FC Midtjylland of Denmark
4-5-1
, M. Anderson
, K. Hansen , A. Rømer, F. Novák , E. Sviatchenko

T. Sparv, P. Sisto, D. Royer , K. Olsson

J. Poulsen M. Pusic

manager: Thorup took charge last summer, replacing Glen Riddersholm, who unexpectedly stepped down following Midtjylland's title-winning campaign. Thorup had just led Denmark to the semi-finals of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Czech Republic.

Danger man: Born in Uganda but raised in Herning, attacking midfielder Pione Sisto is reportedly on the radar of several major European clubs. The skilful and athletic 20-year-old, who has been likened to Tottenham Hotspur's Christian Eriksen by Denmark coach Morten Olsen, made his senior international debut against Albania in September, having hit eight goals for Midtjylland in 2014/15.

Manchester United
4-2-3-1
,,,,,,,,,,,,,, DE GEA ,,,,, ,,
LOVE ,,,,, , ,,, SMALLING , ,,,,,,, , McNAIR, , ,,,,, BLIND

, ,,,, SCHNIERDERLIN , CARRICK,,, ,,,,,,

, ,,,,, HERRERA , ,,,,,, PERRERIA , ,, DEPAY,,,

MARTIAL



Van gaal: After leading Holland to a fairly successful world cup in Brazil, his time in England has been ridiculed with negative formations, press fights and fan discontent. This might be his last litmus test.

Danger Man : Depay, with so many inconsistencies this season, he could use this tournament to kick-start his season and make himself an undropable member of the squad. Talent is unquestionable but can he sustain the drive.

FC Midtjylland of Denmark
4-3-3

Manchester United
4-4-2

De GEA
LOVE , SMALLING , BLIND , C. B JACKSON

LINGARD , HERERA , CARRICK , DEPAY

WILL KEANE , MARTIAL


Venue MCH arena
Manchester United fans without acess to cable or satellite TV should look for streaming sites that show BT Sport 2, it will be showing the game from Thursday 18th February 5.30pmGMT and the game kicks off at 6.00pm. GMT 19.00 nigerian tiime

FC Midtjylland of Denmark might be big scalp hunters but this is certainly the time for the Manchester under performers to step up step out and be counted.
Van gaal has a case to proove to both board and fans that he really wants to continue in the Manchester prestigious seat beyond this season and should be able to motivate his squad to deal with the Danish Team ruthlessly. Anything less than two goals in each half and at least a clean sheet in one half will be considered as negative.

News just coming in from the independent.co.uk says Wayne Rooney misses out completely.
Fellani not also in the squad to the Scandinavian nation as Darmian nurses a shoulder injury

UNITED SQUAD VS MIDTJYLLAND

David De Gea, Sergio Romero, Donald Love, Paddy McNair, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Regan Poole, Joe Riley, Michael Carrick, Ander Herrera, Morgan Schneiderlin, Jesse Lingard, Andreas Pereira, James Weir, Juan Mata, Memphis Depay, Anthony Martial, Will Keane.

Strength and weakness of the two teams.

Midtjylland boss Jess Thorup has warned Manchester United that his set-piece specialists will target their weaknesses in the MCH Stadium on Thursday night.

United have conceded 19 goals in the Premier League over the last two seasons, and landed in Jutland on Wednesday without eight-first choice defenders. Captain Wayne Rooney also misses the game through injury while Marouane Fellaini, whose height will be sorely missed, has also stayed in Manchester.


Manchester United will tend to outpass and outrun their opponents but they big question will be maintaining focus for the duration of the match. Van gaal will likely give his players license to freewill, question being square pegs in round holes. Will he also overcome the temptation of not being scored to that of outscoring the opponent.
One other factor will be the average age of united's players for the match is not expected to be above 23 meaning there might be a lot of inexperienced personals on the pitch, who will trade passion over discipline.

Manchester United fans in the house, what are your predictions, as for me its 4-2 to Manchester United.

FC Midtjylland

31Andersen

28Romer
4Bodurov
2Hansen
70Novak

3Sparv
27Sisto
17Olsson
10Pusic
36Hassan

14Kadlec

Substitutes
11Ureña
16Dahlin
22Duelund
26Banggaard Jensen
32Bak Nielsen
33Onuachu
77Royer

Van gaal says his best hope to qualify for the champions league now is through winning the Europa league. But I thinking he is joking or dreaming because there is no way this his current can win the competition.






Verdict: 0-0

Man Utd

20 Romero

37Love
12Smalling
33McNair
17Blind

16Carrick
21Herrera

35Lingard
8Mata
7Depay

9Martial

Substitutes
1.DeGea
28Schneiderlin
41Poole
44Pereira
47Weir
48Keane
49Riley

khattab02:
Van gaal says his best hope to qualify for the champions league now is through winning the Europa league. But I thinking he is joking or dreaming because there is no way this his current can win the competition.






Verdict: 0-0

With the current injury problems United are facing, They will certainly need Hercules to bail them out, on a lighter note, United can win the competition if the give it the deserved respect.

Referee: Artur Dias Soares leads the teams out ot the tunnel with Carrick leading the line for United

FC Midtjylland kick us off

FC Midtjylland enjoying most of rhe early ball

Nice pass from Lingard to release depay. Deflected out for a united corner which is cleared upfield

FC Midtjylland corner, cleared from the goal line by Carrick

Barrage of corners from United come to nothing again.

A united penalty appeal waved away by the ref

Goaaaaaaaaaaaal
Memphis depay close range goal,
Assist by Lingard

Goaaaaaaaaaaaal
FC Midtjylland
Beautiful strike by sisto

Half time
1-1

United kick us off for the second half

Martial hits the wood work

An uneventful half so far with changes coming in trickles

Goaaaaaaaaaaaal
FC Midtjylland scores
Onuacho beautiful team work

At this rate it looks as if United is playing Bayern Munich

A calamitous ending for Manchester United.
At this rate van gaal might be getting his P45 any moment

hehehehehe........


LVG: losing very gallantly

Proudlyngwa:


With the current injury problems United are facing, They will certainly need Hercules to bail them out, on a lighter note, United can win the competition if the give it the deserved respect.

they don't need respect, they need to change their drab style of play entirely and all the players are looking below average. Too bad for a team like United.





LVG shot himself when he let too many average players go and now it is coming to bite him back hardly.

khattab02:
they don't need respect, they need to change their drab style of play entirely and all the players are looking below average. Too bad for a team like United.





LVG shot himself when he let too many average players go and now it is coming to bite him back hardly.

Van gaal looks unbothered, looks like he knows the outcome