Park Ji-Sung missed out on a place in our Champions League final last season after putting in a great display against Barcelona. Having been injured for most of the season, Ferguson preferred the likes of Fletcher and O’Shea.
Park has today confessed that it was heartbreaking to miss out, but that he was always confident United would get to the final again and he would get to play.
“No one knows until the start who will be selected,” said Park. “If I play I will do my best. It was very disappointing last year because players want to play in big games like the Champions League final. If they do not play it hurts. I think it was the biggest disappointment of my career. Our team wins titles and I am happy because I am in a good team but still it was heartbreaking. But after that I believed Manchester United would again reach the final and I worked hard and now I have one more chance and this time it is different to last season. It is a big disappointment but you can’t say anything to them because it is heartbreaking. It is something they have to get over themselves and believe next time or in the future they can do something.”
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i think his last sentence was more in reference to Fletcher!
i have always liked this bloke. hope he does well on 27th.
Dont be so confident park, yah might just be left on the bench for match…
I think him and O’Shea are definite starters next week.They helped a lot in the games against Arsenal and,just like last year with Scholes,SAF has declared publicly that they will both start.
i seen sir alex get interviewd during the ummer and he said one of his biggest regrets the season gone was he had to leave park out so you never know id say park one wing rooney the other ronny and berbatov up front anderson scholes oshea rio vidic evra vds
vds
oshea rio vidic evra
park scholes anderson rooney
berbatov ronaldo
rooney and evra will shut off messi
ronaldo for a fast pace attack
berbatov to hold and create when needed
GHTT i think you forgot Carrick.
cant see anderson getting the nod over carrick?
I think that going by what we saw at the Emirates,Carrick and Ando will definitely start.The only question is who replaces Fletcher.If we stick to the same 4-3-3 formation,it’s either Giggs or Scholes.If we go for a more adventurous 4-4-2,it’s either Tevez or Berba.
id be going
vds
oshea vida rio evra
carrick giggs anderson
park rooney
ronaldo
i think thats identical to the team that wiped the floor with arsenal at the emirates
GHTT : no Carrick ? your kidding me, lol
i don’t see Fergie playing 2 upfront. Ron will lead the line with Park & Rooney on the wings.
7seagulls that must be the line up.I said yesterday that i would prefer Scholes over Giggs though.We will need some composed play and i think that Ginger ninja can giveus that more than Ryan.If we played against an Italian side,i would have gone with Giggs.
oh yeah carrick
what a delightful problem i have pickin my favourite team
Considering that the game will be played mostly on the ground and we will need all the legs in that midfield. Not sure Berbs is going to start!
vds
oshea rio vidic evra
carrick scholes anderson
park rooney
ronaldo
subs: Tev,Evans,Berba,Giggs,Kuszack,Rafael.
i would also go for Scholes to start over Giggs simply because Scholes doesn’t have the legs if it goes to extra time and Giggs can be an option in penalty shootout as well.
Liverpool Liverpool how did you fare?
You beat us twice but no trophy was there.
Don’t be bitter, don’t have a moan.
Tune in next Wednesday to watch us in Rome.
18 Times and that’s a fact.
Champions league maybe back-to-back.
I’ll just say one thning, I am a Scouse hater,
and you’ll win F**k all with that fat Spanish Waiter!
Good point Wazza.Lets hope we won’t need penalties though.
Newsflash…..
Stevie Gerrard has accused the FA of favouritism.
This is because they are allowing Ryan Giggs to have both his name and the number of PL titles he has won, on his shirt next season.
Stevie wants the same but the FA say that ZERO is not a valid squad number!
……………………………………………..
@RedAlert260599 : nice one mate, lol
sir ryan
11
stevie me
0
So if Gerrard wants to surpass Ryan in title wins he has to play until he is 41?And that’s assuming that he doesn’t beat up another dj and end up in jail for good.
@RedAlert260599 well said twice!!
gerrard just want to equal berbatovs league record
and i cant even see that happen
We used to say that David May had more medals than Shearer.Now we will say that Rafael has more medals than Gerrard!League medals that is.
A genuine star, does not moan and does not whinge. He does the talking on the pitch. He will do us proud on Wednsday.
costas i think you just gave me a new chant for emily
Rafeal
come and see
a player with more medels
than stvie me
@ghtt:Could you teach Emily the chant that RedAlert260599 posted?
