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Date: Tue Sep 14 1999 03:16:43 GMT
Mail: barry@www.red11.org
This Issue:
1. A complete guide to Champions League Group D
2. Ferguson's Champions League Headache
3. G.NEVILLE OUT FOR TWO MONTHS
4. BRAZIL DRIVES ME NUTS, ADMITS FERGUSON
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Bill's Comment:
Tonight we begin our defense of the European Cup.
There are plenty of injuries, so the lineup is going to
be interesting. Sir Alex will sort it out. GO REDS!
*** To date our unbeaten runs stand currently as:
27 games League
40 games League and Cup
35 games domestic League and Cup
figures by Masterfan Paul Hinson
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99/2000 fixtures/match reports are at
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MANCHESTER UNITED STATS v ALL teams on the Web
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NEXT MATCHES
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** TODAY ** [19:45] Manchester Utd. vs NK Croatia (UEFA Champions League, HOME)
18-SEP-1999 [15:00] Manchester Utd. vs Wimbledon (FA Premier League, HOME)
22-SEP-1999 [19:45] Manchester Utd. vs Sturm Graz (UEFA Champions League, AWAY)
25-SEP-1999 [15:00] Manchester Utd. vs Southampton (FA Premier League, HOME)
29-SEP-1999 [19:45] Manchester Utd. vs Marseilles (UEFA Champions League, HOME)
*** TEAM RESULTS - MANCHESTER UNITED -
UNITED Stats v All teams:
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ALL FIXTURES at: http://www.red11.org/mufc/fix992000.htm
First Team Fixtures 1999/2000
All dates/times subject to change
Dates of possible cup ties also shown
Date Opposition Score Pos. Attend.
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14/09/99 Croatia Zagreb Home EC 19.45
18/09/99 Wimbledon Home PL 15.00
22/09/99 Sturm Graz Away EC 19.45
25/09/99 Southampton Home PL 15.00
29/09/99 Marseille Home EC 19.45
3/10/99 Chelsea Away PL 16.00 "live on sky"
*11/10/99 Sir Alex Ferguson's testimonial OT [Schmeichel + Cantona]
13/10/99 ? WC 3
16/10/99 Watford Home PL 15.00
19/10/99 Marseille Away EC 19.45
23/10/99 Tottenham Hotspur Away PL 15.00
27/10/99 Croatia Zagreb Away EC 19.45
30/10/99 Aston Villa home PL 15.00
2/11/99 Sturm Graz Home EC 19.45
6/11/99 Leicester City Home PL 15.00
20/11/99 Derby County Away PL 15.00
24/11/99 ? EC
27/11/99 Sheffield Wednesday Away PL 15.00
30/11/99 Tokyo Palmeiras WCC 20.00
1/12/99 ? WC 4
4/12/99 Everton Home PL 15.00
8/12/99 ? EC
11/12/99 FAC 3 Will not enter ...
15/12/99 ? WC 5
18/12/99 West Ham United Away PL 15.00
26/12/99 Bradford City Home PL 15.00
28/12/99 Sunderland Away PL 20.00 "live on sky"
3/01/2000 Middlesborough Home PL 20.00
***** 5-14 /01/2000 Brazil WTC ***** [3-4 games]
* 8/01/2000 FAC 4 Will not enter ...
12/01/2000 ? WC sf i
15/01/2000 Leeds United Away PL 15.00
22/01/2000 Arsenal Home PL 15.00
26/01/2000 ? WC sf ii
* 29/01/2000 FAC 5 Will not enter ...
5/02/2000 Coventry City Home PL 15.00
12/02/2000 Newcastle United Away PL 15.00
* 19/02/2000 FAC 6 Will not enter ...
26/02/2000 Wimbledon Away PL 15.00
27/02/2000 ? Wembley WC f
1/03/2000 ? EC
4/03/2000 Liverpool Home PL 15.00
8/03/2000 ? EC
11/03/2000 Derby County Home PL 15.00
15/03/2000 ? EC
18/03/2000 Leicester City Away PL 15.00
22/03/2000 ? EC
25/03/2000 Bradford City Away PL 15.00
1/04/2000 West Ham United Home PL 15.00
5/04/2000 ? EC qf i
8/04/2000 Middlesborough Away PL 15.00
* 9/04/2000 FAC sf Will not enter ...
