ONE System | 18/02/2021 23:15
Bruno Fernandez Celebrates (Reuters)
The last 32 stage games in the Europa League got underway tonight (Thursday), when Manchester United dismantled Real Sociedad 0: 4 and took a huge step towards securing their place in the quarter-finals. In addition, AC Milan parted ways with a disappointing 2-2 draw against Red Star Belgrade after dropping a two-time lead, including a Serb equalizer with 10 players in the 93rd minute.
Ola Gunnar Solskjaer Referring to the mighty victory of the Red Devils, he said: “The game plan worked perfectly. We talked about it before the game that all we need is to just get back to ourselves. Not to play further forward, but to attack faster, to see where we have a chance and take advantage of it because it is an away game, even though it was held on a neutral pitch. We knew the goals were more equal for us in this game, so why not take a risk, go forward and risk a few balls in the back? “We knew they were going to play with a high defensive line and they didn’t have the speed of Marcus Rashford and Daniel James so we just marked those areas in advance.”
Bruno Fernandez, Passionate with a wonderful duo, said at the end: “In the first goal I just waited for the right moment for the ball to come down to kick. At this moment you can kick badly with choosing the wrong kick and kick out, so I just waited for the right moment to kick it. I was expecting a pass from Daniel James on the second goal, once he got the ball I think it was all a matter of ball control, but I will give him that cooking. “I saw the ball approaching and the goalkeeper came out, if you kick in such a situation with the first touch it is difficult for the goalkeeper to react and luckily it was also a goal.”
By the way, Bruno Fernandez raised his tally in the Manchester United uniform to 33 goals, while alongside the 19 assists he recorded he has been involved in 52 goals in his 58 appearances for United since arriving from Sporting Lisbon. Meanwhile, since his debut as a Red Devils player in February 2020, Fernandez has been involved with more goals than any other player in the Premier League, a distance of 10 goals more involved than second place.
52 – Bruno Fernandes has been directly involved in 52 goals in 58 games in all competitions for Manchester United (33 goals, 19 assists), 10 more than any other Premier League player since his debut in February 2020. Catalyst.
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Milan coach, Stefano Fioli, Summed up the disappointing 2: 2 of the Rossoneri: “We return home without the victory we deserved, but we failed to properly close the defense at the end. We need to do more in front of 10 players and not allow so much space for the Red Star Belgrade. We came to the game with the right attitude and did enough to win, but we couldn’t come out with three points. “
Ability: “We could have scored the third and more than that, we could not have absorbed the equalizer. Despite this, 2: 2 in this away game is still a positive result in the first game. We need to analyze our games and lift our capacity because this is an important moment in our season. We can and should do better. There was a stage where we suffered a lot of injuries, so a lot of players played non-stop and are now suffering from fatigue. We will have to get everyone back in shape, but I don’t think that was the case this time, we did not win because we did not have the character to score the third goal. “
The critical game against Inter on Sunday: “There have been a lot of goals in the derby lately and the games have been balanced, but I think this time the side that does a better job in defense will also be the one to win. Milan and Inter are two teams at a similar level, the derby comes at the right time and we are ready for it. ”
