“We know that they are a good team, particularly at home, but we’ll be going out to win and we know what we have do”.
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Brugge is coming off a 2-0 defeat at the weekend to Zulte-Waregem in which they made a number of changes to rest players before the big rematch with the Red Devils. Van Gaal may want to give his side a different attacking dimension ahead of this crucial contest. What on earth are the club playing at?
“It’s a hard ground and it’s not a simple opponent”.
Club Brugge: Injured – Simons, Refelov, Meunier, Castillo; Suspended – Mechele.
David de Gea has been left out of Manchester United’s 18-man squad that flew across to Belgium earlier this morning for the second leg of their Champions League playoff tie against Club Brugge tomorrow.
Manchester United: Injured – Phil Jones.
Brugge are unbeaten in their last 10 European home games (W6 D4), since last losing there in November 2012 versus Bordeaux. They have won only one of their last seven European away fixtures (W1 D3 L3).
Ryan, signed after veteran starter Diego Alves tore a right-knee ligament at the end of last season, performed well in the 3-1 win over Monaco in the first leg and kept a clean sheet in his Spanish league debut on Saturday.
On the second leg of Play off in between Brugge Vs Manchester United will be start up on 27 August 2015.
Van Gaal refused to offer a new contract to De Gea at the start of last season and the player felt insulted and therefore decided to quit Manchester United.
Following a season of uncertainties with his fitness and hence his place in the starting 11, Luke Shaw has shown a great deal of improvement on his first year and is starting to look more like the left-back who was tipped to play for England for the next ten years or so.
Manchester United could look at Hugo Lloris to replace De Gea. On that they was lost by 3-1 goals vs. Manchester United. He is someone that Club Brugge could watch out for and prevent from doing all the damage.
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A draw would be enough to see United qualify for the group stages, and bring with it the financial reward which follows.
