A 24 Member Team has been announced for the upcoming games

1. Friendly against Slovenia on 5th Sept 2230 IST

2. World Cup qualifier against Croatia 10th Sept  0530 IST

Both of which is going to be held in Wembley Stadium, London

United keeper Ben Foster returns from injury and straight away picked for national duty after brilliant keeping in the second half against Arsenal.

Spurs duo Lennon and Crouch both goal scorers in Birmingham City match also been selected for the upcoming two games.

United Wes Brown who returns after an year long struggle with injuries.

The Entire squad is listed below along with their home kit

All top notch English premier league side enjoy a relatively weaker opponents in group stage. The match days are

GROUP STAGE MATCHES

• Match day 1 15 - 16 September 2009
• Match day 2 29 - 30 September 2009
• Match day 3 20 - 21 October 2009
• Match day 4 03 - 04 November 2009
• Match day 5 24 - 25 November 2009
• Match day 6 08 - 09 December 2009

The top two clubs from the respective group will participate in the knockout round draw to be held on 18th of December.

The club finishing third in each of the group will entertain other teams in UEFA Europa League Round of 32.

FIRST KNOCKOUT ROUND

16 Feb - 17 Mar 2010

QUARTER FINALS TO BE PLAYED ON

30 Mar - 07 Apr 2010

SEMI_FINALS  SCHEDULED ON

20 - 28 April 2010

and THE ULTIMATE SHOW DOWN @  SANTIAGO BERNABEU STADIUM

will be witnessed  on 22 MAY 2010 (0010hrs of 23rd MAY IST)

Have fun and enjoy the season of UCL to be aired on ZEE SPORTS and TEN SPORTS in INDIA.

Guys !!! The gold edition of EA Sports FIFA10 is soon to be launched. I’m eagerly anticipating new cool features in this version of FIFA.

I still remember those days when i was in summer vacation after 10th board exam… for the first time i grabbed an original FIFA 04 copy from my friend rajit. He taught me how to play at that time. Then started my passion for this game and it still runs on my blood. I bet now i can beat you rajit. What ya say!!!!

Then started my quest to excel the virtual game of football and I’m still bubbling with enthu when i get to know that FIFA 10 is coming out soon.

Last year i got myself a copy of that game on 5th October and till date i play that game as often as possible.

FIFA 10 this year has brought few new concepts which they do every year after getting feedback from the community

This release features are

1.Physical Play Freedom

2. 360 Dribbling

3.Skilled Dribbling

Ill soon post a teaser of FIFA 10 before its launch

SOURCE: manutd.com

ANOTHER CHEER FOR UNITED FANS IN INDIA

Bharti Airtel, Asia's leading integrated telecom services provider, today announced a five-year partnership with Manchester United.

This partnership will enable Airtel customers across India, Sri Lanka and the Seychelles will get exclusive access to rich and exclusive United content on their mobile phones.
In addition, Airtel users will get opportunities to participate in training sessions with Manchester United Soccer Schools coaches, to attend matches at Old Trafford and travel into Europe with United to UEFA Champions League games.

The announcement was made at Old Trafford by Sanjay Kapoor, Deputy CEO, Bharti Airtel in the presence of United's David Gill (CEO), Richard Arnold (Director of Commercial), Sir Alex Ferguson and players Darren Fletcher, Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez.
“We are very excited to partner with Manchester United, a powerful global brand with huge following across the world and in India,” said Sanjay Kapoor, Deputy CEO, Bharti Airtel.
“Football is definitely seeing a growing interest amongst the young population in India. Therefore, we are making a pioneering effort to bring to them rich football content on their mobiles, a fantastic opportunity to be part of the world’s leading football club through participation in Soccer Schools, and also an opportunity to watch matches across Europe.”
David Gill said: “Manchester United is delighted to announce the partnership with Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications company and one of Asia’s emerging global brands. This partnership demonstrates the enduring strength of the Club internationally.

Ever Since the defeat to AC Milan in the 2006-07 of champions league season, Manchester United had been an unbeaten side. This dream run still continue as Man Utd. defeated Porto FC at Estadio da Grado breaking the jinx of Porto unbeatable run at home against English Clubs.

The goal by ronaldo proved crucial as it was the lone goal of the away match. Along with the victory Man Utd. draught of clean sheet over the past 6 games got over which was mithered by back to back defeats, after a brilliant run of 14 consecutive clean sheet.

Rooney was seen in his new role as Right Winger giving inch perfect passes and attacking and marking French right fall back Cissokho. Rooney got a scare of injury when he tried to run down with the ball in the edge of the penalty area where he was tackled.

With this air of uncertainity over champions league Semi Final becoming Crystal clear, its now again three english club and one spanish club in the semis much similar as it was in last season the difference being arsenal replacing last year semi-finalist Liverpool.

Results Being

Barcelona Vs Bayern Munichen

Agg: 5 – 1

Arsenal Vs Villareal

Agg: 4 – 1

Chelsea Vs Liverpool

Agg: 7 – 5

Man Utd Vs Porto

Agg: 3 – 2

Thus Semfinals are drawn as

Barcelona Vs Chelsea , Man Utd Vs Arsenal On Apr 28th and 29th

However if you take a look at South American World Cup Qualifiers: likes of Messi scoring just 3 goals of 12 games and Kaka scoring 4 goals of 9 matches Robinho scoring 3 goals of 12 games Ronaldinho scoring just 1 goal of 8 games shows they are not intrested in their national duties and want to play for clubs giving large bucks.