed discussion with Real Madrid Boss, Jose Mourinho, to conjure up a plan to get the better of Barcelona in the final. Sir Alex Ferguson also has revenge on his mind, and says that he
has not forgotten the 2-0 defeat in Rome in the final by Barcelona two years ago.
"I speak to him [Mourinho] quite a lot," added Ferguson. "I spoke to him last week. I think we will depend on our own knowledge of Barcelona. It's not as if we haven't seen them before. We've watched them many times this season”.
Ferguson said that the experience that Mourinho has had against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 this season, with five El Clasicos can be priceless. He added that Mourinho is someone who will gladly help him in preparations for the final.
When asked if he would have chosen to play Barcelona to earn revenge, Ferguson replied, "We'd choose Brechin City or somebody like that. No disrespect to Brechin City, I http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Love-c22466 that wee club.
He added, "I think we'll be quite well prepared for that game [the final]."
The way both teams have made it to the final has been contrasting to say the least. Barcelona endured hard fought and ill tempered two legs against their oldest and fiercest rivals in the game. Whilst Manchester United almost sleep walked into the final
over two legs against the surprise package of the tournament. Schalke had knocked out the defending champions Real Madrid in the quarter-final, but did not look anywhere close to being a threat to United in either of the semi-finals legs.
Manchester United was a much stronger outfit back in 2009 when Barcelona beat them in Rome but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254 along with the talismanic Wayne
Rooney. Ferguson is known as someone who learns from his mistakes, and in 2009 he admitted that his team was outplayed by Barcelona. Rest assured he will make sure that he and his team do not repeat the same mistakes once again.
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