Wayne Rooney Happy With UEFA Champions League Draw
Wayne Rooney admits he 'can't wait' for the UEFA Champions League to start again after Manchester United were handed a kind looking draw and the Rooney can't wait for the Champions League to start again following the draw of the group phase.United have reached the final in 3 of the past 4 seasons after beating Chelsea in 2008 were comprehensively outclassed by Barcelona in a 2009 and last term and the draw for the group phase for this season's competition was made on Thursday and United will meet Benfica, Basel and Otelul Galati.
The Red Devils will be expected to comfortably progress to the last 16 and Rooney is eager to get back into European action and i think the draw is a good draw for us tweeted Rooney i cannot wait for the Champions League to start again.
United's 1st game will be away to Benfica on 14th September and defender Rio Ferdinand is expecting a tough test against the Portuguese giants and Ferdinand commented, It's a decent draw and benfica is a tough place to go from past experience of a great history between our clubs of a basel and Galati here we come.
Red Devils striker Michael Owen was also satisfied with the draw and believes winning the 3 games at Old Trafford will be important for the Owen said, Nice looking Champions League draw and winning your home games will be key.
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