{"id":312267,"date":"2011-03-15T21:11:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T21:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/15\/manchester-uniteds-defensive-crisis-worsens-as-john-oshea-rafael-forced-off-against-marseille-with-hamstring-injuries\/"},"modified":"2011-03-15T21:11:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T21:11:00","slug":"manchester-uniteds-defensive-crisis-worsens-as-john-oshea-rafael-forced-off-against-marseille-with-hamstring-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/15\/manchester-uniteds-defensive-crisis-worsens-as-john-oshea-rafael-forced-off-against-marseille-with-hamstring-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United&#8217;s defensive crisis worsens as John O&#8217;Shea &#038; Rafael forced off against Marseille with hamstring injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ryan Benson<\/h3>\n<h4>15 Mar 2011 21:11:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"60.9610668302\">\n<div readability=\"15.5833333333\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UEFA Champions League : Rafael, Manchester United v Marseille\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/d5bd1d3f126357_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>UEFA Champions League : Rafael, Manchester United v Marseille<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"21.315417256\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United&#8217;<\/a>s defensive injury crisis appears to be getting worse by the game as both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/ireland\/1943\/john-oshea\">John O&#8217;Shea<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/brazil\/23566\/rafael-da-silva\">Rafael<\/a> had to be replaced due to injury during the club&#8217;s Champions League second round second leg match against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/france\/57\/olympique-de-marseille\">Marseille<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Shea started on the right of a defence that also included Wes Brown, Chris Smalling and captain for the evening Patrice Evra but had to be replaced before half-time as he injured his hamstring whilst United were on the attack.<\/p>\n<p>His replacement, Rafael, was also taken off half-way through the second half for twin-brother Fabio as the right-back also pulled up with a suspected pulled hamstring and had to be stretchered off.<\/p>\n<p>These latest casualties join Nemanja Vidic in the treatment room as the Serbian was declared injured on Tuesday after a day of speculation as to his condition.<\/p>\n<p>The centre-back picked up a calf injury during the 2-0 FA Cup win over Arsenal on the weekend while Jonny Evans and Rio Ferdinand are also currently sidelined meaning boss Sir Alex Ferguson could have something of a defensive problem against Bolton on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Alex Ferguson later revealed in his post-match press conference that Rafael and O&#8217;Shea could be out for around three to four weeks, with a reporter even asking if Gary Neville could come out of retirement.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3b4e10aebeacon.dll_205.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go here to read the rest:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2914\/champions-league\/2011\/03\/15\/2396293\/manchester-uniteds-defensive-crisis-worsens-as-john-oshea-rafael-\" title=\"Manchester United's defensive crisis worsens as John O'Shea &amp; Rafael forced off against Marseille with hamstring injuries\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United&#8217;s defensive crisis worsens as John O&#8217;Shea &amp; Rafael forced off against Marseille with hamstring injuries<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ryan Benson 15 Mar 2011 21:11:00 UEFA Champions League : Rafael, Manchester United v Marseille Related Links Teams Players Manchester United&#8217; s defensive injury crisis appears to be getting worse by the game as both John O&#8217;Shea and Rafael had to be replaced due to injury during the club&#8217;s Champions League second round second leg match against Marseille . O&#8217;Shea started on the right of a defence that also included Wes Brown, Chris Smalling and captain for the evening Patrice Evra but had to be replaced before half-time as he injured his hamstring whilst United were on the attack. His replacement, Rafael, was also taken off half-way through the second half for twin-brother Fabio as the right-back also pulled up with a suspected pulled hamstring and had to be stretchered off<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester United&#039;s defensive crisis worsens as John O&#039;Shea &amp; Rafael forced off against Marseille with hamstring injuries - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/15\/manchester-uniteds-defensive-crisis-worsens-as-john-oshea-rafael-forced-off-against-marseille-with-hamstring-injuries\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester United&#039;s defensive crisis worsens as John O&#039;Shea &amp; Rafael forced off against Marseille with hamstring injuries - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Ryan Benson 15 Mar 2011 21:11:00 UEFA Champions League : Rafael, Manchester United v Marseille Related Links Teams Players Manchester United&#039; s defensive injury crisis appears to be getting worse by the game as both John O&#039;Shea and Rafael had to be replaced due to injury during the club&#039;s Champions League second round second leg match against Marseille . 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