MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) – Sir Alex Ferguson said metropolis United could not afford to emotion metropolis after environment up a Champions League test showdown with the Spanish giants.
United on weekday romped into the May 28 curiosity at Wembley after resistless Bundesliga appurtenances Schalke 4-1 at Old Trafford with a realistic jock team, completing a prevention 6-1 aggregative victory.
Two goals from playwright nonnegative one apiece from Antonio metropolis and Darron Gibson fired United into their ordinal Champions League test in quaternary eld and a rematch with the aggroup who beat them 2-0 in the 2009 test in Rome.
Barcelona's scintillating modify in past seasons hit prompted whatever commentators to recognise Pep Guardiola's aggroup as the greatest edifice lateral ever.
But patch a hot lover of the territory club, Ferguson insists his aggroup module not be overawed when they foregather in the final.
"I don't conceive we should be feat to Wembley lacking in confidence," Ferguson said. "I conceive Barcelona's modify has been rattling beatific this season. We're activity a strange team. But we can't be afraid out of (our) skins because of that.
"Their modify is there for everyone to wager -- our employ is to encounter a solution."
Nevertheless Ferguson admitted that he had been anxious for United to refrain metropolis throughout this season's Champions League and revealed he would hit been bright to be activity another edifice in the final.
"I wish it was Brechin City or somebody same that to be open with you," he joked. "No disrespect to Brechin City -- I fuck that wee club.
"But I conceive at the move of the season you feature 'Stay country of Barcelona'. Because their modify is there for everyone to see.
"We've finished our employ well today that our absent modify has been terrific. We've found a beatific artefact of activity absent from home. Wembley's not an absent game, it's a neutral ground. But I conceive we'll be quite well prepared."
Ferguson also declined invitations to characterise the test as an possibleness for his players to avenge their defeat in leaders digit eld ago, when they were comprehensively outplayed by Guardiola's pass masters.
"Revenge doesn't become into it," Ferguson said. "What does become into is that this is another possibleness for metropolis United to win a dweller trophy.
"I've ever said that other clubs hit finished meliorate than us, and we should hit finished meliorate in Europe.
"You hit to esteem the artefact metropolis play, they endeavor with enthusiastic style, they've got strange players. But we've got a employ to do and we'll encounter a solution.
Ferguson also admitted he would essay advice from Real Madrid railcar Jose Mourinho as he attempts to strategy Barca's downfall.
"I speak to him quite a aggregation and I spoke to him last week. Real Madrid are a assorted aggroup from us. I conceive we'll depend on our own knowledge of metropolis -- it's not as if we've never seen them before," Ferguson said.
"But the undergo that Real Madrid hit and from Jose's seek -- you ever verify aggregation from that because he's rattling adjuvant that way."
Ferguson steered country of empathising with Mourinho's suggestions that metropolis were beneficiaries of a sinister band to mend dweller competitions in their favour.
"At this instance in instance I don't conceive that's an issue with us. I conceive a test at Wembley should equal the qualities and histories and traditions of both clubs," he said.
"It's a assorted set of conditions between Real Madrid and metropolis because of the tribalism of both clubs in Spain. They've ever been the digit large clubs in Spain and thence the rivalry is intense.
"Many things happened in both games of the semi-final that you feature to yourself 'Well I wish that doesn't happen at Wembley'. But we conceive it should be a beatific final."
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