標題: [新聞] Scholes suspended for first Champions League match [打印本頁] 作者: cchl8 時間: 2008-8-31 05:41 PM 標題: Scholes suspended for first Champions League match
MONACO: Paul Scholes is suspended for Manchester United’s opening Champions League match next month after being sent off in their 2-1 European Super Cup defeat to Zenit St Petersburg here on Friday.
The Red Devils midfielder was given his marching orders by referee Claus Bo Larsen in the final moments of the match following his second yellow card for deliberate handball.
United manager Alex Ferguson said afterwards: “It was a pity Scholes was sent off and he will miss the first Champions League match. It was a bit unfortunate but it happens.”
Scholes will miss the Group E home match against Spaniards Villarreal on Sept 17. Scotland’s Celtic and Aalborg of Denmark are the other teams in the group.
Ferguson added England midfielder Owen Hargreaves, who has been struggling with tendinitis and hasn’t made a first team appearance for United since helping win the Champions League in May, had been doing speed work in training for the last 10 days and had been disappointed he was not able to play in the match.
St Petersburg were the better team on the night in this annual battle between Champions League and UEFA Cup winners
