Champions League - Ferdinand fit to face Inter

Eurosport - Tue, 10 Mar 19:01:00 2009

Rio Ferdinand and John O'Shea will both start Manchester United's last-16 Champions League decider with Internazionale after training on Tuesday morning.

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Ferdinand appeared to be a major doubt for the game, which is goalless after the first leg in the San Siro a fortnight ago, after he limped out of Saturday's win at Fulham with an ankle injury.

However, the injury has responded well to treatment and Ferdinand was able to take part in training.

Providing he suffers no reaction, the 30-year-old is expected to line up alongside defensive partner Nemanja Vidic as the Red Devils look for the win that will take them into the quarter-finals.

O'Shea has recovered from a minor thigh strain that saw him also taken off during the Fulham game, and he will continue in the right-back role.

Long-term casualties Gary Neville and Wes Brown and Rafael da Silva are all absent.

Manager Sir Alex Ferguson said: "Ferdinand and O'Shea trained today for the first time. Both are fit and both will play."

The holders are favourites to go through, although Ferguson must end a disappointing sequence of results against Inter boss Jose Mourinho, having won just once in 13 encounters with the former Chelsea and Porto manager.

Inter have defensive problems of their own, with Cristian Chivu, Marco Materazzi and Nicolas Burdisso all definitely out of the tie.

Chivu has a thigh strain, while the other two were both injured during Saturday's 2-0 Serie A win at Genoa.

Italian World Cup winner Materazzi appeared to pull a muscle as he reached for the ball in the centre circle during the first half.

And he was soon joined in the treatment room by Burdisso, with midfielder Esteban Cambiasso forced to fill in at the back.

"For Nicolas Burdisso, tests showed a tear in the right leg and a tear in the medial ligament of the left knee," the club stated, adding that Materazzi had a left leg injury.

Fellow centre-back Walter Samuel has returned to full training and will play.

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  1. COME ON­ INTER,LIVERPOOL,EVERTON,CITY,SUNDERLAND,WIGAN,BOROUGH,&­ amp; HULL,VILLA,

    From big10, on Wed 11 Mar 12:46AM

  2. Those who are calling for Utd's elimination are­ simply expressing their fear of meeting them in the­ last 8. Great games from both Liverpool and Chelsea.­ Hopefully Utd and Arsenal will join them tommorow. from­ Utd fan!

    From kunle, on Tue 10 Mar 11:02PM

  3. Anthony H did you enjoy the Liverpool 4-0 win you­ c.u.n.t ?

    From Nicholas, on Tue 10 Mar 10:58PM
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    Liverpool 2-1 manure
    Liverpool 4-0 Real Madrid
    manure ­ 0-1 Inter
    manure 0-2 Liverpool

    From Nicholas, on Tue 10 Mar 10:57PM

  5. Liverpool 2-1 manure
    Liverpool 4-0 Real Madrid
    manure ­ 0-1 Inter
    manure 0-2 Liverpool

    From Nicholas, on Tue 10 Mar 10:57PM

  6. Liverpool are @#$%................

    From larry66b, on Tue 10 Mar 10:41PM

  7. Liverpool 4-0 Real Madrid
    Come on Inter finish the­ job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Nicholas, on Tue 10 Mar 10:21PM

  8. come on milan stuff old rudolphs has beens

    From ged.07, on Tue 10 Mar 10:14PM

  9. COMMENT 51 no UTD ARE THE BIGGEST CLUB IN THE WORLD­ WILL BE AND ALWAYS WILL BE WHAT TEAM DO YOU FOLLOW @#$%

    From anthony h, on Tue 10 Mar 10:14PM

  10. COME ON UNITED... DEFEAT INTERNAZIONAL THEN BRING ON­ LIVERPOOL AT THE WEEKEND AND SHOW EM WHOS THE BEST!­ UNITEDDDDDDDDD

    From overhand_boxing, on Tue 10 Mar 10:09PM

  11. come on milan stuff old rudolphs has beens

    From ged.07, on Tue 10 Mar 10:07PM

  12. GO RED DEVILS!!!

    From Bali Tenno, on Tue 10 Mar 7:11PM

  13. Oh dear it's gers fan with a disguise, go back­ under your stone yeah, or go and box some shadows­ again.

    From Colonel K, on Tue 10 Mar 6:24PM

  14. Man United are going to edge it, end of story.

    From Colonel K, on Tue 10 Mar 6:22PM

  15. don't knock ronaldo as a diver, try lookin at­ steven gerrard who dives when they are losing or­ drawing a game which he has done on numerous occasions.

    From brian.moore1bl, on Tue 10 Mar 6:16PM
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    MAN UTD ARE @#$% AND ALL THE GLORY HUNTERS THAT­ "SUPPORT" THEM JUST NEED TO REALISE THAT THEY­ R NOT SUPPORTING THEIR TEAM
    HOW COME U HAVE FOLK FROM­ PORTSMOUTH SUPPORTING MAN UTD?? THEY R THE MOST HATED­ TEAM ACROSS THE WORLD BY EVERY OTHER FOOTBALL FAN THATS­ A REAL REAL FOOTBALL FAN NOT A GLORY HUNTIN TEAM

    From deangersfan, on Tue 10 Mar 6:12PM

  17. This will be tough for utd thats for sure man utd will­ go threw, i think this is the best game to watch this­ week

    From Tom M, on Tue 10 Mar 5:35PM

  18. Forza pity's sake Manuel, go and talk about Porto,­ Sporting Lisboa or your own team instead of jibing a­ better team than all Portueguese teams put together.

    From Colonel K, on Tue 10 Mar 5:28PM

  19. igwe g, IS A SAD CASE, HES NEVER FOUND ON ANY FOOTBALL­ PAGE GIVING ANY RELEVANT QUESTION OR COMMENT, HE JUST­ LIKES TO S L A G , UNITED OFF, YOU MUST BE REALLY­ DISTURBED, YOURE JUST ENVIOUS ARNT U REALLY? ITS ABOUT­ TIME U CAME OUT THE CLOSET JUST LIKE U DID WHEN U CAME­ OUT ABOUT BEING GAY, COME OUT. UR THE KIND OF A S S H­ O LE THAT NEVER GOES TO MATCHES , AND YOU JUST FOLLOW­ EVER BODY ELSES STUPID COMMENTS, WHAT A SAD ACT U­ REALLY ARE. AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF WAT KIND OF NAME IS­ IGWE G? CANT U SPELL? ASK YOURE MAM. OH SORRY FORGOT­ SHES WORKING THE STREETS TILL 12, HA HA P L O N K E R ,

    From Taffy G, on Tue 10 Mar 5:15PM

  20. How many games Ferguson won against jose mourinho in­ england??this time history will repeat..and MANCHESTER­ will be k.o. FORZA INTER!!! FORZA.....by latin­ portuguese fan

    From manuel f, on Tue 10 Mar 5:14PM
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