Champions League is Back.

Manchester United are set to play their first Champions League game today since January and it’s against the team called “Young Boys” from Switzerland. 

Jose Mourinho headed into Champions League football after two successive wins in the Premier League which gave the Reds a breather after a rough start to the season.

Get to know your new opponents:

United are not the only team who have been winning, the Swiss side has won all six of their League games scoring 19 goals and conceding just 4 and are sitting at the top of the Swiss Super League with 8 points clear. But they don’t have much European exposure, they have not played in the Champions League since 1992.

They have won 12 Swiss league championships and six Swiss Cup and were a semifinalist of the European Cup (Later it was rebranded to Champions League) in 1959. Apart from football Berner Sport Club Young Boys are into other sports like Field Hockey and Bowling.

The main rising concern is the artificial pitch of the BSC ground but United have dealt with the pitch issues over the years and Jose is not gonna let that or anything come in between they will be in their best form and desperate for a win earning all three points before they face Valencia and Juventus.

The away stand will be “Loud and Proud” tonight.

Jose Mourinho’s Words: 

“I don’t want to use artificial pitch as a possible excuse for a poor performance. We are in Switzerland, the home of one of the best-ever tennis player (Federer) and I’m pretty sure that the big man sometimes is not happy to play on such a surface but he has to play and he has to win, Everybody knows that he has a favourite surface, but he has also to win on the surfaces that he is not in love with, so we have to do it.

Gerardo Seoane’s Words: 

“We can’t change the pitch,” said the BSC coach “It’s clear they are not used to pitches like this, so in the beginning, I guess it will be a special feeling. But with training tonight and the warm-up I think they will be all right. They have the quality, speed and technique to play on this pitch, so I don’t think it’s going to be a problem.”

Why worry when you have a wall?

Valencia will be rested by the boss but we can expect to see Shaw back.
The game starts at 12:30 IST.