15/04/2000 Sunderland Home PL 15.00
19/04/2000 ? EC qf ii
22/04/2000 Southampton Away PL 15.00
24/04/2000 Chelsea Home PL 15.00
29/04/2000 West Ham United Away PL 15.00
3/05/2000 ? EC sf i
6/05/2000 Tottenham Hotspur Home PL 15.00
10/05/2000 ? EC sf ii
14/05/2000 Aston Villa Away PL 15.00
* 20/05/2000 Wembley FAC f Will not enter ...
24/05/2000 ? EC f
http://www.red11.org/mufc/match.htm
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THE FANTASTIC TRIPLE WAS WON!!
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Its the presentation of the European Cup at Nou Camp
Video including sound 57secs 1.5 meg
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Subject: A complete guide to Champions League Group D
Tuesday September 14, 1999
How they qualify
The top two clubs from each group progress to the next group
stage, starting November 23, when clubs from the same country
will no longer be kept apart.
Results and goal difference in games between clubs finishing
level on points will determine which goes through. The third
club in each group will go into the draw for the third round of
the Uefa Cup.
Group D
Manchester United (7-2)
Marseille (66-1)
Croatia Zagreb (150-1)
Sturm Graz (250-1)
Marseille look ripe for a shock exit: their revival seems to
have run aground in recent weeks, the Dugarry drug case still
hangs over them and coach Rolland Courbis is under fire. Ossie
Ardiles is also under pressure at ambitious Zagreb but he might
spring a surprise if his team isn't too traumatised tonight at
Old Trafford. Austria's double winners Sturm Graz are rank
outsiders.
Players to watch:
Stéphane Dalmat (Marseille)
Josip Simic (Zagreb)
Prediction:
Group winner Manchester Utd
Runner-up Croatia Zagreb
Fixtures:
Today Man Utd v Zagreb; Marseille v Sturm Graz
Sep 22 Sturm Graz v Man Utd; Zagreb v Marseille
Sep 29 Zagreb v Sturm Graz; Man Utd v Marseille
Oct 19 Sturm Graz v Zagreb; Marseille v Man Utd
Oct 27 Zagreb v Man Utd; Sturm Graz v Marseille
Nov 02 Man Utd v Sturm Graz; Marseille v Zagreb
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Subject: Ferguson's Champions League Headache
Manchester United will be missing an entire team for their
opening Champions League fixture against Croatia Zagreb. Sir
Alex Ferguson has no less than 11 players ruled out of the Group
D clash - including his two latest signings.
Italian goalkeeper Massimo Taibi and French defender Mickael
Silvestre, who made their debuts in the 3-2 win at Anfield, are
unavailable because they were not signed before the Champions
League transfer deadline.
Nicky Butt (groin), Roy Keane (hamstring), Jesper Blomqvist
(knee), Denis Irwin (Achilles), Gary Neville (groin), Wes Brown
(knee), David May (knee) and Ronny Johnsen (knees) have all been
ruled out through injury.
Ferguson admits it will be difficult to choose his side and he
said: "I've a real problem for Tuesday.
"I don't have Silvestre, Denis or Gary Neville, although Phil
Neville should be all right after he came off with a touch of
illness against Liverpool.
"It seems the natural thing to bring Michael Clegg in at right
back because Ronnie Wallwork is not registered.
"We have a problem in midfield and obviously Scholes is OK,
Giggs is OK and Beckham is OK so there's three."
Ferguson is likely to move David Beckham inside to centre
midfield alongside Paul Scholes and deploy Jonathan Greening on
the right.
He also needs another goalkeeper and Mark Bosnich could face the
Croatian champions, who are managed by Ossie Ardiles, after
resuming training following his hamstring injury.
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Subject: G.NEVILLE OUT FOR TWO MONTHS
By David Anderson, PA Sport
Gary Neville faces two months on the sidelines after
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson revealed that he
has torn his abductor muscle.
It is the latest injury blow ahead of United's Champions
League opener against Croatia Zagreb at Old Trafford.
Neville had only just returned from a groin problem when he
sustained the injury playing for England in Poland last week.
Ferguson said: "Gary Neville will be out for two months
now.
"It's a complete tear of his abductor and with that kind of
injury, you're talking about two months."
Ferguson, who has 10 players missing, has had some better
news on the injury front and Denis Irwin has recovered from
his Achilles complaint and will be on the bench for the
Champions League clash at Old Trafford.
