Yuvraj Singh, a big Manchester United fan will have one of his dreams fulfilled when he will go to the Portugal-Switzerland Euro 2008 clash at Basel to give away the Man-of-the-Match award. Yuvraj hopes to meet his favourite Red Devil Cristiano Ronaldo who will be playing for his home team Portugal at the tie.
Yuvraj's busy schedule as India cricketer doesn't leave him as much time for following football he claims but he always tries to catch Man U games even when he can't watch other Premiership matches. In fact, even after the nail biting last ball match in which Yuvraj's Kings XI team beat the Mumbai Indians by 1 run at Wankhede, Yuvraj stayed up to watch the Champions League final in which Manchester United beat Chelsea.
Yuvraj is currently with the Indian team in Dhaka where they are playing a tri-series against Bangladesh and Pakistan. He will fly to Basel from Dhaka on 15th after the finals for which India seem to be a shoo-in after their annihilation of Pakistan on Tuesday.
He obviously feels quite honoured to be invited to give away the Man-of-the-Match award at a tournament of the stature of the Euro and will be proud to be an Indian representation among the sporting legends.
Carlsberg, the sponsors of the Euro had initially approached Indian ODI skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, another known football fanatic, but he couldn't commit himself as rains could cause the finals to be played on the 15th, a reserve day.
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