I can already imagine how it would be…
ill try my best all i can do is sing them and hope she picks them up
i think this by far emilys best chant shes ever done
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF0NdFDxuk0
Can’t see Scholes getting into the starting team-sheet; he’s too slow and too foul=prone.
I see no one has suggested that Carlitos will start, either. I agree on that point. He might come in late but he’s going to be made to pay for his stupid comments this last few weeks. Berbatov is a completely different story – he’s kept his head down and seems to be more of a team player.
I’m in agreement with 7seagulls @ 10:53 about the overall team-sheet:
the back five (vds/o’shea/rio/vidic/evra) picks itself
midfield (carrick/giggs/anderson) seems the best bet for a pressing shield in the absence of Fletcherinho and Hargreaves. Giggs has been terrific in big games this year [RentBoyz/Inter/TheArse] and Anderson is just so tough. Carrick provides a kind of “shield-in-depth”]
attacking midfield (park/rooney) needs no comment
forward (ronaldo) seems just too obvious
The bench [Evans/Scholes/Berbatov/Tevez et al]would be very strong, too.
I’m expecting a cagey game with UTD ceding a lot of midfield territory and hoping to hit Barcelona on the break – opening up the field for the speed of Ronaldo/Rooney/Park – despite what SAF is saying about “an open game”. He more or less tipped his hand when he talked about the Barca/virus game and said that Hiddink had shown how Barca could be beat. Of course, if Barcelona get the first goal then all those prognostications go out the window and the whole shape of the game changes.
@ghtt:LOL!!The trophy is bigger than her….
@denton davey:I have the same expectations.Screw the neutrals,I honestly don’t care if it’s the most boring football match ever,I just want us to win it.
it is called the big cup
i see , no matter what teams play, 2 wins.
Sincerely hope Park has a blinder and shuts off messi, and henry on the wings…can you imagine that dude running with you everywhere you go? METNAL!
Park is a proper proffessional. Well done lad.
I think we’ll go:
———–VDS
O’Shea-Vidic-Rio-Evra
Scholes-Carrick-Ando/Giggs
Tevez/Park-Ronaldo-Rooney
or
———–VDS
O’Shea-Vidic-Rio-Evra
—-Carrick-Scholes
Ronaldo————-Park
—–Tevez–Ronney
Don’t see Berba starting this one. He might come in the second half. We need battling Tevez upfront to press Barça defense. And Giggs, if not a starter, comes from the bench and tear the midfield apart. Totally Legend.
Oh and if Park gets a starting, he’ll help Evra shuting Messi. We could also use Anderson to press and shut Xavi, who in my opinion pull the strings at Barcelona. Not Messi, not Henry. Their best player is the spaniard.
park deserved starting place in rome final. he can also shut off iniesta as well
The problem is that Scholes will start for sure, and the mid don’t go well with him and Ando. But Carrick, Giggs and Ando would work!
We, IMHO, need a very consistent midfield, because with Xavi and Iniesta, backed by Yaya, feeding Eto’o, Messi and Henry is a hell of a attacking force, that’s why Fletcher was vital in a 3 man system, like when we stuffed Arsenal.
A three man mid, would leave Park to play with Ronaldo and Rooney as he did with Arsenal and Tevez on the bench to come in the second, if he comes. And Berba too.
Maybe that’s me saying bollocks, but I would rather have a smimilar formation to a 4-3-3 or a 4-3-2-1, than the 4-4-2 for this… But Fergie, the genious, will win this one way or another.
Dani, I cannot see Scholes starting at all, the most likely combo in midfield will be surely Giggs, Carrick and Ando, with Park and Wazza out wide.
That’s the formation I hope for, as I said. I don’t know I can feel that Fergie will place Scholes. He’s a monumental player, and one of my favorite players of all time, but this game I wouldn’t mind of putting him on the bench, and depending on the result bringing him on. Like Giggs last year.
I know Ronnie played well as the focal point of the attack at the Emirates, and we will need our wide men to track back, but I think Ronnie should play in his preferred right wing position so he can go one on one against Barca’s second string left full back. He should have a field day against whoever they put out there… I would put Tevez up front to run and hassle. His bitching and moaning and skipping the awards night angered me also, but now isn’t the time to be petty, this is about winning an f’ing football match. And I think he can get about Pique and maybe unsettle him a bit just by harrasing him and making him nervous.
And I said it yesterday, and I hate saying it, but I hope Scholes doesn’t start. I just cant see him getting anywhere near Xavi and Iniesta. He’ll pick up a yellow in the first ten mins…