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# Manchester United's Ryan Giggs will need all his ruthless single-mindedness
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to weather storm
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## Sir Alex Ferguson will know from the Champions League final penalty shoot-
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out in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium in May 2008 that Ryan Giggs can banish
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distraction from his mind when the spotlight is at its most intense.
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![Manchester United's Ryan Giggs will need all his ruthless single-mindedness
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to weather storm][1]
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Pressure point: Ryan Giggs focus will be tested after being name in injunction
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controversy Photo: AP
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[![Mark Ogden][2]][3]
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By [Mark Ogden][4] 6:10AM BST 24 May 2011
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With **[Manchester United's][6]** ambitions of lifting a third European Cup at
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the mercy of penalty kicks against Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, a stony-faced
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Giggs resisted the pressure by stroking his spot kick into the net in the most
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debilitating of circumstances.
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In a football sense, Giggs dealt with the pressure and blanked out the
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negativity of potential failure in Moscow and now, three years on, the 37
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year-old's focus is under scrutiny again. Yet this time the pressure of
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hitting a ball into the back of the net from 12 yards might resemble a
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training-ground kickabout in comparison to his current predicament.
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As Giggs prepares for United's Champions League final clash against Barcelona
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at Wembley on Saturday, he will do so at the centre of a maelstrom that has
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been hovering over the Welshman like a dark cloud for almost six weeks.
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For much of that time, internet gossip and the nudge-wink nature of the
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football community ensured that the big secret was not really a secret at all.
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Giggs's alleged relationship with Imogen Thomas was the elephant in the room,
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but while the legal battle raged behind the scenes, the man himself continued
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to perform as though untroubled by the legal machinery working away on his
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behalf behind the scenes.
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## Related Articles
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* [Abidal Bara's inspiration][7]
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25 May 2011
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* [Giggs furore puts Ferguson on defensive][8]
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23 May 2011
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* [Ryan Giggs profile: from golden boy to tarnished idol][9]
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23 May 2011
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* [Ryan Giggs in pictures][10]
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23 May 2011
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* [Evra: Ferguson stopped me leaving United][11]
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24 May 2011
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* [David Cameron: the game is up for privacy injunctions][12]
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23 May 2011
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He was not named in Ferguson's squad for the FA Cup semi-final defeat against
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Manchester City at Wembley on April 16, the first game after Thomas's name was
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publicly linked with a leading footballer. However, Giggs still travelled with
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the squad to London and watched from the stands as United lost to their
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neighbours.
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He returned to the team for the Premier League trip to Newcastle three days
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later and has since performed in four of United's seven games since the trip
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to Tyneside.
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It has been business as usual. Off the pitch, Giggs has continued to speak to
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the media about his and United's performances and his demeanour, publicly at
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least, has not deviated from the relaxed, approachable personality he has
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portrayed throughout a career spanning two decades.
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In contrast to Wayne Rooney, whose form deteriorated following revelations
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last September that he slept with prostitutes, Giggs has continued to produce
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key performances for United in decisive fixtures against Chelsea and Blackburn
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earlier this month.
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What happens next is the issue which Ferguson and Giggs must address. How will
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he now perform with his name now firmly in the public domain? Giggs is
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expected to appear publicly for first time tonight since his name was
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reported, when United face Juventus in a testimonial for former captain Gary
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Neville at Old Trafford.
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With Giggs being rested against Blackpool on Sunday, the plan is for all
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players to appear at some stage in final preparation for the showdown with
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Barcelona. It will be a soft re-entry into the public arena for Giggs. In
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front of United supporters at Old Trafford, he can be certain of a supportive
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reception.
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At Wembley, with United supporters likely to heavily outnumber those from
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Barcelona, he will again find himself, in a sense, among friends. Giggs once
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remarked, however, how he relished fixtures at hostile venues such as Elland
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Road and Anfield, where he would be tormented and abused by the home
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supporters.
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Back then, he used the vitriol as a motivating tool and, in Moscow, he
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displayed his ability to be cold and ruthless in the most testing of
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circumstances. He will be expected to show those qualities again, but Ferguson
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and United have seen them countless times before.
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