OLE AND RIO ARE UP FOR IT

Ferdinand said: "We've been training hard over the last few days and we know how big a game this is for us. It's a natural reaction to want to go out and do better than you did last time, win or lose. It's a European game, different from a Premiership game, but we'll approach it the same way we always do."

"It's good that we have a game coming up so quickly and we have a chance to rectify things from Saturday. It's a massive game for both clubs - Juventus are a great team with tradition and history, just like ourselves. It will be a great game to be involved in."

And on coming up against David Trezeguet he said:

"Trezeguet is a great player,"

"I played against him for England youth against Italy youth. He's the kind of player you'd like to be playing against week in week out."

Meanwhile Ole thinks United will use all their experience in tonight's fixture

"We are more experienced playing in Europe, but obviously we are at the right stage in our careers," Solskjaer told MUTV.

"We have grown, we have matured, we have a few younger players but as a team we have been together for five or six years now.

"In the 1996-97 season Juventus beat us comfortably 1-0, but we have made big strides since then," Ole added.

"There are very few teams in the second stage where you could say 'they are not going to win it'. Juventus are one of the teams we really looked up to five or six years ago, we have learned from them."

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