Manchester United Have Four Players In L'Equipe Team Of The Year 2008

Four Manchester United players have been named in French newspaper L'Equipe's Team of the Year for 2008.

Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra and Cristiano Ronaldo were all named in the XI by L'Equipe's team of journalists.

L'Équipe (French for "the team") is a French nationwide daily newspaper devoted to sports. The paper is noted for coverage of football, rugby, motorsports and cycling. Its ancestor was L'Auto, a general sports paper, whose name reflected not any narrow interest but the excitement of the time in car racing.

L'Auto originated the Tour De Frnace cycling stage race in 1903 as a circulation booster. The race leader's yellow jersey (maillot jaune) was instituted in 1919, probably to reflect the distinctive yellow newsprint on which L'Auto was published.

The XI are:

Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) - Dani Alves (Barcelona), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United), Patrick Evra (Manchester United) - Xavi (Barcelona), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) - Fernando Torres (Liverpool), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan)

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Arbeloa The Comedian

Alvaro Arbeloa insists Liverpool can still beat Manchester United
without Steven Gerrard or Fernando Torres.

The two best players they have and he thinks his team can take
on Europes best without them !!!

That either makes him extremely stupid and ill informed or just
arrogant and big headed !!

Gerrard is recovering from groin surgery, while striker Torres is
struggling with a hamstring strain.

The funniest bit was when he told the Liverpool web site:

"'Fernando and Stevie are really important for us and they are
probably our best players. But we have a really good squad and
know we have other really good players too. We can still beat
Manchester United without Fernando and Stevie. 'It will be a
hard game for us, but it will also be tough for them. Their
defenders have to play against players like Yossi
Benayoun, Dirk Kuyt and Robbie Keane. We now have
people like Robbie Keane, who is a really good player,

and Albert Riera too.'

Youngsters Steal The Show As Sir Alex Gets One Over On Ferguson Jr.

Posted by nickogs20 on August 5, 2008 For

'United Youth'.

The United side named to face Peterborough

at London Road last night included international

stars and household names Rio Ferdinand, Carlos

Tévez, Nani, Patrice Evra and Wes Brown, and

yet it was a number of players whom the majority

of spectators would have been much less fam-

iliar with that caught the eye and earned the plaudits in the Reds’ 2-0 win.

Darren Ferguson’s Peterborough side arguably shaded the first-half against

his father’s United eleven, striker Aaron McLean in particular giving Ferdin-

and and Brown a real test while the Posh back four held firm against the threat

posed by the ever-lively Tévez. One player in a red shirt did stand out though -

right-back Rafael da Silva. The 18-year old was available for selection for the

first time after being granted international clearance to play, and Sir Alex duly

handed the Brazilian a debut from the start..... More