“We will be playing [in the Europa League] on Thursday, but I don’t think they will then make us play on a Monday, they will make us play on Sunday and probably at 12 o’clock”, Mourinho told The Sun.
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Jose Mourinho suffered his first defeat at his new job as Manchester United were beaten 4-1 by Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund.
“It’s a friendly game, a really friendly game”.
Manchester United arrived safely in Beijing after their plane got “lost” due to bad weather and had to be diverted to Tianjin as it flew to the Chinese capital on Saturday.
Asked if United are capable of challenging for the Premier League this term, De Gea said: “Of course, of course”.
“I’m pretty sure they will be stronger than the last years”. “With this manager and the good players they already had, they will be a good team”. We were always a club – and are still a club – that when teams come to Old Trafford, they know they are going to be up against it and they know they are probably going to lose. More than 200 people have died in flooding in northern provinces surrounding Beijing.
Mourinho was sacked by Chelsea in December after a poor start to the 2015/16 season, with the Blues losing nine of their opening 16 Premier League games as their title defence crumbled.
“We haven’t seen the pitch yet but the information we have is there has been a lot of rain in the last few days so it’s not in good condition”. Somebody who thrives in that free role behind the striker needs to be agile, positionally astute, elusive on the ball, and, most importantly, deadly in their passing accuracy. “We don’t want to expend too much energy in training because of the humidity but we stay here, we play, and then go back to Manchester for two more weeks of preparation before the first official game”. These are no conditions to play a good game of football.
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“The important thing is not when he’s coming back, it’s to be fit and ready to show he can play one week and one week more, that he can play regularly – especially that he can train every day”.
