Here’s the pitch Manchester United will be playing on in Rostov
An angry José Mourinho accused Uefa of disregarding concerns over his players’ safety as he made it clear that he felt Manchester United’s Europa League tie against FC Rostov should not be going ahead.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic will start as he’s set to begin a three-match domestic ban after being hit by a violent conduct charge following an incident with Tyrone Mings. However, the Red Devils are ready to put all sorts of controversy behind and look forward to grabbing on to an upper hand in the two-legged tie.
” JOSE MOURINHO, United manager, on taking advantage of another deep run”. The playing field has also made Mourinho much anxious as he has felt that the field will be really risky for the players. “It is not good and you have to concentrate, try to focus and try to win”.
Former Sweden worldwide Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a hat-trick in a 3-0 against Saint-Etienne in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 tie. FC Rostov advanced to the round of 16 after beating Sparta Prague in the round of 32, while Manchester United advanced past Saint Etienne.
“I know we have to but it is hard to believe we are playing on that field, if you call it a field”, said the Portuguese. And that has a lot to do with the “dangerous” outfield in Russian Federation. However, United manager José Mourinho is less than confident.
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Wayne Rooney, Luke Shaw and Bastian Schweinsteiger have not travelled to Russian Federation and will miss out. “We would like to play on best fields but it’s not our decision”.
Manchester United sits sixth in the league table, three points behind fourth-placed Liverpool, which now holds the last Champions League qualification position.
It comes after United themselves issued a number of warnings to the 400 fans expected to travel to the match.
Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho with Juan Mata, Marcos Rojo and Ander Herrera during training at the Olimp-2 Stadium, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, March 8, 2017. “The match will go ahead as scheduled”.