{"id":427908,"date":"2011-05-21T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/21\/nicky-butt-tips-park-ji-sung-to-be-key-for-manchester-united-in-champions-league-final-against-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2011-05-21T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T15:20:00","slug":"nicky-butt-tips-park-ji-sung-to-be-key-for-manchester-united-in-champions-league-final-against-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/21\/nicky-butt-tips-park-ji-sung-to-be-key-for-manchester-united-in-champions-league-final-against-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicky Butt tips Park Ji-Sung to be key for Manchester United in Champions League final against Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Richard Laverty<\/h3>\n<h4>21 May 2011 16:20:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"69.7212276215\">\n<div readability=\"12.9130434783\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Park Ji-Sung, Manchester United\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/129900\/129929_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Park Ji-Sung, Manchester United<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"11.911627907\">Ex-<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> midfielder Nicky Butt believes that South Korea midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/south-korea\/4239\/ji-sung-park\">Park Ji-Sung<\/a> could be the key to the Red Devils&#8217; hopes of beating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/teams\/spain\/125\/barcelona-news\">Barcelona<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/results-standings\/49\/uefa-champions-league\/knockout\">Champions League<\/a> final.<\/p>\n<p>Although Park started two years, United fell to a 2-0 defeat\u00a0 to Barcelona in Rome, but previous Champions League winner Butt is convinced he can be the hero at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>Butt played in the 1999 Champions League final when Paul Scholes and Roy Keane missed out through suspension as Sir Alex Ferguson crammed the midfield to great effect, and the former midfielder says Park can have a similar effect next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Park has had a phenomenal season,&#8221; said Butt.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;He had that injury after coming back from the Asian Cup but since then he has been outstanding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;His athleticism is amazing. He can break up play and gives the simple passes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;But he also has the energy to get forward and scores the odd important goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;He is one of those players that are so difficult to play against because he is non-stop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Clearly they have outstanding players of their own, but Barcelona will not like playing against Park.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>United fans will be able to see Butt in action at Old Trafford once again as he appears in Gary Neville&#8217;s testimonial at Old Trafford on Tuesday May 24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/21\/2497004\/nicky-butt-tips-park-ji-sung-to-be-key-for-manchester-united\" title=\"Nicky Butt tips Park Ji-Sung to be key for Manchester United in Champions League final against Barcelona\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicky Butt tips Park Ji-Sung to be key for Manchester United in Champions League final against Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Richard Laverty 21 May 2011 16:20:00 Park Ji-Sung, Manchester United Related Links Teams Players Ex- Manchester United midfielder Nicky Butt believes that South Korea midfielder Park Ji-Sung could be the key to the Red Devils&#8217; hopes of beating Barcelona in the Champions League final. Although Park started two years, United fell to a 2-0 defeat\u00a0 to Barcelona in Rome, but previous Champions League winner Butt is convinced he can be the hero at Wembley. Butt played in the 1999 Champions League final when Paul Scholes and Roy Keane missed out through suspension as Sir Alex Ferguson crammed the midfield to great effect, and the former midfielder says Park can have a similar effect next weekend. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-427908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nicky Butt tips Park Ji-Sung to be key for Manchester United in Champions League final against Barcelona - 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\/05\/21\/nicky-butt-tips-park-ji-sung-to-be-key-for-manchester-united-in-champions-league-final-against-barcelona\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nicky Butt tips Park Ji-Sung to be key for Manchester United in Champions League final against Barcelona - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Richard Laverty 21 May 2011 16:20:00 Park Ji-Sung, Manchester United Related Links Teams Players Ex- Manchester United midfielder Nicky Butt believes that South Korea midfielder Park Ji-Sung could be the key to the Red Devils&#039; hopes of beating Barcelona in the Champions League final. 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