{"id":8026,"date":"2011-12-07T18:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/team-news-ryan-giggs-starts-for-manchester-united-in-crucial-champions-league-match-against-basel\/"},"modified":"2011-12-07T18:52:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T18:52:00","slug":"team-news-ryan-giggs-starts-for-manchester-united-in-crucial-champions-league-match-against-basel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/07\/team-news-ryan-giggs-starts-for-manchester-united-in-crucial-champions-league-match-against-basel\/","title":{"rendered":"TEAM NEWS: Ryan Giggs starts for Manchester United in crucial Champions League match against Basel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span readability=\"41.023452157598\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/people\/wales\/1947\/ryan-giggs\">Ryan Giggs<\/a> has been handed a start for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/teams\/england\/97\/manchester-united\">Manchester United<\/a>, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/people\/scotland\/8123\/sir-alex-ferguson\">Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a> looks to draw from the midfielder&#8217;s experience to gain vital win over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/teams\/switzerland\/405\/basel\">Basel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Jones is again given a role in the centre of United&#8217;s midfield in order to stabilize the middle of the park, with the attacking options of Park Ji-Sung, Ashley Young and Nani lending their hands to the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Basel&#8217;s key men Marco Streller and Xherdan Shaqiri both occupy starting births as the Swiss side look to attack from the off so that they can achieve an unlikely qualification place.<br \/><strong><br \/><\/strong>David De Gea also regains his place in goal for Manchester United after giving way to Anders Lindegaard in their Premier League clash with Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Basel<\/strong>: Sommer; Park Joo Hoo, Dragovic, Abraham, Steinhofer; Shaqiri, F. Frei, Cabral, Xhaka; Streller, A. Frei.<br \/><strong>Subs<\/strong>: Colomba, Kusunga, Kovac, Chipperfield, Stocka, Zoua, Kwan-Ryong Pak.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester United<\/strong>: De Gea; Smalling, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra; Young, Jones, Park Ji-Sung, Giggs, Nani; Rooney.<br \/><strong>Subs<\/strong>: Lindegaard, Evans, Fletcher, Valencia, Gibson, Welbeck, Macheda.<br \/><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span><span><em>How do you stay up to date with football when on the move? With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/info\/683\/main\/2009\/09\/16\/1505389\/visit-mgoalcom-on-your-mobile\">http:\/\/m.goal.com<\/a> \u2013 your best source for mobile coverage of the beautiful game.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ryan Giggs has been handed a start for Manchester United , as Sir Alex Ferguson looks to draw from the midfielder&#8217;s experience to gain vital win over Basel . 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