European champions Manchester United kick start their Champions league campaign against Spanish outfit Villarreal. Theses two sides had faced each other in the 2005-06 tournament, with both games yielding neutral results.
Man U will get a boost as their star player Cristiano Ronaldo makes his eagerly-awaited comeback from injury at Old Trafford tonight. Ferguson has nothing but praise for the dedication Ronaldo has shown towards his recovery from ankle surgery. His return is well-timed as Michael Carrick could be out for six weeks with a broken foot, Paul Scholes is suspended tomorrow and Dimitar Berbatov a major doubt after suffering a bang on the knee in Saturday's defeat at Liverpool.
Also Villarreal are facing problems upfront as their first-choice strikers Nihat Kahveci and former United striker Guiseppe Rossi are still sidelined. However, former Arsenal winger Robert Pires has regained fitness and could feature in today’s game.
Way to capture Europe again, United!
Today Old Trafford will witness a big game when the home team welcomes Barcelona in the semi final of the UEFA champions league.
PFA player of the year 2008 Cristiano Ronaldo, who had missed the 2nd minute penalty in the 1st leg opines that he is still confident of converting any spot kick, against any opposition. Both teams are going to battle it out at the Theatre of Dreams, after a defensive 1st leg. ManU and Barca have plenty of attacking options in their arsenal which they will definitely need today as I expect it to be a fascinating game of football.
This will be a football lovers treat and what’s even interesting is that tomorrow will be another fantastic game between two English teams.
Boy oh Boy… I simply cant wait for todays game. Hope its ManUtd that ends up on the winning side.
