Source: SKY_Sports
Scholes sympathy for Fletcher
Paul Scholes has admitted he can understand how Darren Fletcher must feel after the Scottish midfielder was ruled out of the UEFA Champions League final.[LNB] Fletcher will be suspended for the clash with Barcelona at the end of the month after being shown a red card against Arsenal on Tuesday.[LNB]Scholes suffered the same disappointment in 1999 when, along with Roy Keane, he was banned for the dramatic victory over Bayern Munich.[LNB]And the 34-year-old appreciates the heartbreak his team-mate must have experienced when he was sent off at Emirates Stadium.[LNB]"It's not a nice feeling when you have to sit there and watch the final," Scholes said in The Times.[LNB]"It's the biggest game of your life and everyone wants to be playing, so it's desperately disappointing if you can't."[LNB]United have no right to appeal against the decision to dismiss Fletcher, even though he appeared to win the ball with a good challenge on Cesc Fabregas.[LNB]Scholes added: "If you look at the replays of the incident, you can clearly see he got the ball.[LNB]"Even if he did make the foul, we were 4-0 up on aggregate with 10 minutes to go. It seemed a bit harsh."[LNB]
