{"id":431813,"date":"2011-05-28T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/28\/team-news-berbatov-not-even-on-the-bench-as-rooney-chicharito-start-for-manchester-united-in-champions-league-final-against-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2011-05-28T17:38:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-28T17:38:00","slug":"team-news-berbatov-not-even-on-the-bench-as-rooney-chicharito-start-for-manchester-united-in-champions-league-final-against-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/28\/team-news-berbatov-not-even-on-the-bench-as-rooney-chicharito-start-for-manchester-united-in-champions-league-final-against-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"TEAM NEWS: Berbatov not even on the bench as Rooney &#038; Chicharito start for Manchester United in Champions League final against Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>28 May 2011 18:38:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"79.8949361098\">\n<p><span readability=\"60.5770491803\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/8123\/sir-alex-ferguson\">Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a> has left <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/bulgaria\/2320\/dimitar-berbatov\">Dimitar Berbatov<\/a> &#8211; the Premier League\u2019s joint top goalscorer &#8211; out of his match squad for the Champions League final against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/125\/barcelona\">Barcelona<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulgarian\u00a0 -who was a losing finalist with Bayer Leverkusen in 2002 \u2013 before being beaten by today\u2019s opponents in the 2009 final, has suffered yet more Champions League final heartbreak with his omission from Saturday\u2019s match squad.<\/p>\n<p>Wayne Rooney partners Javier Hernandez in attack for Manchester United, with the Mexican having scored more goals in Europe than any of Red Devils\u2019 player this season.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Michael Carrick and Ryan Giggs get the nod to suppress Pep Guardiola\u2019s formidable three-man midfield of Sergio Busquets, Xavi and Andres Iniesta, while Nani will have to make do with a place on the substitute\u2019s bench at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>This means that Darren Fletcher \u2013 who was suspended for the 2009 clash with Barca \u2013 only makes the bench following his return to the first team after recovering from a mysterious virus.<\/p>\n<p>With his fitness having looked suspect during their pre-match training sessions on Friday, Guardiola has made the call to omit captain Carles Puyol from the starting line-up, with the Spanish World Cup winner making for Javier Mascherano.<\/p>\n<p>In what will be an extremely emotional night for Eric Abidal \u2013 who only recently recovered from a life-treating tumour \u2013 the French defender starts in European football\u2019s showpiece event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Barcelona Starting XI:<\/strong> <em>Valdes; Alves, Pique, Masch, Abidal; Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta; Pedro, Messi, Villa.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Substitutes: Oier, Puyol, Keita, Adriano, Thiago, Afellay, Bojan.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>Manchester United Starting XI<\/strong>: <em>Van der Sar; Fabio, Ferdinand, Vidic Evra; Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Park; Rooney Hernandez.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Substitutes: Kuszczak, Smalling, Fletcher, Scholes, Anderson, Nani, Owen<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>Full report to follow&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"7\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody readability=\"2.96470588235\">\n<tr readability=\"2\">\n<td><strong><span>FOLLOW THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL WITH GOAL.COM<br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr readability=\"3.93442622951\">\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2914\/champions-league\/2011\/05\/28\/2507588\/team-news-berbatov-not-even-on-the-bench-as-rooney\" title=\"TEAM NEWS: Berbatov not even on the bench as Rooney &amp; Chicharito start for Manchester United in Champions League final against Barcelona\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TEAM NEWS: Berbatov not even on the bench as Rooney &amp; Chicharito start for Manchester United in Champions League final against Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 28 May 2011 18:38:00 Sir Alex Ferguson has left Dimitar Berbatov &#8211; the Premier League\u2019s joint top goalscorer &#8211; out of his match squad for the Champions League final against 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-431813","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>TEAM NEWS: Berbatov not even on the bench as Rooney &amp; Chicharito start 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\/28\/team-news-berbatov-not-even-on-the-bench-as-rooney-chicharito-start-for-manchester-united-in-champions-league-final-against-barcelona\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"TEAM NEWS: Berbatov not even on the bench as Rooney &amp; 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