Rooney returns for World Club final

Wayne Rooney returned to the Manchester United starting line-up for their Club World Cup final clash with LDU Quito.

Rooney scored twice in Thursday’s semi-final win over Gamba Osaka, which was enough to earn him a place in attack alongside Carlos Tevez.

Michael Carrick, Park Ji-sung and Rafael were also in Alex Ferguson’s starting line-up, who were looking to become the first English club to win the competition in its current form.

Liga Deportiva : Cevallos, Norberto Araujo, Calle, Campos, Calderon, Reasco, Urrutia, William Araujo, Manso, Luis Bolanos, Bieler.

Subs: Dominguez, Ambrossi, Obregon, Delgado, Eder Vaca, Danny Vaca, Navia, Larrea, Chango, Viteri.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Rafael Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Carrick, Anderson, Park, Tevez, Rooney.

Subs: Kuszczak, Neville, Berbatov, Giggs, Nani, Scholes, Welbeck, O’Shea, Evans, Fletcher, Gibson, Amos.

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)