Mainoo a 10 as Utd sail through to UEL last 16

Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show

The Athletic

Sports, Soccer,

4.6 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Ruben Amorim deployed Kobbie Mainoo in one of the number ten positions against FCSB as Manchester United won comfortably to ease themselves through to the last 16 of this year's UEFA Europa League.

A "rotated" starting XI looked like a bit of a gamble from the Portuguese manager, but a cautious approach initially followed by the introduction of more creative players at the break really paid off. The draw for the last 16 will take place later in February with four potential opponents; Galatasaray, AZ Alkmaar, Real Sociedad, or FC Midtjylland.

There's at least one transfer in the offing, but even that might be held up. Meanwhile, Crystal Palace are next up in the Premier League, and United's recent record against them does not make for pretty reading. Do they qualify as a bogey team?

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC Podcast Network
0:04.1	The Anatcho
0:09.6	Amato arriving in the box
0:10.9	Mayno was in there too
0:12.2	really nice
0:14.0	while Mayno made the first
0:16.3	he scored the second
0:18.0	and Manchester United
0:20.1	have a two-gold cushion in Bucharest.
0:30.1	This is Talk the Devils, the Athletic podcast dedicated to Manchester United,
0:34.4	and I'm going to say it again.
0:35.7	Look at us, sat here, ready to record after Manchester United have won yet another football match. My goodness, we are living in very exciting times, aren't we? We're going to react to that victory against FCSB in the Europa League, which has sent Manchester United into the knockout stages with no need for that playoff nonsense.
0:55.5	We'll talk about assigning, edging ever closer, although there could be a little bit of a hold-up.
1:00.4	We'll have the details on that.
1:02.0	And yeah, four wins in five games for Ruben Amarim's Reds.
1:06.6	Have they?
1:07.8	Am I going to say it, Andy, turn the corner?
1:10.6	Or are they at that point where they're
1:12.0	approaching turning the corner, which we've talked about previously? We'll also discuss that.
1:17.0	We've got Laurie Andy and Carl are looking back at me. Andy is still in Romania. How was it, Andy?
1:22.2	Good, nice city, massive United following. Really hard ticket to get hold of, loads of Reds in the old
1:28.5	time without tickets yesterday.
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