Wednesday, January 21, 2009

United into Final

Yes! My Manchester United booked their place in the Carling Cup final with a 4-2 win over Derby County at Old Trafford to overturn a shock 1-0 defeat in the first leg. We will face Tottenham (For sure as they lead 4-1 from first leg) on March 1st. But, United pays a big price for this final appearance as several players were injured in this match. Both Andersen and Rafael will be out joining Evra, Rooney and Ferdinard on the injuried list. Evans and Nani was also limping towards the end of the match so they are an uncertainty for the next match which is the FA cup tie against Tottenham this Saturday ay Old Trafford. I dont think Sir Alex will risk using Giggs, Scholes anf Neville as he would prefer to keep them for more important games in the league and champions league. So, we might see Fletcher playing at right back and Fabio (Rafael twin brother) in contention for the left back position. For last night match, it was an expected result. United were too strong for Derby. Sir Alex did not play Tosic the new boy as what I have expected. Maybe due to all those injuries, he was unable to play him. Goals from Nani, O'Shea, Tevez and Ronaldo was enough to send us through to the finals. With games coming fast, we can ill-afford to have a growth in our injuries list. Something to be relieve about is that Ronaldo finally scored even it is from penalty spot and we still have young players like Gibson, Fabio, Tosic, Possebon and Wellbeck to use as role players. By the way, where is Owen "Sorry I bust my knee again" Hargreaves!

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