[UCL] Wolfsburg 1-3 Man Utd

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Manchester United's injury crisis is so bad that Sir Alex Ferguson calls up Oliver Gill... son of chief executive David



Manchester United's injury crisis has become so desperate that the son of chief executive David Gill has been called up for tomorrow's clash with Wolfsburg.

United are without eight senior defenders - Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Wes Brown, Gary Neville, Rafael, Fabio, John O’Shea and Jonny Evans - and have been forced to turn to youth for the Champions League match in Germany.

Included in the squad is OIiver Gill, son of David Gill. The defender, described as 'no-nonsense' by the club, has been registered as a last-minute squad member.

UEFA regulations allow additional players who have been at the club for two years or more.

Gill has been with United's academy since the age of 12 and counts Rio Ferdinand as his footballing hero.

'He's the best player in his position in the world and on the few occasions I have been lucky enough to get to talk to him he's been very positive and supportive,' he once said before adding that his relationship with his father will have no bearing on his future in the game.

'Nobody takes any notice of my relationship to my Dad. I've been in the academy for six years and I think most people have simply forgotten. It's just not the way Manchester United do things.'

Young midfielders Cameron Stewart, Matty James, Magnus Eikrem and Oliver Norwood were also on the flight out of Manchester on Monday morning.

Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Dimitar Berbatov and Federico Macheda were all also left behind with one eye on this weekend’s Premier League clash with Aston Villa.

Manchester United squad: Tomasz Kuszczak, Ben Foster, Patrice Evra, Oliver Gill, Gabriel Obertan, Magnus Eikrem, Paul Scholes, Darron Gibson, Antonio Valencia, Michael Carrick, Matty James, Darren Fletcher, Ji-sung Park, Anderson, Cameron Stewart, Nani, Oliver Norwood, Michael Owen, Danny Welbeck

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/

[Mahesa_Jenar]

Anaknya Oom David Gill yah..?? koncoisme nih... Tapi kalau skillnya mumpuni sih no problem. Be professional saja Sir.. Jangan takut karena anak Boss lantas gak berani dibangkucadagkan...

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United defensive woes deepen as Vidic stays home
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MANCHESTER: Manchester United have been left with just one regular defender for Tuesday's Champions League tie with Wolfsburg after Nemanja Vidic failed to recover from flu in time to travel to Germany.

The Serbian centreback was left at home along with Gary Neville and Wes Brown, who both suffered injuries in Saturday's 4-0 win at West Ham, longer-term absentees Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea and Jonny Evans, and Brazilian twins Fabio and Rafael da Silva.

France left-back Patrice Evra is the last first-team defender standing and United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is resigned to fielding a makeshift back four against the German champions.

Michael Carrick is expected to stand in in central defence, as he did after Neville went off on Saturday, and his fellow midfielder Darron Gibson is also able to operate at the back.

Alternatively, Ferguson could gamble on handing a debut to Oliver Gill, the 19-year-old son of United's chief executive David, who is a specialist defender but has made only nine appearances for the reserves this season.

United, who need a point to ensure they finish top of their group, have also opted to travel without Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov and Ryan Giggs while first-choice goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar remains sidelined by injury.

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Manchester United squad for Wolfsburg
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Manchester United take only 19 players to Wolfsburg with the team not only missing eight first-team defenders but Ferguson also choosing to leave behind their key attacking players with one eye on a grueling upcoming league schedule.

Of the defenders, all of Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Wes Brown, Gary Neville, Rafael, Fabio, John O’Shea and Jonny Evans are out with various injuries, although at least two of them should be back for the weekend action. Edwin van der Sar is also out with injury but United have cover in two able goalkeepers.

To make matters worse, Ritchie De Laet is ineligible to play in the competition. The young Belgian defender would surely have been an automatic choice on Tuesday nightbut he wasn’t able to be registered as a last-minute squad member as UEFA regulations stipulate additional players must have been at the club for a period of two years. De Laet signed for the Reds in January 2009.

