This loss is squarely on Sir Alex
For some reason as soon as I heard that Park was “promised” a spot in the starting 11 I had a bad feeling about this game. Yes it’s true Park deserved some credit for the way he played and helped us reach this point but picking a team based on loyalty is a sign of weakness. Sir Alex was out matched, out witted by a 38yo manager with a depleted squad.
The starting 11 VDS in Goal, O’Shea, Rio, Vidic and Evra in back ok no suprise there. MAYBE Rafeal in for O’Shea or Neville but O’Shea was the last of our problems on Wednesday.
Center Mids were Andseron, Carrick and Giggs.. This is where the mistakes are friggin OBVIOUS. Giggs and Anderson really? ok I get Fletcher was out with a Red and I’ll even allow Anderson to start but having a slow Giggs in to play Barcelona was a glaring mistake.
Out right Park and out Left Rooney and up top was Ronaldo. Mistake, Mistake, Mistake. Park was out of his league and we could not get the ball to Rooney enough for him to make an impact.
Ronaldo started the match as United lone forward before moving out to the wing, and the Portuguese ace felt ‘everything went wrong’.
"I cannot explain," he told RTP. "We, the players, were not well, the tactics were not good… everything went wrong.
My starting 11.
VDS
O’Shea-Rio-Vidic-Evra
Ronaldo-Carrick-Scholes-Rooney
Tevez-Berby
Sir Alex and the rest of the Manchester United Squad got too cocky and believed what everyone was saying about this great team and were badly humbled by a depleted Barca squad.
