Vidic steps up comeback

Paul Pycroft

November 16, 2009

UNITED defender Nemanja Vidic is scheduled to step up his comeback from a calf injury on Wednesday and have another outing for Serbia when they face South Korea.

Vidic came through a 45-minute run-out in the 1-0 victory against Northern Ireland at Windsor Park without any difficulty.

It was his first game in three weeks following a calf injury and came after an agreement between coach Radomir Antic and United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Antic said: "We arranged before the game Vidic would play one half. He will also play in the game on Wednesday."

Vidic's return is a boost for Ferguson ahead of the match against Everton on Saturday as Rio Ferdinand is troubled with a similar problem.

Curiously though, Jonny Evans sat out the second-half in Belfast as well after suffering a calf strain.

He is due to be assessed and manager Nigel Worthington said: "It was only fair to Jonny and United we got him off."

ARSENAL are awaiting news on Dutch striker Robin van Persie who could be out for a lengthy period after suffering an ankle injury in the friendly against Italy in Pescara.

Van Persie suffered suspected ankle ligament damage after 10 minutes in a strong challenge by Giorgio Chiellini.

The Gunners were waiting for news on the 26-year-old Van Persie who was expected to undergo a scan in Holland last night.

Holland coach Bert van Marwijk said: "The first diagnosis is a bad ankle injury."

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Balders!, W3106, Tier2 (16/11/2009 at 15:12)

It's interesting but bits of the game i saw, tosic did very well.!? his touch, balance & movement seemed excellent. Wonder what is happening there, .....the lad looks a footballer !

Sparky, Salford (16/11/2009 at 15:26)

Balders - totally agree on Tosic. I don't buy this lightweight tag. Modric is hardly built like David Haye but he's adapted well to the EPL to name jsut one example.

Monkey tennis?, yes please (16/11/2009 at 16:16)

there's definitely something wrong in the state of serbia when it comes to tosic - he seems more than adept at international level. maybe danny, wilmslow is SAFs online pseudonym and he's just playing with us for a bit of a laugh!

The Trawler, Stockport (16/11/2009 at 16:25)

The Tosic no-show is bordering on farce. The guy is obviously a talent. What's he done? Had an affair with Fergie's Mrs or something? Or bought to make Ljajic feel more at home?

tooth&claw, manchester (16/11/2009 at 16:51)

Balders, I thought he flitted in and out of the game a bit much. He seems like he's happy to be invisible for periods. With his skill I'd expect him to be wanting the ball all of the time. He sometimes parked himself well away from where the action was. Not sure if that's the coach's tactics or Tosic needs a breather or what. His teammates weren't even looking for him at times, even when his position would be the obvious destination. It's something I've seen a lot of with much younger players but he's a full international. It's a little odd. Whatever it is I hope he can get it sorted because when he's on the ball and up for it he's a threat.

danny, WILMSLOW (17/11/2009 at 10:19)

Nani is after a permanent move, the coaching at United is poor and no matter how well you do in training,Fergie always picks his favourites.For example. loaning out Cleverley when he had just proved how good he was strange.
As others have pointed out. He has scored 6 goals in 12 games for Watford also that Kiko and Gibson and others even when they do well never get the chance on a regular basis,because their name is not Fletcher as Souness said Scotland has a very poor team and Fletcher even though is much improved is not much more than a squad player.Players never know where they are to play.Even Rooney at times gets mystified.
Tosic another case plays brilliant for his country can use both feet and Giggs or Park will always gets the call.
I can smell unrest at the moment Vidic is not happy with Rio both keepers are unhappy saying that if I had to keep one of the three it would be Kussak.
I think the final curtain is closing for the likes of Giggs and Fergie.
Why he and some fans keep saying we need new players is rubbish we have the young players he just does not play them.
Now it looks like Bebatov made need surgery along with Evans no wonder Saha had no faith in our medical team.
If I recall Fergie fell out with the man in charge and sacked him.

Balders!, W3106, Tier2 (17/11/2009 at 10:34)

T&C - as i say, i only saw glimpses but it does appear bizarre, esp' given saf's apparent immediate belief in Belliobertan.

He's the man though........well, apart from SDW .... (Sir Dunnee of Wimpslow!).

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