And the two combined for England's second when Cole's cross from the left was stepped over by Michael Owen and Rooney struck the ball into the bottom corner via a deflection.
In one magical moment, all three of Vidic, Michael Carrick and Rooney were foiled in an attempt to take the ball away from Messi, with the Argentine eventually forcing a foul.
However with European medallists Michael Bingham and Martyn Rooney declaring themselves unavailable for Delhi, Buck was called into the squad.
New signing Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs were among a 22-man squad that flew out from Manchester to Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
United recovered from going behind to James Milner's resulting penalty to win 2-1, courtesy of a first-half Michael Owen strike and Wayne Rooney's 74th-minute header.
British 800m champion Michael Rimmer, 400m man Martin Rooney and Andy Baddeley over 1500m also have outside shots of gold, while sprint hurdlers Andy Turner and Will Sharman are two of the four men separated at the top of the European rankings by just five hundredths of a second.
The Swede is expected to pick his first-choice strike partnership of Liverpool's Michael Owen and Everton's Wayne Rooney with Emile Heskey and Alan Smith on the bench.
United wasted a glorious chance when Michael Carrick hooked over the Villa defence for Rooney, who found himself clean through but fired horribly high and wide from close range.
Rooney rounded off a fine move involving Michael Carrick and Ryan Giggs after 24 minutes to put United in the ascendancy as they battle with Chelsea to face Inter Milan or Schalke 04 in the semi-final.
In addition to the defensive problems -- first-choice goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar is also missing -- Ferguson has taken the option of leaving strikers Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov at home, meaning Michael Owen and Danny Welbeck are the only forwards in his 19-man squad.
The Wildcats crossed early on through Jamie Rooney but tries from Danny Orr, Matt Gafa, Michael Worrincy and Rikki Sheriffe gave Harlequins a 20-6 lead.
United started the match with manager Alex Ferguson in the director's box as he began his two-match touchline ban, but the visitors went ahead on the 25th minute despite the pouring rain as Rooney netted a penalty after being clumsily challenged from behind by Michael Brown.
Michael Owen met Micah Richards' punt forward with a prodigious leap, and Rooney was lurking to chest down and lash a brilliant volley high past Russia keeper Vladimir Gabulov.
Michael Carrick was absolutely magnificent playing in front of the back four - but Wayne Rooney was the story.
Rooney started the game on the bench but got an early call when Michael Owen was forced off with a hamstring injury.
Rooney entered the action just before half-time to replace the injured Michael Owen and enabled Sir Alex Ferguson's side to come from behind and retain the trophy.
Rooney put the visitors ahead from the spot after he was brought down by Michael Brown only for Kevin-Prince Boateng's penalty to haul Pompey level.
It was United who started more impressively after the break as Michael Carrick headed Ryan Giggs' corner across the face of the goal and wide, while Rooney forced Gomes into a fine fingertip save to turn away his low drive from 20 yards.
Alex Ferguson brought on Michael Carrick for Dimitar Berbatov to shore up his midfield, and the substitute duly set up Wayne Rooney -- whose shot was pushed onto the woodwork by goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini.
After United's 2-1 win over Aston Villa, manager Sir Alex Ferguson revealed he knew weeks ago that Rooney would not be starting the Wembley showpiece, having decided to pair Dimitar Berbatov and Michael Owen in attack.
Wayne Rooney got the ball rolling with a clipped finish from Rafael da Silva's cross, before Michael Carrick swept in.
United brought on Michael Owen for Ryan Giggs at the start of the second half, a bid to address the problem of Rooney's isolation up front.
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