Quite frankly, the only reason this tie is getting more attention than Barack Obama did at his inauguration is because of a certain Mr. Jose Mourinho. He is the only manager that ABU fans can rely on to beat Sir Alex Ferguson. Credit to him, the Portuguese has succeeded in most of his battles against the fiery Scott and you would be a fool to bet your house in this tie.
Jose was brought to Inter to deliver the Champions League so the pressure is on them to win this two-legged tie. United on the other hand have this belief that they are the best squad Sir Alex has assembled at United and they will need to match the achievements of '99 before they are officially tagged the best of Sir Alex's squads.
Any team with the self proclaimed Special One in the dugout is difficult to beat. He instills a winning mentality in the team that is second to none and that's why their games are usually won before they even step on pitch. So great an achievement it will be if United make it through that the gaffer has told his players that beating Inter will almost surely mean defending their European title.
United have spent 2 years now without defeat in the Champions League but significantly, the last defeat came at the San Siro. A disheartening 3-0 defeat to AC Milan in the semifinals. It's a scoreline that United will have to avoid this time round. They have the second leg at home so it will be great to still be in the tie come the second leg. If possible, the tactics employed at the Camp Nou last season will do us good. Unfortunately for us, Inter will be more tactical than us. We might have to do more attacking than them. This is when you wish you had Carlos Queiroz in your ranks.
Team News; Vida is of course suspended and Jonny Evans is injured. John O'Shea might come in the middle to partner Ferdinad so hopefully that works out for us. I'd like to see the likes of Giggs start this game as he could have the master key to unlock the defence of Inter. We desperately need that away goal as it makes the second leg much easier.
So the likes of Rooney and Berbatov should be in the mood. Sir Alex has already said that we must take our chances tonight so hopefully the lads will be as lethal as as they can get. What's for sure is that Inter will limit us to very few chances.
COME ON UNITED!!
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