Man Utd Vs AC Milan
Champions League semi-final, 1st leg
Date: Wednesday, 25 April
Kick-off: 2.45pm
Venue: Old Trafford
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Only 10 outfield players were able to take part in full training on
Monday.
Defenders Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Nemanja Vidic, Mikael
Silvestre and Craig Cathcart will definitely miss the game, while
Patrice Evra is doubtful.
If Evra misses out, Darren Fletcher is set to fill in at
right-back, with Wes Brown and John O'Shea in the centre.
Left-back Gabriel Heinze is United's only other fit defender.
Midfielders Ji-Sung Park and Kieran Richardson will miss the game,
along with striker Louis Saha.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was unable to train on Monday but is expected
to be fit to take his place on the bench.
In contrast to United, AC Milan were able to rest a host of players
for their league match on Saturday.
Manager Carlo Ancelotti has a virtually fully-fit squad available,
with striker Alberto Gilardino returning after suspension.
Keeper Dida has been included in the squad but is a doubt with a
shoulder injury, while Ronaldo is cup-tied.
Ancelotti was encouraged by the news that Ferdinand will not
feature at Old Trafford but is wary of United's attacking
threat.
"Ferdinand is a very important player for their defence," he
said.
"But we will have to be careful and keep possession of the ball but
that could be a two-edged sword, because if we do not do well our
opponents could hit us on the counter-attack."
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Man Utd (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Fletcher, O'Shea, Brown,
Heinze, Evra, Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Rooney, Smith,
Solskjaer, Eagles, Dong, Lee, Marsh, Barnes, Burns.
AC Milan (from): Dida, Kalac, Fiori, Storari; Bonera, Cafu,
Costacurta, Favalli, Jankulovski, Kaladze, Maldini, Nesta, Oddo,
Serginho, Simic; Ambrosini, Brocchi, Gattuso, Gourcuff, Kaka,
Pirlo, Seedorf; Gilardino, Inzaghi, Oliveira.
