Michael Owen's ambition and hopes to compete in the World Cup 2010 vanished. Owen suffers a hamstring injury while strengthening Manchester United in the Carling Cup final against Aston Villa that took place at Wembley Stadium, Sunday (28 / 2).Owen who scored the first goal of the 2-1 Manchester United's victory pulled out of the park a few minutes before halftime for hamstring injury. Initially, Owen injury is suspected ordinary. However, the injury was far worse than anticipated. The plan, Owen will undergo surgery on Monday (8 / 3).
Owen's absence was confirmed by the team manager Sir Alex Ferguson. "It was a serious blow for him (Owen). Injury was more serious than we originally expected" said Ferguson. Thus practically Owen will not be called into Fabio Capello's England national team squad that will fly to South Africa.
Ferguson also hit with the injury. So far Owen has scored nine goals in all competition, including a hat-trick in Champions League against Wolfbsurg and scored a decisive 4-3 victory over Manchester City.
The reason, Manchester United are in need of a full squad since the competition was so tight in the Premier League and Champions League. Owen's injury left Ferguson with only two senior strikers, Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov.
