The football world will stop for 90 minutes tonight for ” a dream party” between Manchester United and Real Madrid.
This is probably the most anticipated match of the eighth finals of the Champions League. The first leg between Real Madrid and Manchester United had been promising (1-1), but at Old Trafford on Tuesday, both teams will finally decide.
According to experts, the Real has 26% chance to qualify. However, this leg could not be better for the Merengues, winners against Barca twice in the week.
The Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho of Merengues chose to call 24 players for this game. The Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien has been retained. The Ghanaian is somehow an amulet for Real Madrid. Whenever the Black Star was tenured at the Santiago Bernabeu in La Liga, the Merengues have won. This startling statistic can she help the Casa Blanca facing the Red Devils?
Raphael Varane, sparkling in the two matches against Barcelona will also be aligned with the starting 11 in Madrid. in month and two goals against FC Barcelona, the young player from Martinique 19 years has changed dimension. Today difficult socios Madrid swear by him.
The story of Karim Benzema at Real Madrid has never been linear. And does not seem to become. Author of a (very) good season last year after the first two years mixed striker of Algerian origin has plunged. Tuesday, unsurprisingly, it should start the eighth final of C1 on the bench at Old Trafford.
Old Trafford side, fans could count on Danny Welbeck. Scorer for Manchester United in the first leg against Real Madrid (1-1), the England striker from Ghana made a sensational debut in the big leagues and confirmed the huge potential that has already made him an international English and holds regular with Manchester United.
Similarly, Sir Alex Ferguson has full confidence in Patrice Evra. The native of Dakar since the beginning of the season 30 games and 4 goals to his credit. The lateral born a Guinean father, end of contract with Manchester United in June 2014, would even propose a new one-year contract.