Champions League - Rio: I'll be fit for Rome

Eurosport - Thu, 21 May 16:56:00 2009

Rio Ferdinand has insisted he will be fit for Manchester United's Champions League final with Barcelona in Rome next Wednesday.

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Sir Alex Ferguson cast doubt on the defender's likely availability when he said Ferdinand would need to play at Hull on Sunday to stand any chance of being handed a starting slot against Barca.

However, the 30-year-old does not see an outing at the KC Stadium as essential to producing a top performance at the Stadio Olimpico, and said: "I've not thought about not playing in the final. It's as simple as that, no chance."

He added: "I trained with the ball today (Wednesday) and did some running, so I'm doing all the movements I need to be doing before a game.

"This has been perhaps the hardest and most important injury battle of my career. There is so much at stake.

"I haven't even thought much about the actual details of the final.

"I've been so engrossed in my injury that I haven't thought about much else. I'll start thinking about the actual match when I'm sitting on the plane to Rome."

He added: "You'll have to ask the manager if I'm playing, but physically I'd be able to do it, no problem."

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  1. who is the referee.?

    From micheleCosta, on Sun 24 May 1:36PM

  2. who is the ref?

    From micheleCosta, on Sun 24 May 1:34PM

  3. SEE U IN ROME
    AND LETS THE FOOT DO THE TALKING ­ ­ IF U WANA­ KNOW WHO BRING THE TROPHY HOME
    IT'S STILL THE­ DEFENDING CHAMPION "THE KING"

    GLORY GLORY­ MANCHESTER UNITED!!!

    From elmarciano, on Sat 23 May 3:37PM

  4. BARCA....THE BEST OF THE BEST....HAHAHAHAHA...I­ DON'T THINK SOOO...ANYWAY,LETS THE FOOT DO THE­ TALKING IN ROME....NO GUTS NO GLORY!!! HAVE GUTS WILL­ TRAVEL!!! GLORY GLORY MANCHESTER UNITED!!! ORALLE!!!

    From elmarciano, on Sat 23 May 3:25PM

  5. Hey Barca_nr_1 you are The BEST OOOOOOFFFFFFFFFFFFFF­ THE­ BESTEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

    From Egzon B, on Fri 22 May 10:08PM

  6. dont let us down rio kick there arses mate cmon united­ viva ronaldo your getting hammered barca

    From DAZGGMU-RED-LEGEND-OF-YAHOO, on Fri 22 May 9:05PM

  7. barca_nr_1
    I think you are scared my friend. You know­ fully well that an English team like Manchester will­ squeeze Barca out of the game and close them in.­ Manchester will bully them off the park.
    It's easy­ to sit there and go on about how Barca play such­ wonderful football and score so many goals, but­ let's face it pal, La Liga is a s**t league at the­ moment and ANY of the top 4 English teams could have­ won it this season. Your closest Spanish rivals this­ year were Real Madrid, and they got smashed 5-0 (agg)­ by Liverpool.
    Barcelona want to be able to play their­ football and score wonderful 'team' goals and­ thats why they hate English clubs, because English­ teams bully Barca and dont let them play. If Messi came­ up against the bullish, top English defences every­ week, he wouldn't score half the goals he gets in­ Barca'a 'one team league'.
    Now, I'm­ chuffed that Chelsea got knocked out, even though they­ dealt with Barca quite comfortably over both legs,­ because I think Chelsea would have beaten Manchester in­ the final - whereas I quite fancy Manchester to beat­ Barca.
    Watch out for Ronaldo barca_nr_1 - be scared,­ be VERY scared!

    From oabdulgani, on Fri 22 May 4:22PM

  8. RIO...YOU BETTER BE.... OTHERWISE................

    BEL­ pa zed

    From Brian, on Fri 22 May 4:17PM

  9. Typical Man Ure crappy pointless we know you are liars­ bs mind games to make out a player is so injured he­ almost won't play, but then he most certainly will­ play. Rio is @#$% anyhow and over rated and over priced­ when they bought him. If he is so good and world class­ then how come he could not stop the England defence­ from conceding goals and help them win the last world­ cup?
    Big ego, chip on the shoulder, and a­ junkie....waste of time and money and a @#$% hair cut­ too to top it all.
    Alcoholic Al is the biggest liar in­ English football.....red face @#$%!!!
    Hope they­ lose...I am not bitter by the way and I don't hate­ Man Ure just hate liars.
    Hehehe

    From Diehard Italian Fan, on Fri 22 May 11:33AM

  10. shame its man u bore me to death must be something good­ on the other side murder she wrote or dads army lmao

    From simmo, on Fri 22 May 8:06AM

  11. United is the Master 4 all club. United we­ stand!!!!!!!!!

    4rm
    Akala Baba

    From Kunle, on Fri 22 May 4:41AM

  12. Man u you the king Fire on Up Man­ U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    4rm
    Ibadan,Nigeria
    Akala Baba

    From Kunle, on Fri 22 May 4:27AM

  13. BARCA_NR_1 you're the best:)

    From Egzon B, on Thu 21 May 6:05PM

  14. Of course MU will need Rio as their designated driver­ to properly "park the bus " in the correct­ penalty area in both halves of the match against Barça­ next wednesday !!

