Me too. I’ll be disappointed with a draw - even though it isn’t the worst result, we should really be winning against these.
Champions League Round of 16 1st Leg
Sevilla 0:0 Manchester United
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium
- Kick-off
- Wed, 21 February 2018 @ 7:45pm GMT
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Not sure how to feel about this one. On one hand, it sets up like a perfect spot for a Mourinho special. Keep it tight, play for the counter and take back an away goal or two. On the other hand, we don't really seem to have any rhyme or reason to our play at the moment. I'd like to see us play a 3 man mid, don't lose the midfield battle and let the likes of Sanchez, Lukaku and Mata handle the counter-attacking. Save Martial for the last 20 against tired legs.No Jones/Rojo means Smalling 100% starts. Does Bailly get thrown right back in, or does Jose put some trust in Lindelof? Odds are this is the team IMO:
de Gea
Valencia Bailly Smalling Young
Herrera Matic Pogba
Lingard Lukaku Sanchez
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Romero; Lindelof, Shaw; Carrick, Mata; Rashford, Martial
If we want to go far in the Champions League and prove to Europe we are a good team, we have to go in there and beat them. Simple as.Hey Jose, just play Sanchez near the goal and pick the rest of the team randomly.
Betis put 5 past them a month ago, and they're not quite the attacking force they were a few years ago. We should be able to win both legs if we're focused and willing to exploit their weaknesses. I think we'll edge it in the end.Easy game. Sevilla are not as good as they used to. Play well and score a couple goals.
Martial
Jones - Matic - Valencia - Mata
Lingard - Lindelof - Bailly
Pogba - Sanchez - Lukaku
The only problem with that line up is jones is injured. And you should have played DDG as a number 10.
Kinda defeating the principal of random selection there champ.
I mostly agree. I do think two of Herrera, Lingard and Mata will start but not sure which two. Leaning towards Herrera and Mata at the moment.The biggest surprise with Sevilla was seeing that Nzonzi still plays for them. The guy himself said he would not play there again.
Did they change their manager?
Yeah, they sacked Berizzo and hired Montella.
Yup. Herrera alongside matic and pogba should be the go to midfield for big games (especially in spain), while for the right wing it'd generally be form picking between lingard, martial, rashford, Mata. Mata for his experience and composure should get in IMO. Plus has the best understanding with Valencia and Herrera and can help dominate the right side.Can't wait for this game. To think that's it's been four very long years that we've been in the knock out stages of the champions League, hopefully it'll be routine from now onBack where we belong, with the best manager in the game for knock-out competitions. Roll on tomorrow night!
0-2.
This. Feel like forever. Miss feeling forCL KO round. Finally less than 24hr before kick off.
I know Lindelof has been shaky but at the same time Mourinho seems to trust players based on past experience - Lindelof is both more familiar with continental Iberian style footie and has the CL experience. In other words - if its between him and Bailly I can see Lindelof getting the nod.Leicester knocked these guys out last season. Liverpool were 3 nil up before half time. If we can't beat teams like Sevilla we have no business being in this competition. Let's take the game to them and try to get a good advantage for the 2nd leg. I'm already thinking about how many we need to score not just winning the game.After having seen Tottenham, Chitteh and Pool having great performances, and even Chelsea playing ok against Barcelona, we all know that we will see a poor game tonight and a surprise can come from Sevilla.
Just thinking about our recent away games (and even the away games in CL this season) it has been horrible to watch.
A victory will do of course but I'm not too confident to be honest.
Let's hope for a 4-3-3 to have a better control of the ball because they will probably have the most of the ball and the tempo.
The key thing will be how we will cope with their pressing, how good our defense can give good balls to our midfield. If we have the control of the ball with Herrera Pogba Matic, then it will be fine, but if our defense will have to play first and difficult balls, then we will be in trouble.
