Monday, April 18, 2011

Manchester United v Manchester City derby of the great absent

Let us prepare for a great derby. Yes, because the one between Manchester United and Manchester City, which is valid for the semi-finals of the FA Cup, a trophy that matters a lot to both, is one of those games that give strong signals in case of victory of one or the other. Winning the fight for the FA Cup derby signica Roberto Mancini knows, and wants a major trophy, to be dressed with a fine fourth place finish in the Premier useful for the Champions League, lost last year in favor of the Spurs, who won direct confrontation to the 'City of Manchester', thanks to goals from Crouch.

Winning the derby and then the FA Cup in order to aspire to double, treble, and why not a fattibilissimo for Sir Alex Ferguson's men, heartened by the first place in the Premiership and the semi-finals of the Champions League, gained after two wins on the Chelsea net. But will the big derby of the two absent: on the one hand Wayne Rooney, who on Saturday will serve the second sentence imposed one-match ban after swearing in front of the camera.

No heavy yes, but Ferguson expects to meet with DimitarBerbatov, which rested Tuesday at Old Trafford and with a splendid Chichari Hernandez, not to mention a young man of 38 years as Ryan Giggs, simply remarkable in the two matches against the Blues in cup. In defense should be there stoically Rio Ferdinand that led up to the end of their match Tuesday despite a bothersome foot.

For the rest all confirmed: in the cup for United, who play two three places, namely Park, Nani and Valencia. On the other hand, however, Mancini has its beautiful fish to fry. The absence of Carlos Tevez, the player will miss the second major challenge will be out for three weeks. The Mancioper to try to defeat the Red Army, he will entrust the evanescent and Dzeko Balotelli, who remained dry (despite the wet evening) in Liverpool.

It's up to them and very likely to lead the comeback David Silva Mancity. So fasten your seatbelts because soon there will be a performance at Wembley. The teams Manchester United (4-4-2): Van der Sar, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Nani, Hernandez, Berbatov. Facilities: Kuszczak, Rafael, Smalling, Gibson, Scholes, Park, Owen.

Booked: Ferguson Manchester City (4-3-3): Hart, Richards, Company, Lescott, Kolarov, Yaya Toure, Barry, De Jong, Silva, Balotelli, Milner. Facilities: Taylor, Zabaleta, Boyata, Wright-Phillips, Vieira, Johnson, Dzeko. Coach: Mancini Referee: Dean, Linesman: Mullarkey and Kirkup

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