Bridge chosen ahead of Cole

FA Cup/Manchester Utd v Chelsea: Chelsea defender Wayne Bridge has been given the nod ahead of Ashley Cole for this afternoon…

FA Cup/Manchester Utd v Chelsea:Chelsea defender Wayne Bridge has been given the nod ahead of Ashley Cole for this afternoon's FA Cup final against Manchester United at the revamped Wembley Stadium.

The left-back has played second-fiddle to Cole for most of the season but Chelsea boss Jose Mourino has given him the task of marking Cristiano Ronaldo this afternoon.

Cole, who has been fighting an ankle injury all week, does make it to the bench.

Chelsea have been hit with injury problems ahead of the final and  are missing a number of key players including Andriy Shevchenko, Michael Ballack and Ricardo Carvalho.

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The last time Chelsea beat Manchester United in the FA Cup was in 1950 and each time Manchester United have won the Double they have beaten Chelsea in their FA Cup run.

Chelsea:Cech, Ferreira, Bridge, Terry, Essien, Makelele, Mikel, Lampard, Wright-Phillips, Drogba, J Cole.

Manchester United:Van der Sar, Brown, Vidic, Ferdinand, Heinze, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Giggs, Ronaldo, Rooney.