LOUIS Saha and Darren Fletcher were the surprise members of the Manchester United party that travelled to Italy for Wednesday's Champion League quarter-final first leg against Roma.
The duo, who have been missing for five weeks with hamstring and ankle injuries respectively, were expected to play for the reserves at Blackburn on Thursday. Instead, Sir Alex Ferguson called them into a 19-man party as the Red Devils looked to reach the semi-finals for the first time since 2002.
South Korea midfielder Park Ji-Sung was the only unexpected absentee and he is out with a knee injury. Gary Neville (ankle), Mikael Silvestre (shoulder), and Nemanja Vidic (collarbone) were all ruled out.
Roma are missing Max Tonnetto (injured) and David Pizarro (suspended).
They will probably employ a 4-2-3-1 formation and are strong through the middle, with Phillipe Mexes and Christian Chivu solid in defence.
All eyes will be on Francesco Totti, but Amantino Mancini is a lively customer and Daniele De Rossi an efffective midfielder.
AS Roma (from): Doni, Cassetti, Mexes, Chivu, Panucci, De Rossi, Perrotta, Wilhelmsson, Taddei, Mancini, Totti, Curci, Faty, Defendi, Ferrari, Vucinic, Rosi
Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Heaton, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Heinze, Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick, Fletcher, Eagles, Giggs, Richardson, Rooney, Saha, Solskjaer, Smith, Dong.
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