Manchester United were expected to win their UEFA Champions League group with relative ease, but have gotten themselves into a situation where they need a result away to FC Basel on the final day to qualify. Only Benfica is already through, with these two sides fighting for the final place. Basel needs a win to go through, while United only needs a draw.
FC Basel Vs. Manchester United, 2011 UEFA Champions League: Lineups
FC Basel lineup (4-4-1-1): Yann Sommer; Park Joo-Ho, Aleksandar Drgovic, David Angel Abraham, Markus Steinhofer; Fabian Frei, Granit Xhaka, Cabral, Xherdan Shaqiri; Alexander Frei; Marco Streller.
Substitutes: Scott Chipperfield, Massimo Colomba, Radoslav Kovac, Valentin Stocker, Jacques Zoua, Kwang Ryong Pak, Genseric Kusunga.
Manchester United lineup (4-4-1-1): David de Gea; Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Chris Smalling; Nani, Ryan Giggs, Phil Jones, Park Ji-Sung; Ashley Young; Wayne Rooney.
Substitutes: Darren Fletcher, Antonio Valencia, Darron Gibson, Anders Lindegaard, Johnny Evans, Danny Welbeck, Federico Macheda.
Kickoff is at 2:45 pm ET, 7:45 pm GMT and 8:45 pm local time. You can catch the game on FOX Soccer Channel in the USA.
Check out Manchester United blog The Busby Babe for more on the Red Devils. We’ll have coverage of all of the UEFA Champions League matches at SB Nation Soccer.
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