RUSSIA: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - Manchester United and Chelsea's squads arrive in Moscow for the Champions league final

Record ID: 739492

  • Title: RUSSIA: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - Manchester United and Chelsea's squads arrive in Moscow for the Champions league final
  • Date: 20th May 2008
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (MAY 19, 2008) (REUTERS) SECURITY AT AIRPORT PLANE TAXIING POLICE PLANE ARRIVING AT TERMINAL MEDIA TRUCKS
  • Embargoed: 4th June 2008 13:00
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  • Story Text: Manchester United and Chelsea on Monday (May 19) arrived in Moscow ahead of their UEFA Champions League final, the first between two English teams.
    Security was tight as United's plane arrived, with squads of police on duty at the airport.
    United go into Wednesday's match at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow having beaten Chelsea to the Premiership title by two points and will be looking to their dynamic wingers Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs plus England striker Wayne Rooney to prise apart Chelsea's mean defence.
    United manager Alex Ferguson won the trophy in 1999 while Chelsea are aiming to secure the top prize in European Club soccer for the first time.
    They are appearing in their first final, with Israeli coach Avram Grant hoping to get revenge on his United counterpart after the league was decided in United's favour on the last day of the season.
    More than 40,000 fans are expected to arrive in Moscow for European club soccer's showpiece, creating a logistical and policing headache for the Russian authorities.
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