One of the big talking points going into the match between Young Boys and Mourinho’s Manchester United tonight has been the artificial pitch they will be playing on. United have several concerns around the decision to allow the game to take place on a plastic pitch and it is understood that Antonio Valencia was left out of the squad because his knee problem could worsen if he played on the synthetic pitch.
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Mourinho uses Federer as an example to his players
Jose Mourinho used the example of Roger Federer to describe how his players should deal with the matter:
“We are in Switzerland, the home of one of the best ever tennis players, and I’m pretty sure that the big man sometimes is not happy to play in such a surface but he has to play and he has to win. Everybody knows that he has a favorite surface, but he has also to win on the surfaces that he is not in love with, so we have to do it.”
Manchester United are favorites to win the match
Right now United would probably love to have some of Federer’s winning mentality too, has struggled early on this season. The match against Young Boys should provide a welcome break from the demands of the Premier League. In the Swiss league, Young Boys have won six out of their first six matches but United’s squad is a much stronger one.
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Young Boys make it into Champions League group stage for the first time
Young Boys failed to qualify for the Champions League last season after they lost in the playoffs to CSKA Moscow. This is a familiar story for Young Boys who have reached the playoffs on several occasions but then failed to make it through to the group stages. This is the first time that they have managed to take that extra step and get into the group stages, so they may have some added motivation from that.
