United found themselves in the Europa League after finishing third behind Wolfsburg and PSV Eindhoven in their Champions League group. The Signal Iduna Park-based club are in scintillating form this season, and they are among genuine contenders to win the competition.
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United’s embarrassing exit has cranked up the pressure on the Dutchman and has caused fans to question whether or not the club should relieve him of his duties.
Manchester United have handed supporters a get-out clause should they choose to snub their team’s Europa League campaign.
The victor of the Europa League automatically gets a place in the Champions League next season, so for this reason alone United should be taking the competition very seriously.
Augsburg manager Stefan Reuter reveals that their Europa League last 32 tie with Liverpool was the match that “everybody was dreaming of” at the club.
Prior to the Benham takeover, Midtjylland played Manchester City in the Uefa Cup in 2008-2009, and won 1-0 in Manchester before losing the tie eventually on penalties.
And according to The Sun, Young is surprised that he isn’t a first-team regular.
Thorup said: “Miracles have happened before, and we will probably need one again”.
It was a worrying performance in some respects and I looked at Roberto Firmino’s (right) display and questioned whether he really understood what it meant to play for Liverpool in the Premier League.
“Louis van Gaal needs to win the Premier League this season”, the Uruguayan wrote in his column in the The National.
They eliminated Southampton, where Sparv was once an academy player alongside Theo Walcott, in qualification for the Europa League and came second in their group, won by Napoli.
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Now wouldn’t that be sweet!
