31.   The challengers finish their round on Wednesday while the defenders have three more days to go.

32.   The defender has all four Inter goals this season.

33.   The former Inter Milan defender has a year to run on his contract with Piacenza.

34.   The front line was so badly cut off from the team that the defenders had the most threatening chances during play.

35.   The veteran defender has a knee injury and did not make the trip to Old Trafford.

36.   He said surrounding villages were in flames and that the Bosnian defenders had little light artillery and even less heavy artillery.

37.   However, the Roma defender had not impressed coach Carlos Alberto Parreira in training.

38.   Celtic defender Mjallby has a problem with a shoulder which has required cortisone injections but the injury is not regarded as sufficiently serious to stop him playing.

39.   Defenders no longer have to have a foot on the ground to make a mark.

40.   Experienced defender Aizlewood has a calf injury, Goss a back problem while Symons has sciatic nerve troubles.