Sir Alex fears the Chelsea supermen

"This is my fourth European final so the one person who shouldn't be nervous is myself."

Survivors of the Munich air tragedy were gathering in Moscow today for the game and Ferguson said: "We're proud of the fact we represent that history of the club and we won't let them down."

Ferguson said he would announce his team to the players tomorrow and would confirm only that centre-half defender Nemanja Vidic was fit and would play.

He added: "I have my team in mind and I'll tell the players tomorrow afternoon. It's not easy but I think it's the right time."

United have only beaten Chelsea twice in the last 14 meetings and Ferguson said: "You've mentioned my record, it's a bad one but I trust my players to do the job."

Ferguson is determined to secure the trophy after admitting United's continental record is a "weakness" for a club of their size.

United have won the competition only twice, a record dwarfed by Real Madrid's nine European Cups and Liverpool's five.

Ferguson said: "There is a weakness in the European trophies we've won and I hope we can go some way to making that better tomorrow night.

"We have had 10 days' good preparation, it has helped staff more than the players, it's a long season and we all feel the strains and stresses of it.

"It's given the players the opportunity to do some serious work on the training field and we're in our best shape for this game."

Ferguson believes he will have a stronger bench available than he did for last season's FA Cup Final where they lost to Chelsea after extra-time.

"With seven substitutes you hope at least three will have an impact," he said.