Europa League Round of 16 - 1st Leg

LASK 0:5 Manchester United

Linzer Stadion

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Thu, 12 March 2020 @ 5:55pm GMT
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    Romero
    Dalot Bailly Lindelöf Williams
    McTominay Garner
    Greenwood Mata Chong
    Ighalo

    Grant, TFM, Tuanzebe, Levitt, Galbraith, Gomes, Barlow
     
    So they've got two defenders suspended and have lost two more through ACL injuries in the past few days, including one important attacker. I reckon we can safely start the chuckle brothers mk2 now.
     
    theklr said:
    Think that setup will be overrum unfortunately. As much as I’d like them getting time.
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    You're not wrong but does anybody want to see Pereira at CM, would it be any better?
     
    Samid said:
    So they've got two defenders suspended and have lost two more through ACL injuries in the past few days, including one important attacker. I reckon we can safely start the chuckle brothers mk2 now.
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    Filipović, Wiesinger are suspended and Potzmann got ACL injury. Who are the other two out?
     
    Iwould start something like this
    Romero
    Dalot Bailly Maguire Williams
    Fred
    Greenwood McTom Fernandes Mata
    Ighalo
    If we have a comfortable lead after 60 mins, we can sub Fernandes Fred and Maguire.
     
    I would play Dalot in all Europa games as AWB is so important to us now for Premier league.
    Dalot was out injured for quite a while so we need to give him game time to judge his worth to the team as we did with Fred.
     
    Stevondo8 said:
    Romero
    Dalot Bailly Lindelöf Williams
    McT Matic
    Greenwood Mata James
    Ighalo

    AWB, Maguire, Shaw, Fred, Bruno and Martial all get a rest before spurs, still a pretty strong lineup not featuring Lingard or pereira, should be enough for a decent result.
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    Agree with almost everything.

    Strong line up, Matic is very good lately, McT needs minutes. Mata would benefit so much from having Bruno on the pitch, so I would pick him over James, with Ighalo and Greenwood upfront.
    Dalot, Baily and Williams having more time to keep going.

    Rest key players and keep momentum, for me, this team is more than capable of taking the win.
     
    I have a feeling this game doesn't go ahead.
    With Italy stopping matches, Juve wont play in the CL, Inter wont play in the EL etc...
    Unless they just pull the Italians out, I think this will be cancelled
     
    Romero
    Dalot Lindelof Tuanzebe Bailly Williams
    Mata McT Pereira
    Greenwood Ighalo
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    Something like this. Mata has been featured in midfield a couple of times, and as part of a 3, Pereira hopefully won't be as clueless. Ighalo's good holdup play and linkup to Mason should do the trick.

    Lingard and Pogba to come on in the last 30mins,game sealed.

    1-0 to us.
     
    Igor Drefljak said:
    I have a feeling this game doesn't go ahead.
    With Italy stopping matches, Juve wont play in the CL, Inter wont play in the EL etc...
    Unless they just pull the Italians out, I think this will be cancelled
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    I haven't seen CL matches getting cancelled yet. Atalanta are playing Valencia tomorrow in Valencia and the stadium will be closed. Linz is in N-Austria, not in the Alps. Matches can go ahead, it's just more likely that there won't be any fans allowed in.
     
    Local press already reporting this will be "without" fans in the stadium due to corona virus, only 1.000 people allowed in. Still to be officially confirmed though... it makes sense though as Italy has shut down completely today and the number of infections is increasing very fast here as well.

    Confirmed now. The Austrian government just suspended all outdoor events with more than 500 people; game will probably still go ahead behind closed doors.
     
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    Yep will be a game without fans in the stands.

    Time for a title change. Will be held behind closed doors
     
    Anduin said:
    Local press already reporting this will be "without" fans in the stadium due to corona virus, only 1.000 people allowed in. Still to be officially confirmed though... it makes sense though as Italy has shut down completely today and the number of infections is increasing very fast here as well.

    Confirmed now. The Austrian government just suspended all outdoor events with more than 500 people; game will probably still go ahead behind closed doors.
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    To be honest I dont want us to travel in these circumstances, Flight attendees and other staff are exposed to many places, people so I am bit concerned if it is really worth travelling at his moment of time.

    I hope our money guys arrange a private jet to avoid chances of becoming carona victims.
     
    sp_107 said:
    To be honest I dont want us to travel in these circumstances, Flight attendees and other staff are exposed to many places, people so I am bit concerned if it is really worth travelling at his moment of time.

