Louis van Gaal held his weekly press conference this morning previewing Manchester United’s away trip to Preston North End for the next round of the FA Cup. United are now the overwhelming favorites to win the world’s oldest football tournament, but Van Gaal was the recipient of some criticism from club legend Paul Scholes.
Here’s how he responded. Next we move on to the lineup prediction.
Here’s The Guardian’s lineup below, and you can read their match preview, which gets into why this lineup was chosen here
Falcao Wilson
Rooney
Di Maria Mata
Blind
Shaw Rojo Evans McNair
De Gea
And here is the link to The Sports Bank Manchester United starting XI prediction versus Preston North End.
TV info, via Fox Sports PR: Preston North End vs. Manchester United, FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports GO, Monday, Feb. 16 (2:30 PM ET) (here’s much more on the television coverage of this match)
And here’s what Manager Louis van Gaal had to say at his match preview press conference today. You’ll find injury and fitness reports at that link.
As always, feel free to post your own Manchester United starting XI in the comments section below. And of course, speak your mind on the formations and Manchester United starting XI s that you’ve already seen online.
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