Ruben Amorim has sent a warning to Manchester United players by insisting that anything is possible despite being a tough favorite to beat Athletic Club in the Europa League semi-finals and securing a place in the final.
The Red Devils will host Athletic Club in the second leg at Old Trafford on Friday, May 9, 2025, early morning WIB, having won 3-0 at Bilbao last week.
In the history of the UEFA Cup and Europa League, 133 teams have won the knockout system game in the first leg of the trip with three goals or more and they have qualified.
This shows that Mancheser United are preparing for the final against Tottenham Hotspur or Bodo/Glimt in Bilbao on May 21, 2025.
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However, after a volatile season and some bad results at home, Amorim did not underestimate anything.
"If you look at our season, anything is possible. We have to understand that one goal can change everything."
"The game momentum, one red card, you saw him a week ago. We struggled to win the game. We thought of winning the game," Amorim said.
Amoritism emphasized that he did not want to refer to the latest conditions and the worst record of the opponent. As is known, Athletic Club lost two of their best players, namely Nico and Inaki Williams.
In addition, The Lions have won only one of the last 10 away games in all competitions.
While Manchester United are unbeaten in their last 17 home games in the Europa League knockout round.
However, for Amorim, he wants his troops to learn from experience not to feel happy. The Europa League quarter-final second leg match against Lyon is still fresh in his memory.
Manchester United took a 2-0 lead before being equalized to 2-2. Lyon had to play with 10 players, but were still able to take a 4-2 lead in extra time before the intense backlash of the Red Devils at the end of the game.
"Sometimes as long as our game was a team, something happened. We lost our minds a little bit."
"If you look at our team, we can't say what's going to happen today. Some teams, the story will be like this and control narratives."
"We can't do that. I feel like we need to score to advance to the next round. We have to suffer a little to advance to the final," Amorim said.
Amorim was boosted by the return of defender Noussair Mazraoui. He was not included in the squad when he lost 3-4 to Brentford last weekend, but was fit enough to train as usual on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
Matthijs de Ligt is not available after a knee injury.
"It's not a big deal and it's a good thing," Amorious said, when asked about De Ligt's fitness.
"He can't play tomorrow or Sunday, May 11, 2025 (against West Ham), but then we'll check him day after day," said the Portuguese coach.
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