Date - Thursday, May 04 2017
Kickoff Time - 2005 Hrs BST
Venue - Estadio Municipal de Balaídos, Vigo
Europa League form guide
Manchester United: WDWDW
Celta Vigo: WWWWD
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Pre-Match Pressers
José Mourinho
Eduardo Berizzo
"This is the game all Celta fans want to see."
"We hope first of all that the statistics (United having won just twice in Spain) stay as they are, just two wins away from England."
"My players have matured at incredible speed and tomorrow they will be very sure of themselves."
"How do you beat Manchester United? Be faithful to who we are. The team has a clear identity and they believe in it. Lot of possession and pressure. We recover the ball quickly. We have to be faithful to who we are facing such a great team as Manchester United."
"I thank the players for their attitude and commitment. The squad have really believed and that has translated into results."
"There will be times when we control the ball and times when we defend. United changes according to who they play against and we have to be ready for that."
"United know what they are doing. They know how to manage the pace and when to attack. We want to get a result that gives us a chance of winning through to the final and that is about playing how we play. We hope we will win with conviction, identity and heart."
"I was a witness of Marcelo Bielsa's match with Athletic Bilbao against Manchester United and he found a tactical solution to that match and that might be a clue for us to follow tomorrow."
"Manchester United know what they are doing: how to manage the times, the pace, the defence, the attack."
"Tomorrow we want to go to Manchester with a chance of winning, a result that gives us a chance of winning and the only way of doing that, really, is being faithful to our own game."
"More than my influence, I think Iago (Aspas) has matured a lot personally."
"He has really assumed the leadership of the team, which is very important."
"I think playing on the right-hand side of the pitch really liberates him in his creative freedom and he is able to combine better with the central forwards."
"We hope first of all that the statistics (United having won just twice in Spain) stay as they are, just two wins away from England."
"My players have matured at incredible speed and tomorrow they will be very sure of themselves."
"How do you beat Manchester United? Be faithful to who we are. The team has a clear identity and they believe in it. Lot of possession and pressure. We recover the ball quickly. We have to be faithful to who we are facing such a great team as Manchester United."
"I thank the players for their attitude and commitment. The squad have really believed and that has translated into results."
"There will be times when we control the ball and times when we defend. United changes according to who they play against and we have to be ready for that."
"United know what they are doing. They know how to manage the pace and when to attack. We want to get a result that gives us a chance of winning through to the final and that is about playing how we play. We hope we will win with conviction, identity and heart."
"I was a witness of Marcelo Bielsa's match with Athletic Bilbao against Manchester United and he found a tactical solution to that match and that might be a clue for us to follow tomorrow."
"Manchester United know what they are doing: how to manage the times, the pace, the defence, the attack."
"Tomorrow we want to go to Manchester with a chance of winning, a result that gives us a chance of winning and the only way of doing that, really, is being faithful to our own game."
"More than my influence, I think Iago (Aspas) has matured a lot personally."
"He has really assumed the leadership of the team, which is very important."
"I think playing on the right-hand side of the pitch really liberates him in his creative freedom and he is able to combine better with the central forwards."
Team News
Manchester United
Timothy Fosu-Mensah (shoulder injury), Luke Shaw (ankle injury), Marcos Rojo (knee ligament injury) and Zlatan Ibrahimović (knee ligament injury) ruled out.
Celta Vigo
Giuseppe Rossi (cruciate ligament rupture) ruled out. Rubén Blanco (wound) and Carles Planas (knee injury) doubtful.
Know the opposition
Real Club Celta de Vigo, usually known as Celta Vigo or sometimes just Celta (and nicknamed Os Celestes - The Sky Blues, or Célticos) is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia - playing in La Liga. Celta Vigo was formed as a result of the ambition of Vigo's teams to achieve more at national level, where the Basque sides had been their bête noire in the Spanish Championship. The idea was to merge Real Vigo Sporting and Real Fortuna Football Club to create a more powerful team at national level.
Celta have never won the league title nor Copa del Rey, although they have reached the final three times in the latter. One of the team's best seasons was 1970/71, when they finished unbeaten at home and were known as the "giant-killers". Celta came sixth that season and qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time. The club finished in their best-ever position of fourth in 2002/03, qualifying for the 2003/04 Champions League, where they were eliminated by Arsenal in the Round of 16. The club's home stadium is Balaídos, which seats 29,000 spectators. Celta's name is derived from the Celts who were once present in the region. Its main rival is fellow Galician club Deportivo de La Coruña, with whom it contests the Galician Derby.
Referee
Sergey Karasev.
Familiar Faces
Giuseppe Rossi (at United from 2004-07).
