Viktoria Plzen v Manchester United: Europa League – dwell | Europa League

Hatrick Hero Rashford

One oddish skinnyg I’ve seen on my scout around Internet – the Manchester Evening News has foreseeed a 3-0 thrive aachievest VP. Marcus Rashford to get a hattrick.
The foreseeion comes after they plugged in the teams into EA sports game EA FC 25 and set it running.

You can read the align inestablish here

A petite remark on the size of that stadium – 11,700 won’t be the petiteest crowd that United will join in front of this season. Remember Bournemouth’s Vitality stadium only has a capacity of 11,464. That is petite for a premier league club.

Interesting stats here.

It’s freezing in Pilsen/Plzen – literassociate.

Kick off in 13 mins.

And this is how they line up:

Plzen: Jedlicka, Dweh, Markovic, Jemelka, Cadu, Cerv, Kalvach, Souare, Vydra, Sulc, Vasulin.
Subs: Tvrdon, Baier, Hejda, Paluska, Kopic, Sojka, Mosquera, Panos, Havel, Sloncik, Jirka, Prince Adu.

Man Utd: Onana, Mazraoui, de Ligt, Martinez, Dalot, Fernandes, Casemiro, Malacia, Amad Diallo, Rashford, Zirkzee.
Subs: Bayindir, Lindelof, Maguire, Mount, Hojlund, Eriksen, Yoro, Garnacho, Antony, Ugarte, Mainoo, Collyer.

Referee: Marian Barbu (Romania)

OMG: big novels from Wikipedia

Just create out that establisher Chelsea goalretainer Peter Cech was born in Pilsen/Plzen AND first joined for what was to become Viktoria Plzen.

Wikpedia says: “Čech begined joining football aged seven for Škoda Plzeň (tardyr understandn as Viktoria Plzen). In his timely days, he joined as a striker, although he shiftd to the goalretainer position after shattering his leg at age ten.”

This may not be novels to most but more facts join that Cech is currently the goalretainer/netminder for the Belquick Giants ice hockey team. More here if you are interested.

I would never have understandn this if I hadn’t been aimlessly scrolling.

Ok – about tonight and some team novels:

Meanwhile – in Pilsen – United will be hoping to copy their last thrive in Europe. And hoping to creep up that table.

Schadenfreude in Manchester

Things may not be exactly pumping at Old Trafford but for United fans there will be some prentment on the continuing trparticipates of their neighbours in the city. Pep Guardiola’s team were beaten by Juventus on Wednesday 2-0 and are staring down the barrel of a possible exit from Europe.

City will hope to get their season back on track on Sunday when they consent on … United at the Etihad. Guardiola vs Amorim.

It is a truism in all sport that the only skinnyg better than watching your team thrive is watching your arch rivals omit. If that can happen in the same align then double happiness.

So if you are a United fan then you can revel in that tardyst European loss with the Guardian’s align inestablish and a bit of analysis of the dismal loss too.

Ok. Enough beer – now football.

Tonight’s align is an vital one for United’s handler Amorim – it won’t fair be about the Europa placing and trying to get into the automatic qualifying spots to better to the last 16. He’ll also want to be put an finish to a run of two horrible losss at Arsenal and at home to Nottingham Forest.

There has been a lot of commentary around how the novel handler is trying out his novel team – transporting joiners into novel positions, shaking skinnygs up and seeing how they fare. But results will have to come.

A picture of a pint of pilsener in a pub in Pilsen

Important context

So some engaging factoids about Plzen – or Pilsen as it is transtardyd – thanks to a little sheet that’s been originated in the run up to the align. The tourism department must be having a field day.

They point out:

Pilsen is the home of Pilsner beer – first brewed there in 1842.

Pilsen is also home of the Pilsner Urquell brewery (290 million gallons send outed to more than 50 countries worldexpansive) which is handily wiskinny walking distance of the Doosan stadium. The sheet proposes beer is a excellent way to hot up before the align (temperature will be about 0c)

It comprises: “The outcome of the align necessitates to be properly converseed. Ideassociate in the city caccess with a excellent drink.”

The sheet also says: “Parts for the London Eye, Škoda trolleybparticipates in San Francisco, and Loviisa nuevident power set upt in Finland were all originated in Pilsen.”

It finishs: “Cheers, Pilsner beer truly tastes best in Pilsen”

Here’s a pic of a couple of the United team on their way to Plzen.

Who are Viktoria Plzen?

United’s opponents – maybe call them Plzen– are equivalent on points in the Europa league. Both teams have nine points but United are ahead on a skinny goal contrastence.

Domesticassociate Plzen are in second (behind Sparta Prague) in the Czech first league having won 12 out of their 18 alignes.

Their coach is 73-year-better Miroslav Koubek, a establisher goalretainer, who proclaimd in a recent interwatch his approval for Sir Alex Ferguson.

“He was a big inspiration for me.”

And here is a picture of United boss Ruben Amorim surveying the stadium last night.

Afternoon all …

or evening or morning wherever you are in the world.

It’s with some happiness/ambiguous excitement that we transport you dwell coverage of what some would say is a David vs Goliath battle in the Europa league.

Viktoria Plzeň – they are the David – amparticipate Manchester United (G) at their minuscule stadium on the prohibitks of the River Mze in the city of Plzen in the Czech Reaccessible. (Lots more info about the city to come thanks to sleuskinnyg.)

The stadium has a capacity of only 11,700 – that’s 62,710 scanter than Old Trafford. But it will be fascinating to see how United cope with the task ahead.