Mourinho has had to contend with several subpar pitches in the Europa League this season and it looks like he will have another tomorrow Martin Rickett/PA WireFears grew about the state of the surface for Manchester United’s Europa League game in Russia after FC Rostov moved their training session in order to avoid causing further damage to the grass. United landed in Rostov last night ahead of the first leg of their last-16 tie. In the final of the [EFL] cup, Manchester United played on an ideal lawn — it was like a carpet. When they arrive here they will be surprisedThey are due to train at the Olimp-2 Stadium this morning, but Uefa revealed Rostov have agreed to shift their training session to their training base nearby as the pitch is in such a poor state. Uefa said: “In order to protect the pitch from unnecessary damage before Thursday’s match, FC Rostov have agreed to not train on the pitch and have moved their training to the training ground just behind the stadium.”Tomorrow’s match will be…

Source: The Times March 08, 2017 09:00 UTC