Manchester United 0-0 Juventus
Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed he is 'a bit concerned' by Manchester United's on-going injury woes.
Ferguson effectively ruled both Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick out of Sunday's Community Shield meeting with Portsmouth as both are still suffering from the virus they picked up in Nigeria 10 days ago.
In announcing that he would be picking from the same squad at Wembley that he had available against Juventus on Wednesday night, Ferguson knows he will be without 10 senior men against Harry Redknapp's side, none of which could be around for the start of their title defence against Newcastle on August 17.
'It is a bit of a concern,' said Ferguson.
'For Sunday's game, we will be picking from the ones we have available on Wednesday night.'
Given his mounting injury problems, especially up front, Carlos Tevez was the last person Ferguson would have wanted to see go down in a heap, although the Argentina forward was quickly to his feet following Nicola Legrottaglie's forceful challenge.
The Juventus defender did not even receive a ticking off from referee Mark Halsey and was just as fortunate to escape when he seemed to chop Lee Martin down in the penalty area.
England coach and former Juventus boss Fabio Capello was an interested onlooker as Tevez flashed a shot over, Darren Fletcher repeating the feat from a better position moments later, John O'Shea providing the astute lofted pass.
Capello might have been more interested to see Rio Ferdinand, one of the possibles for the England captain's role due to be confirmed ahead of the August 20 showdown with the Czech Republic, bundle over both Mohamed Sissoko and Alessandro del Piero in quick succession.
As a former Liverpool player, Sissoko was booed by the United faithful every time he touched the ball, with Legrottaglie getting the same treatment when he wiped out Tevez once more.
This time Halsey did lecture the Italian, with Ferguson no doubt wincing in the dugout until Tevez got back to his feet.
Alessandro del Piero wasted a clear chance for Juventus midway through the half, fatally pulling the ball back onto his favoured right foot, allowing Patrice Evra and John O'Shea to make the block after Vincenzo Iaquinta had provided the low cross.
Ferdinand was quick to recover his ground after some Del Piero trickery, then it was Sissoko's turn to leave his imprint on Tevez with another tackle from behind.
Skipper Ryan Giggs did not make the most of a free-kick opportunity in a decent position, then Fletcher got a firm header to Wes Brown's cross without being able to test Gianluigi Buffon.
Del Piero would surely have been gifted a penalty if he had gone down under Nemanja Vidic's challenge. Instead, the little maestro kept going to earn a corner that Mauro Camoranesi glanced wide at the near post.
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