    I hope our money guys arrange a private jet to avoid chances of becoming carona victims.
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    No worries, I bet the team will be separated by everyone and will safely return to the UK. Generally, the number of COVID infections is increasing, but we still go to work regularly, our kids are attending kindergarden and schools; we are just about to start with safety regulations in Austria, I doubt there will be any problems at all for the Man United squad. It's nothing like Italy YET.
    Just looking at the game itself, it's definitely an advantage playing behind closed doors. They are a decent side at home with good support.

    Another interesting aspect is that the Austrian Bundesliga might be suspended until April (not yet confirmed), so LASK would have a week to prepare for the OT game. Shouldn't make any difference, we must progress against this lot even though they are a very efficient and organised team.
     
    Anduin said:
    No worries, I bet the team will be separated by everyone and will safely return to the UK. Generally, the number of COVID infections is increasing, but we still go to work regularly, our kids are attending kindergarden and schools; we are just about to start with safety regulations in Austria, I doubt there will be any problems at all for the Man United squad. It's nothing like Italy YET.
    Just looking at the game itself, it's definitely an advantage playing behind closed doors. They are a decent side at home with good support.

    Another interesting aspect is that the Austrian Bundesliga might be suspended until April (not yet confirmed), so LASK would have a week to prepare for the OT game. Shouldn't make any difference, we must progress against this lot even though they are a very efficient and organised team.
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    Thanks for bringing down my COVID fears.Let's hope so and our boys will return home safe.

    These days have been exciting and looking forward to every match. Hope our good run continues.
     
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    Saw Martial's knee injury and think it would be best for him to sit the game out. It's behind closed doors, so I'd fancy us more in a less hostile environment. However, I'd still start Bruno, Greenwood, and Ighalo in either a 442 diamond or 352 formation. If we can get two goals ahead on the night.

    Romero
    Wan-Bissaka Lindelof Maguire Shaw
    Matic
    McTominay Bruno
    Mata
    Greenwood Ighalo

    Or

    Romero
    Tuanzebe Maguire Shaw
    Dalot Bruno McTominay Williams
    Mata
    Greenwood Ighalo​

    Really fancy us, if we can come away with a 1-2, 0-2 or even better, that would be ideal. Go full strength against Spurs and then be able to make plenty of changes in the return leg and a few in the Norwich FA Cup tie as well. Sub on the likes of Bailly, Tuanzebe, Dalot, Williams, Lingard, Andreas, or Chong depending on the situation (who started, who needs resting more, how dangerous the opponent looks etc).
     
    While on balance this will probably help us, I do wonder if it might go the other way with us. We've struggled to get ourselves motivated in smaller games before this season, and going from the supreme high of beating City in front of a roaring Old Trafford to what will feel like a practice game might take the wind out of our sails. No doubt their home support is good, but I can't believe its all that intimidating for a team used to playing in front of packed Premier League stadiums every week.
     
    Probably be 3 at the back since our first leg against Club Brugge was an away game and we still played 3 at the back in that match.

    Romero
    Tuanzebe Maguire Bailly
    Bissaka Pereira McTominay Dalot
    Bruno
    Greenwood Ighalo
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    I want Bruno is rested for Spurs game. But we really are bad in creating chances without him, so probably play him and hoping we can have 2-0 lead in 60th min and sub him off in 60th min.
     
    Samid said:
    So they've got two defenders suspended and have lost two more through ACL injuries in the past few days, including one important attacker. I reckon we can safely start the chuckle brothers mk2 now.
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    Jones and Lingard
     
    These were seen at the airport:

    De Gea, Romero, Bishop.

    Williams, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Tuanzebe, Bailly.

    Gomes, Pereira, Matic, McTominay, Fernandes, Fred, Mata.

    Greenwood, James, Chong, Ighalo.
     
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Score Predictions

188,5,17
  • Man Utd win
  • LASK win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 41% LASK 0:2 Man Utd
  • 18% LASK 0:3 Man Utd
  • 13% LASK 1:2 Man Utd
  • 11% LASK 0:1 Man Utd
  • 8% LASK 1:1 Man Utd
  • 2% LASK 1:3 Man Utd
  • 2% LASK 0:4 Man Utd
  • 1% LASK 0:5 Man Utd
  • 1% LASK 1:0 Man Utd
  • 0% LASK 0:0 Man Utd
  • 0% LASK 5:0 Man Utd
  • 0% LASK 2:1 Man Utd
  • 0% LASK 2:4 Man Utd
  • 0% LASK 3:1 Man Utd
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Match Stats

  1. LASK
  2. Man Utd
Possession
44% 56%
Shots
9 22
Shots on Target
0 10
Corners
4 5
Fouls
18 12

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Artur Manuel Soares Dias

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