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The first English domestic silverware is up for grabs this weekend when the Red Devils take on the Lilywhites.

A tight affair can be expected and it will take a little bit of brilliance to unlock the game.

Didier Zokora vs Ryan Giggs

Sir Alex Ferguson will throw in the experienced Giggs to give his youngsters a little stability and direction. It will be up to Zokora to ensure that the Welsh wizard does not have as much time on the ball as he would like. If Giggs is allowed to dictate the pace of the game from the middle, Spurs will be in for a long night.

Jonathan Woodgate vs Carlos Tevez

The hardworking Argentine forward will be a tough customer for Woodgate who must stay vigilant throughout the game. Any lapse in concentration will see Tevez through on goal with only the far from impressive Huerelho Gomes to beat.

The England defender needs to have Tevez infront of him at all times while not staying too close to him.

One quick twist of his body and Tevez’s trickery on the ball will have Woodgate trailing in his wake..

Luka Modric vs Anderson

Anderon has signaled his intention to make the final and if he does so, Modric will be within his patrol.

The Croatian playmaker is starting to get used to the English style of play and his swift passes down the middle will be Tottenham’s most potent attacking option.

The Brazilian midfielder will probably have to man-mark Modric and alter his attacking-minded style of play.

Cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar will be the latest sporting great to be featured at the internationally-renowned Madame Tussauds in London when a new wax figure of the Mumbai-born batsman joins the A-list line up in April.

Tendulkar follows in the famous footsteps of Bollywood greats Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan and will join other cricket legends Brain Lara and Shane Warne to become the very first Indian sports personality to be portrayed, the waxworks museum said in a statement Friday.

The cricketing legend has already had a sitting with the Madame Tussauds studios team who last week travelled to Mumbai to capture a catalogue of reference photographs and hundreds of precise measurements.

The information they collected at the two hour session at the Taj Lands End Hotel will prove invaluable as the sculptors and hair and make up artists get to work on his figure.

“We are delighted to confirm our next Indian superstar is going to be Sachin Tendulkar; his achievements on the cricket pitch are phenomenal and he is one of the biggest names in international sport,” says Liz Edwards, Madame Tussauds PR manager.

“The Bollywood stars we have included over the past ten years have proved enormously popular with Asian guests and film fans from all over the world. We know Sachin will be just as popular for sports fans from home and abroad and are looking forward to introducing the real Sachin to his wax double soon.”

Tendulkar, the Mumbai Indians Captain will be featured in typical celebratory “on the pitch” pose after another century marked in the scorebook.

He will be dressed in his cricket whites which he has donated.

The figure will be created at Madame Tussauds studios in West London at a cost of 150,000 pounds.

The cricket star will join the ranks of sporting greats, including David Beckham, Mohammed Ali, Tiger Woods and Jesse Owens, in Madame Tussauds interactive Sports Zone.

There will also be a cricketing challenge around the introduction of the figure, where guests can test their cricketing skills against the ‘masterblaster’