Champions League final will be a night to remember: Ferguson

Sir Alex Ferguson is putting fate to one side and instead trusting the players of Manchester United and Barcelona to put on a show to remember in Rome tonight.

Sir Alex Ferguson is putting fate to one side and instead trusting the players of Manchester United and Barcelona to put on a show to remember in Rome tonight.

Ferguson's two previous Champions League wins have come attached with a heavy dose of nostalgia given that miraculous comeback in the Nou Camp in 1999 came on what would have been Sir Matt Busby's 90th birthday.

Battle of the best: Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo and his Barcelona counterpart Thierry Henry train at the Olympic Stadium in Roma yesterday, the eve of the UEFA Champions League final.

Last season in Moscow, United produced the most fitting tribute to the 50th anniversary of the air crash at Munich by lifting European football's biggest club prize once more.

And Ferguson is ready to let his players do the work themselves, knowing if the powerhouses of England and Spain fulfill their immense potential, it could be an all-time classic.

"You had a feeling that night in Barcelona and obviously there was fate attached to last year as well," said the United boss. "That happens.
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But I think this type of game might be beyond fate.

"It has the capability to be a fantastic final."

Merely by electing to wear white shirts, Ferguson had to answer comparisons with the last team to face Barcelona facing such a colour, Real Madrid, who were beaten 6-2.

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