There were notable absences, too, with Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Dimitar Berbatov and Federico Macheda left behind in Manchester presumably with one eye on this weekend’s league fixture against Aston Villa and Ferguson showing extra caution in the face of an extraordinary injury crisis.

United’s 19-man squad for the game in Wolfsburg

Tomasz Kuszczak, Ben Foster, Patrice Evra, Oliver Gill, Gabriel Obertan, Magnus Eikrem, Paul Scholes, Darron Gibson, Antonio Valencia, Michael Carrick, Matty James, Darren Fletcher, Ji-sung Park, Anderson, Cameron Stewart, Nani, Oliver Norwood, Michael Owen, Danny Welbeck

With 7 players allowed on the subs bench, all but one of these players will be part of the match day squad. Who will miss out?

One thing is for sure – In the absence of Giggs, Rooney and Berbatov and with Carrick and Fletcher set to drop back into defence, if Nani STILL doesn’t get a start in this game, he might as well kill himself.

Potential starting lineup

Kuszczak, Gibson, Carrick, Fletcher, Evra, Welbeck, Obertan, Scholes, Anderson, Park, Owen

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Young squad fly to Germany
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United have flown to Wolfsburg for Tuesday’s Champions League encounter with only two recognised defenders… and only one with previous first-team experience.

Injuries have hit Sir Alex’s squad hard, with eight defenders – Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Wes Brown, Gary Neville, Rafael, Fabio, John O’Shea and Jonny Evans – ruled out of the trip. As a result, Patrice Evra and 19-year-old Oliver Gill (pictured) found themselves among a bevy of midfielders on Monday morning as the squad boarded the flight to Germany.

Michael Carrick is expected to drop into the backline after his impressive centre-half cameo at Upton Park on Saturday, while Darron Gibson has also indicated he'd feel comfortable in a defensive role.

"I've played centre-back before so I would have been all right," he said after the win at West Ham. "We have players who can step into unfamiliar positions and do a good job."

The boss’s selection woes for Tuesday's match in Wolfsburg were compounded by news that Ritchie De Laet is ineligible to play in the competition. The young Belgian defender would surely have been an automatic choice on Tuesday night given the current injury situation. Unlike Gill, however, he wasn’t able to be registered as a last-minute squad member as UEFA regulations stipulate additional players must have been at the club for a period of two years. De Laet signed for the Reds in January 2009.

Oliver Gill, a no-nonsense defender who’s made nine appearances for the Reserves this season, is yet to make his first-team debut but could find himself in the starting XI on Tuesday night. He’s not the only player on the trip yet to taste first-team action: Reserves midfielders Cameron Stewart, Matty James, Magnus Eikrem and Oliver Norwood all boarded the flight to Germany.

There were notable absences, too, with Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Dimitar Berbatov and Federico Macheda left behind in Manchester, presumably with one eye on this weekend’s league fixture against Aston Villa.

United’s 19-man squad for the game in Wolfsburg: Tomasz Kuszczak, Ben Foster, Patrice Evra, Oliver Gill, Gabriel Obertan, Magnus Eikrem, Paul Scholes, Darron Gibson, Antonio Valencia, Michael Carrick, Matty James, Darren Fletcher, Ji-sung Park, Anderson, Cameron Stewart, Nani, Oliver Norwood, Michael Owen, Danny Welbec

[cr7lover]

parah nih roo ama berba juga cedera lagi
tp penasaran jg line up spt apa yg bakal di turunin besok
hope no more injury for us!

[fredrian.seven]

Menarik...
skuad muda vs juara jerman yang pasti akan mati2an untuk menang biar lolos.
evra (173 cm) vs Dzeko (192 cm).

