Prediksi gw: MU 2-Roma3. salam, MD
On 4/10/07, Samuel Rismana S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Preview: United v Roma > > 9/ 4/2007 > > LOUIS Saha has been ruled out of Manchester United's Champions League > quarter-final decider against AS Roma with a hamstring injury. > > The Frenchman has not featured for the Red Devils in over a month but had > been expected to make his comeback at Portsmouth last weekend. > > Instead, Saha was forced to return to Manchester for further treatment > after suffering a recurrence of the problem in training on Friday. > > And, while Sir Alex Ferguson is hopeful the former Fulham star will be fit > for Saturday's FA Cup semi-final with Watford at Villa Park, Tuesday's Old > Trafford clash comes too soon. > > "We have to err on the side of caution," said United boss Ferguson. > > "There is no point bringing someone back who is not 100% fit and risk > further injury." > > United will also be without suspended midfielder Paul Scholes, plus Gary > Neville (ankle), Nemanja Vidic (collarbone) and Mikael Silvestre (shoulder). > > In addition, Park Ji-sung is also ruled out for at least a fortnight after > suffering a knee injury in the win over Blackburn on March 31. > > "We are still assessing Ji-sung to see what we do next with him," said > Ferguson. > > Riches > > "Hopefully the news will be good and he will only be out for a couple of > weeks." > > Meanwhile, Roma coach Luciano Spalletti admits he has an embarrassment of > riches as he prepares for the game. > > The Eternal City club rested several usual starters for Saturday's 2-0 win > over Catania with squad players Francesco Tavano and Mirko Vucinic supplying > the goals. > > However, Spalletti admits Tavano has little chance of facing United at Old > Trafford where the visitors will defend their 2-1 lead. > > "The reason that Tavano has so little opportunity to show how good he is > is me," said Spalletti. "It's my fault but I have not been able to give him > many opportunities. You can see how good he is." > > Italy World Cup winners Francesco Totti and Daniele De Rossi as well as > Alessandro Mancini, Cristian Chivu and Christian Panucci were all rested for > the Catania match which was played on neutral territory at Lecce. > > Totti is expected to have recovered from his sciatic nerves problem but > Roma's third World Cup winner, Simone Perrotta, will miss the match through > suspension. > > Perrotta was born in Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester and had been > looking forward to playing in the city he left at the age of five when his > parents decided to go and live in the southern Italian province of Calabria. > > However, Spalletti has an obvious replacement for Perrotta in David > Pizarro, the Peruvian midfielder who was ruled out of the first leg with > suspension. > > As for Montenegrin international Vucinic, who has scored goals against > United and Catania, Spalletti said after Saturday's game: "Mirko has done > very well for us both today and against Manchester." > > Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, > Cathcart, Heinze, Evra, Ronaldo, Fletcher, Carrick, Eagles, Giggs, > Richardson, Solskjaer, Smith, Rooney, Dong. > > AS Roma (from): Doni, Cassetti, Mexes, Chivu, Panucci, De Rossi, Pizarro, > Wilhelmsson, Taddei, Mancini, Totti, Curci, Faty, Defendi, Ferrari, Vucinic, > Rosi > > Key opponent: Francesco Totti - His ability was there for all to see in > the first leg and he makes the Giallorossi tick > > Prediction: United 1 Roma 0 - United's defence, and Van der Sar, should > have been given a wake-up call after two poor performances. If they keep > their concentration United can squeeze through. > > Thanks & God Bless You > Samuel Rismana S > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
