Vidic eyes deadly duo

Nemanja Vidic will not shirk the responsibility of trying to stop Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto'o if he's fit to face the Barcelona duo tonight.

United's Serbian hardman missed training at the Nou Camp on Tuesday evening, fuelling speculation he could also miss the match. He insists the task of tackling Argentina star Messi and Cameroon striker Eto'o is imperative to United's cause.

"Messi is one of the best players in the world," said Vidic.

"He's very good in one-on-one situations. But he's not the only player. Barcelona have many good players. Take Samuel Eto'o - he is an excellent striker.

"My job on Wednesday night is just to do my best to stop them. Hopefully we can prevent them from playing and get the result we need."

Vidic played in the semi-final second leg defeat to Milan last season and the 0-3 scoreline clearly cut deep.

"Last season we were not ourselves in the semi-final," Vidic added. "We were knocked out and we want to fix that.

"We are much better this season and we want to win trophies. Last season we played most of the games with the same squad. In the last few games we had a few injured players and this was the reason why we didn't play well in the semi-final.

"Now we have a stronger squad and we are in a good position physically."

Let's hope that's also true of Nemanja come kick-off at the Nou Camp tonight.