Manchester United name Scholes, Cole in for Chelsea

Moscow: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson kept his promise to name Paul Scholes in his team for Wednesday's Champions League final against Chelsea.

Scholes is part of an attacking lineup featuring Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez and Cristiano Ronaldo, while Chelsea included left back Ashley Cole after he recovered from the ankle injury he sustained in training on Tuesday.

Michael Carrick and Owen Hargreaves will start alongside Scholes in midfield ahead of United's first-choice defence of Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Wes Brown and Patrice Evra.

The 33-year-old Scholes started only 22 of United's 38 Premier League matches this season but Ferguson had long said the veteran midfielder would start at Luzhniki Stadium.

The former England international had been suspended for United's 1999 final win over Bayern Munich after getting a yellow card shortly after coming on as a substitute in the semi-finals against Juventus.

Cole recovered from the tackle by Claude Makelele that damaged his ankle, while Michael Essien was named at right back instead of his specialist midfield role.

The move allowed Chelsea manager Avram Grant to field both Michael Ballack and Frank Lampard in midfield ahead of the more defensive Makelele, who won the Champions League in 2002 with Real Madrid.

United goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar has also won the trophy, as have Chelsea substitutes Nicolas Anelka, Andriy Shevchenko and Juliano Belletti, and United sub Ryan Giggs.

Florent Malouda and Joe Cole will support Didier Drogba in Chelsea's attack, while John Terry was named alongside Ricardo Carvalho in central defence after recovering from a partial dislocation of the elbow sustained in Chelsea's final Premier League game of the season.

United edged Chelsea to the Premier League title 10 days ago, but have won just two of their past 14 matches against the Blues.

Teams:

Manchester United: Edwin Van der Sar, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Owen Hargreaves, Michael Carrick, Paul Scholes, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez.

Chelsea: Petr Cech, Michael Essien, Ricardo Carvalho, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Claude Makelele, Frank Lampard, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Joe Cole, Didier Drogba.