Baik Evra dan carrick sama2 kurang bagus untuk bola atas. padahal duet wolfburg jangkung2 dan jago bola atas. sepertinya MU bakalan pake formasi 4-5-1 lagi nih. Fergie sepertinya sedikit melepas partai ini dan konsentrasi partai lawan Aston Villa akhir pekan ini. De Laet kemana ya? apa disiapkan untuk akhir pekan juga? kok nggak ikut ke dalam pemaen yang berangkat ke jerman.

Pengen banget nonton tapi lagi2 RCTI nggak nayangin langsung. tapi tunda sabtu jam 00.00 WIB. moga MU menang...

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Sir Alex Ferguson tries to make light of Manchester United's defensive crisis

• Oliver Gill, 19, called up in defensive crisis
• Ferguson says coming top of group is not a priority



Sir Alex Ferguson arrived in Germany today accompanied by one fit and established defender and facing the worst injury crisis in all his years at Old Trafford. Thirteen of Manchester United's first-team squad are injured and while several of those players are due to return against Aston Villa on Saturday, Rio Ferdinand is out indefinitely and Ferguson tonight confirmed that Jonny Evans and John O'Shea will not play again this year. United's resources are so stretched that Oliver Gill, the teenage son of the club's chief executive, David Gill, and a rookie centre-half, will be on the bench for the Champions League match against Wolfsburg.

"Wes Brown will be fit for Saturday but Evans and O'Shea will not be back [until] January," said United's manager, before his skeleton squad – of just 19 players – trained at the Volkswagen Arena. "There's no good news when you've got all these players injured. I've got a lot of thinking to do about the team selection."

At least Ferguson has retained a sense of humour. Asked if he was concerned that Patrice Evra would be his only recognised defender, he said: "Well, it's worth trying going with one defender. Manchester United are always first at doing something, so we'll try that one tomorrow. It's easy to organise one person. Seriously, we know we have a difficult task. I need a back four that can unite. And good passing ability is going to be important, considering we don't have natural centre-backs."

Evra, normally a left-back, is likely to partner Michael Carrick in central defence with Darren Fletcher at right-back and, possibly, Ji-Sung Park at left-back. Gill, until recently a pupil at Manchester Grammar School, could play a part.

"Oliver's a young boy," said Ferguson who may also use Oliver Norwood, Cameron Stewart, Matty James and Magnus Eikrem. "He's 19 now but it's his first year as a professional after combining his education with playing for the last two years. He's decided to take the big step and go into full-time professional football – that's brave and we applaud him for it."

Gill has made nine appearances for the reserves this season. "Oliver is starting to develop physically," Ferguson said. "At first he was very rakish and gangly and lacked strength. But he's starting to come together in terms of physique. He's doing very well. Who his father is doesn't concern me. If Oliver's good enough, he plays. I had a son [Darren] who played for me for four or five years and he was treated exactly the same as any other player. It will be the same for Oliver."

Ferguson's assistant, Mike Phelan, has hinted that United are interested in Edin Dzeko, Wolsburg's highly rated Bosnian centre-forward, but the manager was circumspect. "There is nothing happening at this moment in time concerning Dzeko," he said.

United have qualified for the Champions League knockout phase but some fans are concerned they may fail to secure the point that would guarantee first place in Group B. Ferguson, who left Wayne Rooney at home to nurse "a hamstring" and hopes the England striker will be fit to face Villa, when Nemanja Vidic should also return, said: "I'm not sure whether coming first or second in the group really matters. You're going to face strong teams either way, Real Madrid or Barcelona, Inter or AC Milan, they're all quality, all much of a muchness. And I have to look at the bigger picture, the Premier League games we have coming up."

If Villa are understandably a higher priority than a Wolfsburg side still capable of reaching the latter stages, Ferguson will not want to fly home embarrassed. "I'd never heard of Wolfsburg before they won the Bundesliga last year," he said. "But we have a lot of thinking to do because this is a big game for them. And they will be delighted we have so many injuries."

