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By Deepungsu Pandit

Modified Jul 22, 2022 23:51 GMT

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#2 Sir Alex Ferguson reveals his one big regret at Manchester United

Sir Alex recently revealed his biggest regret at Manchester United.

In a recent interview to MUTV, Sir Alex Ferguson revealed his one regret during his career as Manchester United boss.

Manchester United had reached the final of the 2008 UEFA Champions League and were scheduled to play Chelsea in Moscow. And it is one team selection decision that haunts the legendary scot to this day.

"To win the European Cup is fantastic. It was a really great bunch of players with a great attitude about them and a good, strong squad.

"My problem in the 2008 final, maybe I even regret it to this day, was I left Ji-sung Park out completely in the final.

"He'd played such a great role and that's the problem when you get to these finals.

"That's why we try hard at these European seminars with the coaches to try to get 11 subs in the final.

"You've got four or five sitting in the stand who made fantastic contributions in getting there."

The South Korean did go on to feature in both 2009 and 2011 UEFA Champions League finals, but unfortunately, United lost both games.

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