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Sir Alex Ferguson confirms Wayne Rooney is fit for Manchester United's Champions League clash with Milan
Tireless forward could be in line to face Rossoneri...
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9 Mar 2010 15:27:00
By Alan Dawson
Manchester United's in-form striker Wayne Rooney has been given the all-clear to play a part in the club's Champions League clash with AC Milan on Wednesday evening.
Sir Alex Ferguson's side take a 3-2 lead into the game from the first leg in Italy.
Despite their three away goals, Ferguson believes their opponents still pose a threat to his team's progression in the tournament.
A win on the night, therefore is a priority.
"Wayne is fit; I'm glad to say he's fit," a relieved Ferguson revealed at a pre-match press conference earlier today.
"There is a rapid improvement since Saturday morning; when he looked extremely doubtful. He's okay."
On the balance of the two-legged affair, he added: "It's certainly an open tie.
"We'll see, first of all, a great game of football, and it will also be an open game.
"AC Milan have to score. We shouldn't treat the 3-2 lead as a bye into the later stage of the competition. We need to win the match."
Sir Alex Ferguson's side take a 3-2 lead into the game from the first leg in Italy.
Despite their three away goals, Ferguson believes their opponents still pose a threat to his team's progression in the tournament.
A win on the night, therefore is a priority.
"Wayne is fit; I'm glad to say he's fit," a relieved Ferguson revealed at a pre-match press conference earlier today.
"There is a rapid improvement since Saturday morning; when he looked extremely doubtful. He's okay."
On the balance of the two-legged affair, he added: "It's certainly an open tie.
"We'll see, first of all, a great game of football, and it will also be an open game.
"AC Milan have to score. We shouldn't treat the 3-2 lead as a bye into the later stage of the competition. We need to win the match."
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19:33 GMT
Oh dear the San Siro pitch looks like a patchwork quilt!
19:32 GMT
15 minutes to go until kick off, time to let me know your predictions for Milan v Arsenal tonight @GoalUK.
I'm going for a draw, I know that's the safe option but with Ibrahimovic and Robinho up front Milan must score and whenever Robin Van Persie plays you expect him to score. So I'm plumping for a 2-2 thriller!
I'm going for a draw, I know that's the safe option but with Ibrahimovic and Robinho up front Milan must score and whenever Robin Van Persie plays you expect him to score. So I'm plumping for a 2-2 thriller!
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Here's Zenit's match winner Roman Shirokov who scored twice in their victory over Benfica tonight, the Russians won 3-2 in a thriller. I think he probably looked happier when he got the 88th minute winner!
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Only time will tell, but what if he had signed for the Gunners 12 years ago? Things could have been so different!
Only time will tell, but what if he had signed for the Gunners 12 years ago? Things could have been so different!
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