| Imagine that you are a talented football player but | | | | after training for the UEFA champions league fixture |
| struggling to retain your place in the national football | | | | on Sunday. He pointed out that even though these |
| team. You find out there is a football match coming up | | | | things happen to footballers and he was not really |
| where you will be playing and the coach of the national | | | | worried about it, the injury would still keep Owen out |
| football team will be watching you from the stands! | | | | for two to three weeks. He will therefore miss |
| What better opportunity can you ask for? | | | | Manchester United's English Premier League fixtures |
| Well, you cannot ask for a better chance to impress | | | | against Bolton and Sunderland. |
| the coach than that. The Manchester United striker | | | | The most worrying part of the whole Owen episode is |
| Michael Owen had a similar chance the other night | | | | that Owen will be unable to take part in England's |
| against Wolfsburg in Manchester United's champions | | | | World Cup qualifiers against Ukraine and Belarus. Many |
| league fixture. And though it was the best chance to | | | | fear this will mean that Owen might not become a |
| impress the coach,Michael Owen had a disastrous | | | | part of Capello's plans for the World Cup in South |
| time in the field. He was seen limping off the ground in | | | | Africa next summer. |
| front of Fabio Capello, the English National team's | | | | This is not only frustrating for Michael Owen, but also |
| coach. This happened when Owen had been on the | | | | for his fans who thought the striker would find his old |
| field for only 20 minutes. | | | | flair after arriving at Manchester United's Old Trafford |
| Manchester United's coach Alex Fergusan blamed the | | | | Stadium. The future doesn't look good for Michael |
| wet surface for Owen's injury. He also revealed that | | | | Owen. The most frustrating part of this all is that |
| that Michael Owen had suffered a slight groin injury | | | | Michael can only wait and see how his fate is decided. |