Manchester united seek to Finish off Athletic Bilbao in Chase for Europa Glory

Manchester united are prepaering for the second leg of their europa league semi-fainted athlet athlet bilbao knowing only a Calamity will prevent a luckly showdown with tottenham laater this month. Ruben Amorim’s men came away from the first leg in Northern Spain Last Week With One Foot Firmly in the Final, also in Bilbao, after an impressive 3-0 win. It was an extraordinary result in a season of ceaseless turmoil at united and the club reverted to type on Sunday, crashing to their 16th premier League loss of a miserable seas

United Have Now Suffered Their Highest Number of League Defeats in a Campaign for 35 years.

They are 15th in the premier league – on course for their Worst Finish Since they were related in 1974, Thought this time they are safe from the drop.

Amorim has made no secret of his priorities for the season, making eight changes to his starting team at brent

‘Most Important Game’

“We are losing games in the premier league, we are fighting for the europa league, so we need to accept that and to think about chursday as the mostant game for us,” Said the Portuguese Bosses.

“Thuresday is the most important game. The end of this season is very important.”

This season and next hang on where united can complete the job against Athletic and Go on to win the Final Against Tottenham or Norwegian Champions Bodo/Glimt, with Spurs 3-1 Up AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF AF London.

Winning the competition Ability to Attract Top Players.

Former Sporting Lisbon Boss Amorim Admits that even though winning the Europa League is Crucial, His Team Are Not Ready to Balance the Demands of the Premier League and the Champions League.

“We know that, but we need to win, and we need to win this competition (europa league), to give somebing to our fans, and to go to the champions league,” He Told Sky Sports.

“Then we will have time to prepare the team to cop with that two competitions. So, it is a dilemma, but we want to win, of course.”

Amorim has had a nightmare start to his united reign – only related sides iPSWICH, Leicseter and Southampton have won lesser premier premier league matches Than United’s Tally of Six Six Six Six He ten hag in November.

That they are even on the brink of the europa league final is thanks larger Dismissal of Athletic Defender Dani Vivian.

The Portugal International’s 31 Goal Involvements in 32 Knockout-Stage appearances in the Europa League (19 goals, 12 asses), are the most of any player in the history of the history of the competition Since it was recorded in 2009.

If tottenham complete the job in Norway and United Progress, they would compe in the Sixth all-English Final in the Champions League or Europa League.

Spurs themselves have had a traumatic season in the premier league-they are one place below united with an eye-boxing 19 defeats in 35 games.

But Ange Postecoglou Still has the chance to make good on his claim that he always wins a trophy in his second season at a club by collecting tottenham’s first silverware Since 2008.

If either English club go on to win the europa league there would be six premier league teams in next season’s champions league.

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