Ligue Europa, Demi-finale, Match 2
jeudi 11 mai, 15:05
Old Trafford
Driving 1-0 from a week ago's first leg, Manchester United face Celta Vigo in an unequivocal semi-last second leg on Thursday night, offering to achieve the last of the UEFA Europa League in Stockholm.
Jose Mourinho has conceded United's most obvious opportunity with regards to meeting all requirements for the Champions League is by winning the Europa League, after any desires for completing in the Premier League's main four reduced with late outcomes against Swansea City and Arsenal. That has set a considerably more keen concentrate on this semi-last second leg that conveys the signs of a season-characterizing event.
Joined's long noteworthy unbeaten keep running of 25 diversions in the Premier League arrived at an end at the Emirates Stadium in last Sunday's 2-0 overcome against Arsenal. Nonetheless, the Reds will hope to keep up our solid grand slam in Europe, having won every one of the six past Europa League ties at Old Trafford this season.
Mourinho rolled out eight improvements to the beginning XI for Sunday's residential trek to Arsenal, with his mind settled solidly on this vital European tie against Celta. For instance, Paul Pogba, Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailly and Daley Blind did not highlight by any stretch of the imagination, while Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard simply showed up from the seat.
The last game
Celta likewise pivoted intensely at the end of the week, an approach the Spanish club have been executing now for half a month with nothing to play for in La Liga because of sitting in twelfth place. They were beaten 3-0 away to Malaga, enduring their fifth annihilation in six diversions over all rivalries, yet star man Iago Aspas and a few other key players energized their batteries for Old Trafford. The Europa League is likewise their principle center.
Celta Vigo have lost their last four amusements in La Liga, including the last two by a 3-0 scoreline, however Eduardo Berizzo's side, offering to achieve their first-historically speaking European last, brag a strong away record in the mainland rivalry – winning three of their four recreations 2-0 and drawing the other match 1-1.
Joined hold a 1-0 lead from the main leg in Spain on account of Marcus Rashford's magnificent second-half free-kick, which implies Celta must score and without a doubt win the second leg at Old Trafford. They'll be supported by the reality they have scored in every one of the six of their European away matches this season, including a phenomenal 2-0 win at Shakhtar Donetsk in the Round of 32.
Head to Head
Heading into this immensely essential conflict, the Reds hold a restricted preferred standpoint by uprightness of a significant away objective in the tie, as our 19-year-old no.19 Marcus Rashford scored his nineteenth objective of the season with a magnificent free-kick in the second half to give United a merited triumph at the Estadio Balaidos in Vigo.
Manchester United have not endured overcome in the last 17 European matches at the Theater of Dreams, extending back to a 2-1 turn around at home to Real Madrid in the Champions League in 2012/13 – when Madrid were overseen by current Manchester United supervisor Jose Mourinho.
Man United will be up against a Celta Vigo side who have lost their last four amusements against English rivals, including a week ago's first leg, however have won more matches (three) than they have lost (two) in England.
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