Park Ji Sung Champions League Final 2008
Park ji sung missed out on a place in the united squad for the 2008.
Park ji sung champions league final 2008. South korean midfielder park ji sung established himself as one of the more important players at man utd under sir alex ferguson. Owen hargreaves has revealed how manchester united s players nearly got into a fight with each other on the eve of the 2008 champions league final in which they then went on to beat chelsea. Sir alex ferguson admits leaving out ji sung park from ucl final squad in 2008 was his biggest regret as manager sir alex ferguson spent close to 27 years as man united boss before bowing out in 2013 after winning the club s 20th premier league title. The match was won by barcelona of spain who beat england s manchester united 2 0.
Park ji sung is the latest proud member of manchester united s 200 club having silenced those who claimed he was only bought to sell shirts in the far east. Samuel eto o opened the scoring in the 10th minute and lionel messi. Sport football premier league sir alex ferguson regrets not selecting park ji sung for manchester united s 2008 champions league final despite defeating chelsea on penalties that night. Park ji sung says being left out of manchester united s squad for the 2008 champions league final was his saddest moment at old trafford.
However an injury interrupted season with qpr combined with the club s. Park was an ever present in united s biggest games of the season starting both of the semi final legs against barcelona sir alex ferguson has admitted he still regrets his decision to omit park. The energetic midfielder completed the. He moved to queens park rangers in july 2012 after suffering a reduction in his number of appearances for manchester united the previous season.
In his time at united park won the premier league four times and also won the 2007 08 uefa champions league and the 2008 fifa club world cup. The match determined the winners of the 2008 09 season of the uefa champions league a tournament for the top football clubs in europe.