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Louis Saha and Darren Fletcher were the surprise members of the United party that travelled to Italy.

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Shock inclusion: French striker Louis Saha

The duo, who have been missing for five weeks with hamstring and ankle injuries respectively, were expected to play for the reserves at Blackburn on Thursday.

Instead, Sir Alex Ferguson called them into a 19-man party as the Red Devils looked to reach the semi-finals for the first time since 2002.

Gary Neville (ankle), Mikael Silvestre (shoulder), and Nemanja Vidic (collarbone) were all previously ruled out.

Team (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Heaton, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Heinze, Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick, Fletcher, Eagles, Giggs, Richardson, Rooney, Saha, Solskjaer, Smith, Dong.

Meanwhile United will face holders Liverpool in the FA Youth Cup final after an epic comeback win against Arsenal.

The United youngsters looked out at 2-0 down on aggregate but fought back and claimed a winner deep into extra time through 16-year-old Danny Welbeck.

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Arsenal players can't hide their emotions after their defeat

After a goalless first period, Steve Bould's Arsenal youngsters took just a couple of minutes of the second half to seemingly seal their place in the final.

The ball broke to Rene Steer on the left who fired across goal to the far post from where the ball was knocked back in for 17-year-old Kieran Gibbs - scorer of the only goal in the first leg - to tap home.

Chris Fagan gave United hope when he tapped home after a free-kick scramble in the 73rd minute and Antonio Bryan ensured extra time when he slammed home three minutes into injury time.

Substitute Rhys Murphy clipped home in the last minute of the first extra period to restore the Gunners' lead but again United replied through Febian Brandy (108) and Welbeck (114).