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Good evening and welcome to our live matchcast of the Champions League Group H clash between Manchester United and CFR Cluj at Old Trafford.

Champions League / Group Stage
Old Trafford / 05.12.2012
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19.40
Tonight represents a chance for some of United's fringe players while for Cluj it could be one of the biggest night's in their history. It promises to be a decent 90 minutes of football and if you stay right here you won't miss a moment of significant action.
19.35
Cluj warmed up for tonight's match with a 1-1 draw at CS Gaz Metan Medias while United won a seven-goal thriller at Reading.
19.30
Elsewhere in Group H, second-placed Galatasaray are hoping to finish the job against bottom-placed Braga. The Portuguese side are playing for pride.
19.20
Meanwhile Cluj boss, Paulo Sergio is hopeful his team can pull off a shock success in Manchester. He said: "Of course, everybody recognises the quality of Manchester United and what they have done over the years, but who knows if it will be our day or not. We know that in football everything is possible, and I'm sure if we played 10 or 15 games here we'd win one; hopefully that'll come here now, but you never know."
19.10
Sir Alex Ferguson insists his team selection has nothing to do with the weekend’s encounter with title rivals Man City. He told his pre-match press conference: "Sunday is five days away but, at this moment in time, it feels like five months. Against Cluj, I’m picking a team without any thought of Manchester City. It’s a matter of who needs a game."
19.05
So what does tonight's match mean? Well, Manchester United have already guaranteed their place as Group H winners. CFR Cluj must better Galatasaray’s result in order to finish second and qualify for the next stage - otherwise they will play in the Europa League.
18.55
No real surprises in the United line-up. The Red Devils are already guaranteed top spot in Group H and face a huge Premier League showdown with neighbours Man City at the weekend. As a result, they have made 10 changes from the side which beat Reading 4-3 at the weekend. Wayne Rooney is the only survivor. Javier Hernandez and Danny Welbeck lead the line. Rui Pedro takes his place in attack for Cluj and has seven goals in his last six games.
18.47
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Confirmed teams – MANCHESTER UNITED: De Gea, Jones, Smalling, Buttner, Wootton, Cleverley, Giggs, Powell, Rooney, Hernandez, Welbeck…Subs: Lindegaard, Rafael, Young, Scholes, Fletcher, Vermijl, Macheda. /// CFR CLUJ: Felgueiras, Pinto, Piccolo, Cadu, Rada, Camora, Muresan, Bastos, Luis Alberto, Pedro, Sougou… Subs: Stancioiu, Sepsi, Maflei, Godemeche, Aguirregaray, Kapetanos, Bjelanovic.