Ronaldo's a Ro-Man emperor
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RON OVER ... Ronaldo celebrates his first goal
ALEX FERGUSON challenged his United heroes to make history in Rome by retaining their Champions League crown.
Two Cristiano Ronaldo stunners booked a place in the final on May 27.
Then Fergie said: “We have the quality, the energy, the drive and the ambition to make history and there’s no doubting our hunger to do it.
“Manchester United should have won this cup more times than we have and now we have another opportunity.”
United will face Chelsea or Barcelona in the final as they bid to become the first team to retain the Champions League crown.
Fergie added: “When the chips are down, these players don’t let me down.
“You also saw that we play under pressure. We weren’t overawed by Arsenal’s aggressive start.
“But we kept playing our football and once we transferred the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo it was a big problem for them.
“This team has only been put together over the last two or three years but tonight you saw a real maturity in our performance.
“Good players will always be judged by the belief they have and tonight there were no individual performances. They were all star men.”
United’s night was marred by the red card shown to Darren Fletcher which means he will miss the final.