Soccer-We can match Barca's attacking flair - United's rock
By Chris Brereton
MANCHESTER, England, May 25 (Reuters) - Manchester United are capable of matching Barcelona's attacking flair in the Champions League final, according to their defensive rock Nemanja Vidic.
The Premier League champions must shackle prolific Barca strikers Samuel Eto'o, Thierry Henry and Lionel Messi but that does not mean they will adopt a defensive strategy.
"In the Spanish league Barcelona have shown some good football and scored many goals," Vidic told reporters.
"We respect them but we think more about us, how are we going to do and what we are going to do.
"We are not a team that is just going to go there and defend. We want to attack."
The 27-year-old Serb said he was convinced that United have the firepower to cause Barcelona problems through the skill of Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov and Carlos Tevez.
"When we need the goals we score the goals," he said. "A few games we were one or two goals down and won the games.
"We have shown when we need to score the goals our attackers can. Continued...
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