Mark Bosnich is also fit following his hamstring injury and is
vying with Raimond van der Gouw for the goalkeeper's
jersey.
Michael Clegg will make his full European debut at full-back,
while Ferguson claims he may opt for a three-man attack
with three in midfield.
New signings Massimo Taibi and Mickael Silvestre are
ineligible for the competition because they were signed after
last week's UEFA deadline.
Whatever team Ferguson fields he will expect them to start
well and he does not want to give Zagreb the sniff of an
upset against the Treble winners.
"Croatia Zagreb have a lot of quality and I think it's
important in that kind of game to get a start," he said.
"No matter what team I play, they've got to get a start."
Meanwhile, Croatia Zagreb coach Ossie Ardiles is feeling
the pressure ahead the match.
The former Tottenham, Newcastle and Swindon manager
only took over the Croatian champions in the summer and
already his future is being questioned despite recording four
wins and three draws.
Such are the demands at Zagreb that they expect to win
every match and club officials reportedly fined Ardiles and
the players after they 'only' drew 1-1 with championship
rivals NK Rijeka last week.
Ardiles admits he had a sleepless night after that game, but
he is trying to forget about the pressure and concentrate on
the Group D match at Old Trafford.
"After we drew the league game against Rijeka last week, I
didn't sleep the whole night because I was afraid for my
position," he said.
"I thought about our mistakes and how to change them.
"We have a great club and it's normal that our supporters
are always expecting us to win.
"We're playing under great pressure and we have not a
God-given right to win.
"Not even Barcelona win all their games and it seems that
since I first came here, every week someone asks me is my
position sure."
Ardiles is willing to put his own neck on the line by claiming
Zagreb should qualify for the second group phase.
Two out of United, Zagreb, Sturm Graz and Marseille will
progress with the third-placed team going into the UEFA
Cup.
Ardiles said: "I expect to qualify and it's a very good group
from our point of view.
"It is wonderful to be involved in a game like this with
Manchester United, who are the champions of Europe, but
the point of the exercise is to get to the next round and I
certainly think we're more than capable of doing that."
Ardiles has also vowed to stick by his attacking principles at
Old Trafford.
"In a way we are in show business and people pay the ticket
prices - and those prices are not cheap - and we must
entertain them," he said.
"I like my teams to entertain, but I also like to win.
"Good results come first and I like my teams to play good
football second.
"We're not coming here to defend for 90 minutes and any
team that comes to Manchester United to do that will lose
anyway.
"We're certainly not going to do that. Of course we're going
to be forced to defend, but we are going to try to push
forward and counter-attack at every possible opportunity."
Robert Prosinecki sat out the 4-0 win over NK Istra at the
weekend because of a muscle strain and the Croatian
international playmaker will have a fitness test.
Croatia Zagreb (probable): Ladic, Juric, Tomas, Tokic,
Biscan, Jurcic, Saric, Mujcin, Cvitanovic, Sokota/Prosinecki,
Simic.
© PA Sporting Life
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Subject: BRAZIL DRIVES ME NUTS, ADMITS FERGUSON
Sir Alex Ferguson fears his dream of retaining the Champions
League could be jeopardised by the World Team Championship in
Brazil.
Manchester United begin the defence of the trophy they won so
dramatically in May against Croatia Zagreb at Old Trafford on
Tuesday, but already Ferguson is thinking about Brazil.
He is worried that playing in the intense South American heat
for two weeks in January will drain his players before they
hopefully resume their European campaign in the spring.
"The Brazil thing worries me and what it's going to be like over
there at that time of the year," he said. "Then we've got to
come back and start off our European campaign again and we are
mindful of the exertions it's going to put on us.
"We don't know what Brazil is going to do to us and I'm only
saying I'm fearful of it because apparently that is the hottest
time of the year for them in January.
"The kick-off times are going to be 4pm because of television.
That would suggest that it's going to be a very hot time to
start playing if you look at the dehydration and all those
things, while the pitches will probably be firm. "We are going
into the unknown and we don't know much about the tournament or
the quality of the other teams."
United have withdrawn from the FA Cup to take part in the
inaugural FIFA tournament and Ferguson's comments may rekindle
the controversy over their participation.
Ferguson feels United's Champions League rivals will benefit
from not being involved and he has singled out Barcelona as
posing the biggest threat.
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