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**penk22_** · 16-03-2017, 12:06 AM

PREVIEW: MANCHESTER UNITED V FC ROSTOV

What happened in the first leg? Well, on a much-maligned pitch at the Olimp-2 stadium, United produced a professional display in difficult conditions in Rostov-on-Don to gain an important away goal. Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored for the third successive European away game to put the Reds in the ascendancy at the break but Aleksandr Bukharov equalised early in the second half to leave the tie finely balanced.

How have Rostov been faring recently? The Russian Premier League side, under the stewardship of former Moldova coach Ivan Daniliants, are in decent form as they prepare for their first-ever away tie in the knockout stages of a European competition. Rostov won 6-0 at bottom-club Tom Tomsk in their first league game after a three-month winter break but were held to a goalless draw last weekend at home by Terek Grozny, who are directly above them in the table in sixth place and level on 29 points from 19 games.

Any early team news? Anthony Martial and Wayne Rooney are out through injury. Eric Bailly will return from a one-match European suspension after sitting out the first leg following his red card against Saint-Etienne in the previous round while Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ander Herrera will be available as their current bans only apply to domestic competitions. Rostov will be without suspended duo Aleksandr Gatskan and Timofei Kalachev, who were booked last week, while Vladimir Granat is expected to be sidelined after breaking his collarbone in the early exchanges against the Reds last time out. First-choice goalkeeper Soslan Dzhanaev could make a comeback after missing the first leg through injury.

Any trivia for me? The last occasion the Reds drew 1-1 away from home in the first leg of a knockout tie in Europe was in 2012/13 when United went out of the Champions League at the Round of 16 stage in Sir Alex Ferguson’s final season as manager, after a 2-1 home defeat in the second leg by Real Madrid, who were managed by current Reds boss Jose Mourinho.

Anything else interesting to note? Two United players are familiar with members of Rostov’s squad as Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Marko Devic were team-mates at Shakhtar Donetsk in 2012/13 and Antonio Valencia plays with Christian Noboa for Ecuador. Paul Pogba, who made the 50th European appearance of his career last week, will hope for a late birthday present as he turns 24 on the eve of Thursday’s game.

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penk22_ Divisi IT Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Soemenep - Soerabaja Posts: 10,286 Thanks: 999 Thanked 1,066 Times in 595 Posts Mentioned: 558 Post(s)	Re: [EL] Manchester United vs FC Rostov PREVIEW: MANCHESTER UNITED V FC ROSTOV What happened in the first leg? Well, on a much-maligned pitch at the Olimp-2 stadium, United produced a professional display in difficult conditions in Rostov-on-Don to gain an important away goal. Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored for the third successive European away game to put the Reds in the ascendancy at the break but Aleksandr Bukharov equalised early in the second half to leave the tie finely balanced. How have Rostov been faring recently? The Russian Premier League side, under the stewardship of former Moldova coach Ivan Daniliants, are in decent form as they prepare for their first-ever away tie in the knockout stages of a European competition. Rostov won 6-0 at bottom-club Tom Tomsk in their first league game after a three-month winter break but were held to a goalless draw last weekend at home by Terek Grozny, who are directly above them in the table in sixth place and level on 29 points from 19 games. Any early team news? Anthony Martial and Wayne Rooney are out through injury. Eric Bailly will return from a one-match European suspension after sitting out the first leg following his red card against Saint-Etienne in the previous round while Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ander Herrera will be available as their current bans only apply to domestic competitions. Rostov will be without suspended duo Aleksandr Gatskan and Timofei Kalachev, who were booked last week, while Vladimir Granat is expected to be sidelined after breaking his collarbone in the early exchanges against the Reds last time out. First-choice goalkeeper Soslan Dzhanaev could make a comeback after missing the first leg through injury. Any trivia for me? The last occasion the Reds drew 1-1 away from home in the first leg of a knockout tie in Europe was in 2012/13 when United went out of the Champions League at the Round of 16 stage in Sir Alex Ferguson’s final season as manager, after a 2-1 home defeat in the second leg by Real Madrid, who were managed by current Reds boss Jose Mourinho. Anything else interesting to note? Two United players are familiar with members of Rostov’s squad as Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Marko Devic were team-mates at Shakhtar Donetsk in 2012/13 and Antonio Valencia plays with Christian Noboa for Ecuador. Paul Pogba, who made the 50th European appearance of his career last week, will hope for a late birthday present as he turns 24 on the eve of Thursday’s game. HTML Code: http://www.manutd.com/en/Fixtures-And-Results/Match-Reports/2017/Mar/Match-Preview-Manchester-United-v-FC-Rostov-Europa-League-Round-of-16-2nd-leg-16-Mar-2017.aspx __________________ When you think you can, you can !