Paul Scholes hinted such complacency could be ill advised. "We have talented players who can play anywhere," said the United midfielder. "And although Wolfsburg have two excellent forwards in Dzeko and Grafite who score a lot of goals, they also concede a lot." Michael Owen, Ferguson's sole fit established forward, will hope to prove him right.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/

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Jelang Wolfsburg vs MU
MU Krisis Lini Belakang
Reky Herling Kalumata - detiksport



London - Manchester United tak diperkuat pemain utamanya di barisan pertahanan saat bertandang ke Jerman. Hanya satu pemain utama saja yang ikut guna menghadapi VfL Wolfsburg, Rabu (9/12/2009).

Nama bek terakhir yang masuk dalam daftar cedera adalah Nemanja Vidic yang masih belum pulih dari sakitnya. Alhasil hanya Patrice Evra saja yang merupakan pemain utama belakang yang ikut dalam 19 pemain Alex Ferguson.

Sementara Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Gary Neville, Rafael, Fabio, John O'Shea dan Jonny Evans semuanya absen karena cedera atau sakit. Tentu saja kondisi ini membuka peluang bagi pemain muda Oliver Gill untuk tampil di laga ini.

Meski demikian, Ferguson menegaskan bahwa Gill dimainkan bukan karena dia adalah anak dari Kepala Eksekutif MU David Gill. "Itu bukan saya. Jika dia cukup baik, dia akan bermain," kata manajer MU ini seperti dilansir Sky.

"Ini dengan nama pertandingan di MU. Saya juga memiliki anak di skuad untuk empat atau lima tahun. Dia diperlakukan sama seperti yang lain dalam skuadnya. Itu juga sama untuk Oliver," tegas Ferguson.

Laga ini memang sudah tak menentukan bagi MU yang telah memastikan lolos ke fase knock out. Sedangkan Wolfsburg berada di posisi kedua di klasemen Grup B dengan tujuh poin sama dengan CSKA Moskow yang akan melawan Besiktas. ( key / a2s )

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Tak ada Perlakuan Istimewa untuk Anak Bos MU



VIVAnews - Ada satu nama istimewa dalam daftar skuad Manchester United untuk melawan Wolfsburg, Selasa 8 Desember 2009. Yaitu nama Olvier Gill yang tak lain putra kandung chief executive Setan Merah, David Gill.

Nama Oliver disertakan karena manajer Sir Alex Ferguson kekurangan pemain belakang yang dihantam badai cedera. Namun embel-embel 'anak bos' tidak akan membuat Oliver diistimewakan.

Fergie -sapaan Ferguson- berjanji tidak akan memperlakukannya berbeda dengan pemain lain.

"Saya sendiri punya putra di dalam skuad selama empat hingga lima tahun. Dan dia diperlakukan sama seperti pemain lain," kata Fergie seperti dilansir Goal.

"Hal itu akan berlaku sama untuk Oliver," tegasnya.

Oliver yang baru berusia 19 tahun memiliki tugas berat. Sebab, dini hari nanti dia jadi pengganti senior-seniornya yang sedang diistirahatkan. Seperti Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans, John O'Shea, Nemanja Vidi?, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, dan Wes Brow.

Beban itu sedikit berkurang karena laga melawan Wolfsburg bukanlah pertandingan menentukan. Setan Merah sudah pasti lolos ke babak 16 besar mewakili Grup B.

Sebaliknya Wolfsburg sebagai tuan rumah hanya memiliki 50 persen peluang untuk mendampingi Setan Merah. Saat ini, Wolfsburg memiliki poin imbang dengan CSKA Moskow yang di saat bersamaan akan menghadapi Besiktas.

"Kami memiliki pertandingan tandang dengan stadium penuh untuk mengalahkan tim B (lapis dua) MU, Apakah ini keuntungan atau tidak, saya tidak bisa bilang," kata pelatih Wolfsburg Armin Veh.