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preview: Portsmouth v
MANCHESTER UNITED
fa premiership, Matchday 02
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REFEREE TODAY:
Chris Foy
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MUFC TEAM
NEWS |
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INJURED |
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Michael
Carrick (ankle) |
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Louis Saha
(knee) |
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Cristiano
Ronaldo
(ankle) |
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Ben Foster
(knee) |
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Doubtful |
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Anderson (Olympic Duty) |
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Ji Sung Park
(knee) |
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Ryan
Giggs (hamstring) |
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Owen Hargreaves
(knee) |
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SUSPENDED |
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Nani |
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Portsmouth
TEAM NEWS |
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INJURED |
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Noel
Parmarot (thigh) |
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David Nugent (groin) |
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Kanu (ankle)
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Doubtful |
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Niko
Kranjcar (knee) |
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SUSPENDED
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none |
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Match Preview |
 Article
by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official Reporter
@ MUFCINFO.COM
Portsmouth v Manchester United,
Fratton Park, Portsmouth,
20.00pm, Monday 25th August
2008.
Carlos Tevez is
available after a family bereavement saw the Argentine
miss the opening day draw against Newcastle.
Anderson has
returned from the Olympics but is not expected to play.
Nani serves the last match of his three match ban.
Cristiano Ronaldo
trained this week but is still expected to be out until October.
Nemanja Vidic missed training but is expected to feature.
SAF
confirmed that Michael Carrick will be out for three weeks
Sean Davis and Richard Hughes are available after injury.
Portsmouth
midfielder Niko Kranjcar is a major doubt with a knee
injury.
Lassana
Diarra (knee) has reportedly recovered after "Mr Penalty"
John Terry's new team mate "dirty Deco" almost crippled
the Frenchman & former Chelsea rentboy in last weeks 4-0
defeat.
MUFCINFO.COM would like to take this opportunity to thank
Mikael Silvestre who this week completed a move to
Arsenal.
Silvestre's career in a Red shirt started 11/09/1999 at
Anfield in a 3-2 victory to the Reds (Editor: of which
I was there) and spanned almost a decade before his
transfer this week to the Gunners, after being transferred
from Inter Milan and playing as an opponent against
members of the Treble winning side of 1999 the French full
back went on to play 353 games for United scoring 9 times.
We would like to wish Silvestre all the best of luck in
the future (except if Arsenal rival us for the title) &
all the bad luck if United cross swords again with the
former United defender.
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Pre Match
Press Conference Highlights |
On Wayne Rooney
"I’ve no problems
with Rooney. It (being unselfish) is maybe not the
biggest crime to have in your life as a footballer.
"It shows qualities of team ethic and it shows
qualities of an unselfish nature, which is terrific
to see in a footballer because we’re in an era of
individual appreciation.
"How players celebrate goals, the earrings they
wear, the tattoos they have, it's the era where they
need to be seen. It’s refreshing that someone is
prepared to sacrifice a lot of that for team effort,
and I think carry on."
On Tevez
"Tevez is back, "He’s available.
On Hargreaves & Park
"Hargreaves and Ji-sung Park both trained with the
first team this week, I’m delighted with that. Ji
won’t be considered, Hargreaves we’ll assess on
Sunday to see if he can play a part."
On Anderson
"Anderson will be back on Sunday, so that’s an extra
body.
On Ryan Giggs
Giggs has trained the last couple of days, plus all
the players have come back from internationals fit,
which is a bonus, so we’re ok in that respect."
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Squad |
Manchester United (from): Kuszczak, Foster,
Brown, Neville, R Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans,
Evra, F Da Silva, Fletcher, O’Shea, Hargreaves,
Anderson, Scholes, Possebon, Gibson, Giggs, Rooney,
Tevez, Campbell, Welbeck.
Portsmouth (from):
James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Utaka,
Diop, Diarra, Kranjcar, Little, Defoe, Crouch,
Kaboul, Thomas, A Traore, Sahar, Lauren, Mvuemba,
Davis, Hughes, Ashdown.
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Head to Head |
Score Prediction |
Milestones |
All Competitive games:
Played: 70
Won: 32
Drawn: 18
Lost: 20
Scored: 109
Conceded: 80
Goal Difference: +29 |
United to win 2-0. |
55th
League meeting between the two sides.
SAF's 622nd Premiership fixture in charge. |
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