Fergie: Barca are the team to beat

• omgukilledkenny

  11 Feb 09, 01:12

  

  Forget Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal, Sir Alex Ferguson says Barcelona will be Manchester United’s main obstacle in defending the Champions League this season.

  The Catalan giants are currently 12 points clear at the top of La Liga, having lost only one game in the league all season.

  Ferguson, who is currently in Malta to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Manchester United Supporters Club, believes the Pep Guardiola’s side will take some stopping if United are to retain the title the won last summer in Moscow.

  "Barcelona are taking all the headlines this season," Ferguson said.

  "Their performance in the league has been absolutely outstanding.

  "I think Barcelona are going to be the biggest threat if United are going to win the European Cup again this season."

  United face Jose Mourinho’s Inter next up in Europe and Ferguson insists he cannot wait to take on the Italians, if only to sample the wine.

  He added: "When Jose Mourinho came to see our game against Chelsea, he promised me a good bottle of wine, so I'm desperate to get there.

  "The games will surely be difficult. Inter have a very experienced team and they have some South American players who give them a tough mentality."

• limpper

  11 Feb 09, 01:20

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• sg_forum

  11 Feb 09, 09:52

  Think so far...later lose to Inter...SAF does not have a good record against Jose Mourinho...

• dragg

  11 Feb 09, 10:13

  i believe man u can beat inter.

   

• NellyJT

  11 Feb 09, 12:32

  Compared to his previous teams, Mourinho's Inter are quite weak mentally.

  Still it's gonna be 50-50. United is playing more like an Italian team nowadays, score 1 goal and shut shop... Should be the most interesting and intriguing tie of the round... Expect fireworks but at the same time, don't expect a lot of goals...

• -Hibari-

  11 Feb 09, 16:33

  1st tie i think 1-1 2nd tie 0-0 united to go through via away goal

• Chris88110

  11 Feb 09, 17:44

  Originally posted by NellyJT:

  Compared to his previous teams, Mourinho's Inter are quite weak mentally.

  Still it's gonna be 50-50. United is playing more like an Italian team nowadays, score 1 goal and shut shop... Should be the most interesting and intriguing tie of the round... Expect fireworks but at the same time, don't expect a lot of goals...

  
  I believe that once they lose that record of theirs then they're gonna start coming out and scoring more

• Scania N113CRB l0v3r

  11 Feb 09, 18:10

  lolx Liverpool Beat Barca Be4, now see Man Utd lia0

• limpper

  11 Feb 09, 18:40

  but liverpool also lose to benfica before, somehow i think liverpool will lose to RM