Firstly i will start with my view, we are still waiting to see if Rio Ferdinand will be fit to play, if not Neville and Silvestre are standing by. After the performance on sunday i am a little bit worried about our defence because no offence to Boro, Roma are a lot better than them and if Boro could cut open our defence then Roma can.
Roma are still without their captain Totti, which is a bonus for us but they still have a good team and the tie isnt over yet.
So the defence isnt quite so strong but when you say the names:- Tevez, Rooney, Ronaldo, Anderson, Hargreaves, Carrick, Nani, Giggs, Park, i can only think of one word- GOALS.
Im not expecting another 7-1 thrashing of Roma which happened at this time last season but i am expecting a good win, maybe 3-1 or even 2-1.
Manchester United
Ferguson:
On Ronaldo getting kicked around: Ronaldo deals with it in the proper way - by getting up and asking for the ball again,"
That's the correct way to handle to whole thing - just go and play. He'll do that every time.
"The referee in the first leg was excellent. He did everything correctly so we had no problems and we hope it's a similar situation again."
"Even though we're 2-0 up, I've got to play a team that can win and get through.
"That's always the intention, so it's difficult to leave Ronaldo out of games with the form he's in.
"He's been outstanding for us all season. There will be one or two changes, but changes we hope are sensible and ones that enable us to get the result we want."
On wishing for thunder and lightening: “When I see the opponents we are going to play, I hope thunder and lightning hits the pitch and they lose 25-0,"
“I always look for disasters happening to our next opponents and look for grains of hope.”
On Complacency: "We never take anything for granted and we look upon this game as our most important of the season so far," he noted. "We will wait until after the game and see where we are. Then we can maybe start to dream."
Roma
Spalletti:
On Ronaldo: "Some of the things said by our club after the heat of the game were perhaps said in the heat of the moment because we had the bitter taste of defeat in our mouths," he told a press conference.
"Sometimes we may say things that we normally would not and that is what happened.
"Cristiano Ronaldo is an excellent player. It is something that he has shown through his game. He is a very exuberant player and a very fair player. He is a very correct player."
On The Game: "If I said what we were going to do to them it might provoke them and could rebound on us.
"But I believe my players are capable of overturning any score and we have seen many times in football that anything can happen."
Panucci:
Roma are Fearless: "For us, the match at Old Trafford is a question of pride," he exclusively told skysports.com.
"After the 7-1 loss last season we are obliged to win. We arrive without fear.
"It is not easy to win in Manchester but for us it is necessary.
"It is clear that 2-0 to United is a bad scoreline, but we are ready to fight from the first minute."
On Totti: "Our problem is in attack. The injury to Totti has arrived at a bad moment for us,"
Doni:
On United: "They are leading 2-0 so maybe that will make them relax too much," he said.
"Perhaps they will be complacent and not have the intensity that they need. That is our hope.
"The biggest chance we have is that United will think they are already through."
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