De Gea
Valencia
Smalling
Bailly
Shaw
Matic
Pogba
Herrera/Mc Tominay
Sanchez
Lukaku
MartiaLots of questions will be answered today about this teams bottle.
If we can't turn up tonight, then there no hope for these lot.
Roughly two-thirds of teams that draw the away leg 0-0 end up winning the tie at home. It's a very reasonable result.
We recently lost 1-0 to Newcastle so there's that but yeah, we really should go through.I want McTominay to start this one. Pogba is just not right at the moment.
Well that % is about to drop.
I'm convinced we'll win comfortably. CL is different gravy, as we saw from Chelsea last night who have been underwhelming in the league, went up a couple of gears last night.
3-0 Sanchez brace & Lukaku. Bring it on
Is Herrera fit to start? Seems like he trained.
They're 5th in La Liga aren't they?
We've been beaten by much shitter teams this season.
It's too risky. If you're 1-0 up at home in the second leg, the final 10-15 minutes are utter torture. Literally any goal you concede then is fatal. With at least one away goal of your own from the first leg, it's fair more comforting.Looking forward to seeing Sanchez in action for us in Europe.
Hey, I'd prefer a fun game to a dour 0-0. But it's still not a shite result, based on statistics: in the clear majority of cases it's good enough to progress.Draw with an away goal will do us I think.
Yes it is,but maybe we should try enjoying these big European nights even more.Back in the day when we would sleepwalk our way through to the last 8,we never really savoured Europe,it almost became routine...I'm in Vietnam atm, does anyone know what channel it's on?I've got used to know being able to go to away games and to be fair there aren't many places I miss after all this time but I'd love to be going to this one.Fecking buzzing for this!!
At work on a 12hr shift, roll on 1845 then home for the build up!
I hope it’s a good entertaining match and we get a few a goals, I just hope its not a Jose “ park the bus” snore fest!Buzzing for this one tbh.
Stuck at work til 5.30, gym time and then off to the pub.
C'mon u reds!
I reckon 2-0 victory, with Martial and Lukaku on the score sheet!A bit shocked so many expect Herrera to start. I rate him and think he'd do a good job in a midfield 3, but Jose seems to have frozen him out. McTominay has had more game time than him recently. Who knows, though, and maybe Jose will use him vs a Spanish club.
Hope Jose & company snap out of the doldrums, though. Very flat & not very cohesive since the Alexis acquisition.Would like to see:
De Gea
Valencia
Bailly
Lindelof
Shaw
Herrera
Matic
Pogba
Sanchez
Lukaku
Martial
I'm sure we will see Smalling, Young, Mata, Lingard and a two man midfield though.
Would love us to come out and try and blow them away, but I'm expecting something a bit cagier... 1-1
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Score Predictions
320,68,185
- Man Utd win
- Sevilla win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 24% Sevilla 1:1 Man Utd
- 16% Sevilla 1:2 Man Utd
- 16% Sevilla 0:1 Man Utd
- 14% Sevilla 0:2 Man Utd
- 6% Sevilla 0:0 Man Utd
- 5% Sevilla 2:1 Man Utd
- 3% Sevilla 1:3 Man Utd
- 3% Sevilla 0:3 Man Utd
- 3% Sevilla 2:0 Man Utd
- 2% Sevilla 2:2 Man Utd
- 2% Sevilla 1:0 Man Utd
- 1% Sevilla 0:5 Man Utd
- 1% Sevilla 3:1 Man Utd
- 1% Sevilla 3:0 Man Utd
- 1% Sevilla 0:4 Man Utd
- 1% Sevilla 5:0 Man Utd
- 0% Sevilla 1:4 Man Utd
- 0% Sevilla 2:3 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Sevilla
- Man Utd
- Possession
- 57% 43%
- Shots
- 25 6
- Shots on Target
- 8 1
- Corners
- 12 4
- Fouls
- 12 22
Referee
Clement Turpin
Man Utd Lineup
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