The UEFA Champions League playoff for Manchester United and Club Brugge kicks off on Tuesday night. Louis van Gaal will have a press conference tomorrow to preview this match. The winner of this playoff series, advances to the group stages of Champions League.
MANCHESTER UNITED SQUAD IN FULL
Goalkeepers: David De Gea, Anders Lindegaard, Sergio Romero, Sam Johnstone
Defenders: Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo, Jonny Evans, Chris Smalling, Luke Shaw, Paddy McNair, Matteo Darmian, Tyler Blackett
Midfielders: Adnan Januzaj, Michael Carrick, Daley Blind, Ashley Young, Ander Herrera, Antonio Valencia, Marouane Fellaini, Morgan Schneiderlin, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jesse Lingard, Andreas Pereira, Memphis Depay, Juan Mata
Strikers: Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez, James Wilson.
Here’s the predicted starting XI we came up with. Feel free to post your own starting XI in the comments section below as well as opine on any of the starting XIs that you’ve seen already online:
Rooney
Depay Mata Young
Schnederlin Carrick
Shaw Blind Smalling Darmian
Romero
You’ll also want to check out this video from Sports Illustrated, which highlights the main contenders in Champions League:
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