José Mourinho has slammed the state of the pitch at Rostov’s Olimp-2 stadium as one he finds “hard to believe”before Manchester United’s Europa League last-16 first leg game on Thursday. The United manager indicated he would like the game staged elsewhere but is unsure if this is possible. Mourinho was speaking at the south Russian club having just seen the pitch for the first time. Manchester United need to beat Rostov to make José Mourinho ‘smell the final’ Read more“The pitch is the same for everyone but it will still be a problem,” said Daniliants. “In the final of the League Cup [at Wembley], Manchester United played on an ideal lawn – it was like a carpet.

Source: The Guardian March 08, 2017 09:22 UTC