    From Tim, on Thu 21 May 5:12PM

  15. 8.We will see in may 27, because all you english­ sousages­ do is talk and talk. If manSHITster was so­ great, why­ don't they just play normal game, but­ they have to­ have 10 men defense. If english defense­ were so good,­ why did chelsea have 10 men defense­ agains Barca, and­ why did manSHItster have a 10 men­ defense against Barca­ last season, because they are­ bitchessssss, they are­ fuxking scared like a­ bitchhhhh. So fuxk off and quit­ talking you­ manSHITster putas

    From barca_nr_1, on Thu 21 May 4:45PM

  16. @#$% off barca_nr_2 - and Barca IS no. 2 - no. 2­ against United and no.2 in a 'potty' way too!­ jhehe

    From pegez, on Thu 21 May 4:41PM

  17. barca-nr-1 if you think your team are so superior we­ will see on the 27th when we hammer you and make you­ eat your words man for man we are more than a match for­ you and rio and vidic will put your strikers in there­ pocket ronaldo rooney and tevez will run rings round­ your garbage defence and our midfield will handle your­ nimble little pretty boys with no trouble so on may­ 27th you wont be celebrating it will be united ha ha ha­ ha ha barca the most over-hyped team ever we will­ hammer you

    From DAZGGMU-RED-LEGEND-OF-YAHOO, on Thu 21 May 4:06PM

  18. How do you compare the talent of Barcelona to­ manSHITster. Who is better Eto'o or Berbatov,­ Eto'o better. Henry or Rooney, Henry better.­ Iniesta or Teves, Iniesta better. Messi or Ronaldo,­ Messi way better. Xavi or Schole, Xavi billion times­ better. Toure or Carrick, Toure billion times better.­ Alves or O'shea, This is a joke, Alves trillion­ times better. Puyol or Rio, Puyol Better. Pique or­ Vidic, equal, maybe vibitch is a little better, but­ Pique is younger, and when he gets to Vibitch's­ age, Pique will be better. Abidal or Evra, Evra better.­ Valdes or Van der sar, I say Valdes because he is­ younger and could gain more experience, Van der sar is­ like 40 and suxks now. So for any of you fuxk heads­ manSHITster fans, don't compare the talent of Barca­ to manSHITster, because manSHITster does not come­ close. Barca will still destroy manSHITster even with a­ weak defense, without Milito, Marquez, Alves, Abidal,­ because we have our Trio Messi, Henry, Eto'o who­ will rip that manSHITster appart. Don't be­ suprised, those three have scored more goals that the­ whole manSHITster squad. Plus there is Iniesta, who­ could end the game at any time like he did to chelsea.­ So for you manSHITster fans go fuxk yourself, and come­ up with better excuses, because no matter what, Barca­ will destroy you, 4-1 for Barcelona. Visca Barcelona,­ Visca Catalunya, Mes Que Un Club!!!!!!!

    From barca_nr_1, on Thu 21 May 3:43PM
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    How do you compare the talent of Barcelona to­ manSHITster. Who is better Eto'o or Berbatov,­ Eto'o better. Henry or Rooney, Henry better.­ Iniesta or Teves, Iniesta better. Messi or Ronaldo,­ Messi way better. Xavi or Schole, Xavi billion times­ better. Toure or Carrick, Toure billion times better.­ Alves or O'shea, This is a joke, Alves trillion­ times better. Puyol or Rio, Puyol Better. Pique or­ Vidic, equal, maybe vibitch is a little better, but­ Pique is younger, and when he gets to Vibitch's­ age, Pique will be better. Abidal or Evra, Evra better.­ Valdes or Van der sar, I say Valdes because he is­ younger and could gain more experience, Van der sar is­ like 40 and suxks now. So for any of you fuxk heads­ manSHITster fans, don't compare the talent of Barca­ to manSHITster, because manSHITster does not come­ close. Barca will still destroy manSHITster even with a­ weak defense, without Milito, Marquez, Alves, Abidal,­ because we have our Trio Messi, Henry, Eto'o who­ will rip that manSHITster appart. Don't be­ suprised, those three have scored more goals that the­ whole manSHITster squad. Plus there is Iniesta, who­ could end the game at any time like he did to chelsea.­ So for you manSHITster fans go fuxk yourself, and come­ up with better excuses, because no matter what, Barca­ will destroy you, 4-1 for Barcelona. Visca Barcelona,­ Visca Catalunya, Mes Que Un Club!!!!!!!

    From barca_nr_1, on Thu 21 May 3:40PM
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    He can be crippled for life and I'd still have a­ banter and drink. Sod off, aye?

    From Erskine Sam, on Thu 21 May 3:24PM
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