{"id":428202,"date":"2011-05-22T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-22T18:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/22\/edwin-van-der-sar-confirms-champions-league-final-against-barcelona-will-be-his-last-game-for-manchester-united\/"},"modified":"2011-05-22T18:36:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T18:36:00","slug":"edwin-van-der-sar-confirms-champions-league-final-against-barcelona-will-be-his-last-game-for-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/22\/edwin-van-der-sar-confirms-champions-league-final-against-barcelona-will-be-his-last-game-for-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Edwin van der Sar confirms Champions League final against Barcelona will be his last game for Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Luke Reddy<\/h3>\n<h4>22 May 2011 19:36:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"62.2074527253\">\n<div readability=\"14.3768115942\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Edwin van der Sar - Manchester United (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/130700\/130744_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Edwin van der Sar &#8211; Manchester United (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"25.0783912747\">After making his last Premier League appearance against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/1094\/blackpool\">Blackpool<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> goalkeeper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/netherlands\/1726\/edwin-van-der-sar\">Edwin van der Sar<\/a> admitted life will be difficult after retirement but vowed he would not be carrying on after Saturday\u2019s Champions League Final with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/125\/barcelona\">Barcelona<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman joined his United team-mates to lift the Premier League trophy after the 4-2 victory over Ian Holloway\u2019s relegated Seasiders and conceded that despite having some moments of doubt this week, the Champions League fixture would be his last.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou always have second doubts and everything,&#8221; he told <em>Sky Sports<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s been great but let\u2019s look forward to Saturday and just make sure you win one more game in your life and that will be the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman kept 14 clean sheets during United\u2019s title winning campaign to help secure his fourth title at a club which he considers himself fortunate to represent at the age of 40.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great of course, I had an unbelievable six years and it\u2019s unbelievable at my age and everything to still play for a team like this and it\u2019s really been enjoyable,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran keeper helped United win their last European trophy by stopping a Nicolas Anelka penalty in a decisive shoot-out against Chelsea and he admitted that adjusting to life without such moments will not be easy.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cIt\u2019s going to be difficult of course but there\u2019s going to be other great things opening up but something like this doesn\u2019t come anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span><em>Follow the Premier League <strong>LIVE<\/strong> on Goal.com:<br \/>Commentaries, Stats, Player Ratings and much more,<br \/>Visit Goal.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/live-scores\/fixtures?tab=all\">Live Scores<\/a>!<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/22\/2498733\/edwin-van-der-sar-confirms-champions-league-final-against\" title=\"Edwin van der Sar confirms Champions League final against Barcelona will be his last game for Manchester United\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edwin van der Sar confirms Champions League final against Barcelona will be his last game for Manchester United<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Luke Reddy 22 May 2011 19:36:00 Edwin van der Sar &#8211; Manchester United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players After making his last Premier League appearance against Blackpool , Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar admitted life will be difficult after retirement but vowed he would not be carrying on after Saturday\u2019s Champions League Final with Barcelona . <\/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-428202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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