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SHAKE N' HATE: Chelsea boss Benitez says 'I'll offer my hand to Ferguson'

Chelsea boss Rafa Benitez sys he'll welcome Manchester United counterpart Sir Alex Ferguson with a handshake tomorrow night for their FA Cup clash. Benitez will extend the hand of friendship to Ferguson at Stamford Bridge at lunchtime on Easter Monday, even though he was angered that the United manager ignored him when he tried to shake his hand before the thrilling 2-2 draw at Old Trafford 20 days ago.

"The local manager, which I will be in this case, will look for the away manager to shake his hand," said Benitez. "But in the other game, if you look at the DVD with all the images, you can see a photographer was talking with him (Ferguson) and you can see the clip that he did not look at me. So it was not me. I will go anyway and I will try to shake his hand. We will try and do our best and, hopefully, not have a situation like that and we can just talk about football and enjoy the match."

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