Another weekend another massive match for Manchester United
vs. Chelsea. United are coming off a
recent victory over Stoke City that brought them level on points with
Manchester City for first place. United
were missing a lot of first team regulars through injury but still dominated
the game. Sir Alex Ferguson is hopeful
that he will have Wayne Rooney and Nani back for this tough challenge. A trip to Stamford Bridge is always a
challenge and United need all the experience they can get. Paul Scholes who has just recently retuned
for United from retirement has been firing on all cylinders. I’m expecting a dominant performance from
Scholes to control possession and spring attacks with his long cross-field
passes. Chelsea are without Ramires in
the middle which is a huge loss and Frank Lampard has had a below par
season. Chelsea don’t have any one in
the middle of the field to match the in form duo of Scholes and Carrick. Scholes will look to find winger Antonio
Valencia at every moment. Valencia is in superb form and is arguably the best
player in the Premier League at the moment.
His blistering pace has been causing defenders extreme problems and
leading to a lot of goals for United.
Chelsea were dealt another blow when their best defender Ashley Cole received
a red card in their last game and will now be without him for United. Cole was Chelsea’s best hope to subdue
Valencia but with him unable to play I see no way of Chelsea stopping him
unless they pull a Nancy Kerrigan and attack him before the match. United do have a serious problem in the
goaltending department. The number one
goalie Anders Lindegaard is sidelined for a couple of weeks due to an ankle
injury and backup youngster David De Gea is also hurt. Ferguson will be hoping that De Gea will be
fit to play unless he will have to throw the untested Ben Amos in goal. Amos has a lot of promise but has never
played in a game of this magnitude. This
is a huge game for both teams , United fighting for the championship and
Chelsea fighting for a Champions League spot.
This will be a hard fought contest but I see United coming out on top
2-1.
I'll admit right off the bat that I know next to nothing about soccer other than the fact that we seem to be the only country that hasn't caught the fever. This makes your blog very interesting and informative to read. The amount of detail that you put into the descriptions and the knowledge that you appear to have is very impressive. As a suggestion though for us who are less knowledgable maybe you could include a brief career profile of that match's star player for the team so we can get to know it better? Just a suggestion!
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