Giuly looks to banish the memories of 2004

BARCELONA winger Ludovic Giuly is hoping that a week which began in disappointment will end tomorrow night in Paris with vengeance for the worst football memory in his career.

The disappointment was Giuly’s surprise omission from France’s World Cup squad on Sunday, pipped to a place in Germany by Marseille’s uncapped bad-boy Franck Ribery.

The vengeance part has been festering for a while. Giuly was the captain and inspiration for Monaco when they reached the 2004 Champions League final. But it could not have gone worse for him. He missed a chance to score in the first 10 minutes, then hobbled off with a groin injury inside 20 minutes. Porto went on to win the game 3-0.