Sneijder is tireless, but Mou's thinking Vieira.
The Dutchman played for his national team, but against Parma he could make room for the Frenchman. Balotelli expected to take Milito's space.
The technician can begin to prepare for Parma tomorrow, when all fifteen players return to Pinetina after the commitments with their national teams. The risk is high for the game, not only for those players that played (will be able to dispose of accumulated fatigue?) but also psychologically as well since some of the players will be thinking about the Champions League. Mourinho is understandably tense. Depended on him would make only a couple of rotations. No more. This will not have a negative affect on the South Americans. In this context, he should replace Milito (was not at his best when he's left) with Balotelli and Sneijder with a fresher Vieira, with Muntari as the trequartista and Stankovic. The fact that Lucio missed because of suspension for Brazil and therefore returned yesterday (with Balotelli) and was greeted with relief by Mou.