EPL Teams Hope To Meet In Europa League
With the domestic 2019-20 leagues now finally settled, attention turns to the big European tournaments.
The Europa League quarter final stage will commence on Monday when Copenhagen face a difficult match against Manchester United who are now the tournament favorites according to sites such as bestusaonlinecasinos online casino.
Monday’s other match features the co favorites, Inter Milan, who take on Leverkusen. Both games kick off at 3pm Eastern time.
Due to the effects of the Coronavirus, all Europa League matches from the quarter final stage onwards will be played as one-off games in stadiums in Germany.
On Tuesday, Wolves take on Sevilla while Shaktar Donetsk will meet Basel.
The possibility of an all-English semi final is on the cards after Wolves hung on to beat Olympiakos 1-0 on Thursday (2-1 on aggregate) thanks to an eighth minute Raul Jimenez penalty.
Olympiakos were unable to repeat the late escapades of the previous round when they scored in the last minute to knock out Arsenal. They did have the ball in the net in the first half only to have the goal ruled out by VAR.
Wolves goalkeeper Rui Patricio earned Man of the Match status for helping his side to reach their first European quarter final for 48 years with a handful of outstanding saves.
‘I told the boys that OK, the holidays must wait,’ said Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo after the game. ‘It was the last game of the season at Molineux and we miss our fans but they must be proud of the boys.
‘We started more than a year ago and everyone has to realise the effort of the players. We go to Germany to compete – let’s go and do it.’
Wolves will be hoping to go one better than the 1971-72 team that reached the final of the UEFA Cup only to be beaten by fellow countrymen Spurs.
They may have to knock out Manchester United to get that far after the Reds booked their place in the quarter final with a comfortable 7-1 aggregate victory over Austrian side LASK.
It’s a quick turnaround before Monday’s game and United boss Ole Gunnar Solksjaer has promised changes to the line up that faced LASK.
Frenchman Anthony Martial will be hoping to start following a good substitute performance on Wednesday. He’s also looking to improve on his 23 goals this season, one more than fellow striker Marcus Rashford.Speculation is rife with the folks at online slots uk.
Swedish defender Victor Lindelof may be brought into the side but Captain Harry McGuire looks set to keep his place.
“First of all, he’s desperate to play, he’s the captain,” said Solksjaer, of Maguire. “There’s a reason why he’s the captain: he always wants to play, but he’s always ready to play. He’s missed one game, two games this season maybe through some illness, and I think he just gets sharper and sharper the more he plays. He’ll get his time off after this tournament, so no worries about that.”