ITV Spy: Wolfsburg's Misimovic could spell misery for United
The UEFA Champions League returns to ITV this Wednesday night with a true clash of champions: Wolfsburg, who claimed the Bundesliga title last season to book their first entry into the competition, face Manchester United in a mouth-watering tie at Old Trafford.
Sir Alex Ferguson will be under no illusions about how tough this game is going to be.
Wolfsburg may have had a relatively slow start to their domestic title defence, being placed sixth after seven games - but a hat-trick from Brazilian striker Grafite saw off CSKA Moscow on Matchday 1 and the German outfit will arrive at Old Trafford brimming with confidence.
Grafite and Edin Dzeko may grab the headlines with most of the goals for Wolfsburg, but Bosnia-Herzigovina playmaker Zvjezdan Misimovic is a man United will have to watch closely.
Don't be surprised to see United's ballwinner Darren Fletcher deployed to man-mark the scheming Misimovic in an attempt to keep him quiet and cut off the supply lines to the Wolsburg strikers.
Portsmouth fans will have horrible memories of Misimovic: as they crashed out of the UEFA Cup last season against Wolfsburg, Misimovic made James look very silly indeed as he intercepted an attempted pass before slotting the ball into an empty net.
Ben Foster today thanked boss Sir Alex Ferguson for sticking by him after his horror show at Manchester City last weekend - he should stay away from that particular YouTube clip before Wednesday night.
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