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Article by Mark Graham, Editor, Record Keeper & Official
Reporter @ MUFCINFO.COM. |
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preview: MANCHESTER UNITED v
BURSASPOR
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP C, matchday
3
Old Trafford, Manchester, 19.45pm GMT, Wednesday
20th October 2010. |
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Team News |
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Wayne Rooney has stated his desire
to leave Old Trafford
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Ivan Ergić returned to
face Kardemir Karabükspor having missed the İstanbul
BB draw after suffering a head injury on Matchday 2.
İbrahim Öztürk picked up a calf knock against
İstanbul BB but recovered to face Kardemir
Karabükspor |
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 INJURED/UNAVAILABLE
Antonio
Valencia (ankle)
Ryan Giggs (hamstring)
Wayne Rooney (ankle)
Michael Owen (groin)
Jonny Evans (hip) |
 Doubtful
Owen Hargreaves (calf)
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 SUSPENDED
none |
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INJURED/UNAVAILABLE
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(?)
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Doubtful
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(?) |
SUSPENDED
none |
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Squads |
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Manchester United (from):
Van der Sar, Kuszczak, O'Shea, Brown, Rafael, Neville,
Ferdinand, Vidic, Smalling, Evra, Fabio, Nani, Obertan,
Scholes, Fletcher, Carrick, Gibson, Anderson, Park, Giggs,
Berbatov, Macheda, Hernandez. .
Bursaspor (from): ?
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Pre Match Press
Conference Highlights |
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On the Rooney affair
“"I was in the office on 14 August and David phoned me
to say he [Rooney] wasn't signing a contract," confirmed
Ferguson.
"I was dumbfounded. Only months before he was saying he was
at the greatest club in the world."
Having learned of Rooney's desire to go, Ferguson requested
to speak to the player.
"Dealing with the next step was always going to be decisive
for us, how we dealt with the situation," he said.
Rooney laughs and jokes in training
"I asked to have a meeting with the boy and he reiterated
what his agent said, that he wanted to go.
"The one thing I said to him was 'respect this club, I don't
want any nonsense from you'.
"I don't know if he has done that. I have doubts on that, we
are reading all these things about falling out with me and
all that nonsense.
"It's disappointing because we have done everything we
possibly can to help Wayne Rooney ever since he came to the
club.
"We have always been here as a harbour for him any time he
has been in trouble, the advice we have given him. I was
even prepared to give him financial advice.
"But it's not just Wayne Rooney, we have done that for all
the players. Wayne has been the beneficiary of that, just as
Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes have... so there has been no
falling out.
"So there we are, we have got into a situation where we had
to clarify this for our fans because what we saw on Saturday
was unacceptable.
"When we got to 2-2 [against West Brom] and they were
chanting Wayne Rooney, it's a pressure on the players and
didn't do the team any good so we had to clarify the
situation and put it right."
"We've done nothing but help
him since he's been at this club," said Ferguson, who has
not given up hope of Rooney remaining at Old Trafford.
"We cannot quite understand why he would want to leave.
No-one can deny this club is one of the most successful in
British football.
"We have won 40 major trophies, countless cup finals, have a
fantastic history, a great stadium, great training
arrangements.
"We don't understand it. I can't answer any questions about
why he is doing it. We can speculate. We can have opinions.
It won't matter a dickie-bird, simply because the player is
adamant he wants to leave."
However, "I feel that we still have to keep the door open
for him, especially as he's such a good player."
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Match Official |
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REFEREE TODAY: |
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Gianluca Rocchi |
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Bursaspor facts |
Full name Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği
Nickname(s) Yeşil Timsahlar, (Green Crocodiles)
Founded 1 June 1963
Ground Bursa Ataturk Stadium, Bursa, Turkey
Capacity: 25,213
Chairman Ibrahim Yazıcı
Manager Ertuğrul SağlamUnited
have played 3 Opponents from Turkey.
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Opponents |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Diff |
Win% |
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Besiktas JK |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
50.0% |
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Fenerbahce |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
50.0% |
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Galatasaray |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
25.0% |
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TOTAL |
10 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
10 |
+6 |
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Most Goals against a Turkish side? 6
v Fenerbache
Most Goals against 3 on two
occasions, 08/12/2004 v Fenerbache & 20/10/1993 v Galatasaray in a
3-3 draw.
Bursaspor have been awarded a 3-0
win after their match at Gaziantepspor on Monday 20 September was
abandoned 11 minutes into the second half when the assistant referee
was struck by an object thrown from the crowd. The visitors had been
leading through Ömer Erdoğan's header. |
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When
was the last time? |
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We Won |
We Drew |
We Lost |
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NEVER |
NEVER |
NEVER |
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Most's & Milestones |
If Gary Neville plays he will make his
600th appearance for
Manchester United |
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Played for both
Manchester United & Bursaspor |
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No players have played for Both Clubs |
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Head to Head |
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Opponents |
Played |
Won |
Draw |
Lost |
For |
Against |
Diff |
Win% |
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Bursaspor |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Opponent Manager Head to Head |
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MUFC v
Roberto Di Matteo
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Manager |
Played |
Won |
Draw |
Lost |
For |
Against |
Diff |
win% |
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Sağlam, Ertuğrul |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Milestones |
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1st game between the two sides. |
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Score Prediction |
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3-1. |
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