The Statue?

When Manchester United won the European Cup way back in 1968 it featured the so called the 'Holy Trinity' consisting of legends George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton. Denis Law missed the final through injury. 40 years later a statue in memory of these legends was unveiled with Denis Law waving towards the statue of Sir Matt Busby and having George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton on either side also facing Sir Matt Busby. The statue, made out of 3 ton bronze and standing at 9 ft tall, was sculpted by artist Philip Jackson, who also created Sir Matt Busby's statue more than a decade ago.

Picture from: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1051910_holy_trinity_statue_unveiled

40 years on after the glorious victory against Benfica, Sir Alex Ferguson won it with the new Holy Trinity. Cristiano Ronaldo, Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney started against a resurging Chelsea. Similarly, both finals ended draw 1-1 at full time. However in contrast, Best scored 3 minutes into overtime with Brian Kidd adding another a minute later. Few minutes later, Sir Bobby Charlton netted his second of the night in Wembley Stadium, London - while the '08 Trinity had to be dragged to penalties with Chelsea coming close to scoring on number of occasion during extra time.

Many guessed that forty years after the final in Moscow that either Tevez, Rooney, Ronaldo, Van der Sar, Ferdinand or even Scholes will make it as a statue in front of Old Trafford. I guess neither will make the cut as an unsung hero (below) might be unveiled as United's 2008 European Cup Hero.

Picture from: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/05/29/3pm-man-united-s-2008-european-cup-winners-statue-89520-20588017/

"...it really is a tremendous honour, the only tragedy is that George is not here."

- Denis Law at the unveiling of the Holy Trinity Statue