Trailing 11 points behind fourth-placed Liverpool in the race
for next season’s Champions League football, the Red Devils travel to Southern
Europe well aware that winning the prestigious tournament may be their only chance
of participating in it next season.
They however will need to go past the Greek champions elect
who haven’t lost a match since going down 2-1 to Paris Saint Germain in November
last year. Jose ‘Michel’ Miguel’s outfit currently lead the Super League with 74
points, 20 ahead of second placed PAOK and haven’t lost a league match for a
year.
Their opponents in contrast are struggling to get a grip in
the Premier League but collected a morale-boosting 2-0 win over Crystal Palace
at the weekend. Their form in Europe however has been almost outstanding as
they topped their group and are unbeaten so far in the competition.
The Greeks have met the English side four times before
losing all the four matches. Their last meeting was in October 2002 where the
Old Trafford side collected a 3-2 second leg win after cruising 4-0 in the
first leg.
In the other match on the night, fast-fading Borussia
Dortmund make the long trip to Russia to face Zenit Saint Petersburg. Jurgen
Klopp’s men hit a new low in the Bundesliga this past weekend going down 3-0 to
relegation candidates Hamburg, a defeat that saw them fall 20 points behind
Bayern Munich in the race for the German domestic title.
They clash against Luciano Spalletti’s Zenit who haven’t played
a competitive match since December last year but will nevertheless fancy their
chances in front of the home crowd.
And That's thesteifmastertake!!
The bar cart is IT! Too perfect! Another amazing score! What we see all the first time we have learned the hard way not to break up are perfect! Looking caveman! It was a great weekend of football!
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