Manchester United to face Real Sociedad in the last 32 of the Europa League

[Gasolin]

So far, we are supposed to play WBA away, Real Sociedad away, Newcastle home, Real Sociedad home, Chelsea away.

It would be safer to win in the 1st leg by being lethal in counter attacks and just play it safe in the 2nd leg at home.

 

[Web of Bissaka]

Wow, wouldn't surprise me if they beat us.

They got David Silva, key player.

Who else are the familiar faces?
Januzaj, Isak and Nacho Monreal.

 

[OleBoiii]

Hehe.

Real Socialist Dad.

Hehe.

 

[Web of Bissaka]

Some of the people saying we should get knocked out will be the first complaining if we lose

Indeed, ironic isn't it.

 

[Web of Bissaka]

Hehe.

Real Socialist Dad.

Hehe.

Real Social Dad for me.

 

[laughtersassassin]

Just coming in to say I'm not having all these comments saying we can just focus on the league now.

It's cannot be tolerated if we get knocked out of this too.

 

[Marshal]

Real Sociedad is the team playing best football in La Liga this year. However they have a big problem scoring goals, their 2 strikers Isak and Willian José are in a very bad moment, otherwise they would have a few points more.

It's a really good offensive team, it won't be easy but at the same time they don't have a super strong defense and this "champion" mentality like Sevilla or Madrid. They won't park the bus either.

I hope to watch a really nice match

 

[Inigo Montoya]

One of the 3 teams I was hoping to avoid but there we go. I'm sure they'd rather not be facing us either if they were honest.

Arsenal v Benfica looks a good one too. Fancy the Portuguese to go through

 

[Nou_Camp99]

Say what you want about Ole but one thing we can all agree on is our luck in cup draws under him has been awful. FA cup draws have been mostly very tough, we've had Manchester Derby in league cup, a very tricky CL group and now one of the toughest last 32 Europa ties we could have got.

 

[Idxomer]

Some of the people saying we should get knocked out will be the first complaining if we lose

Not if Ole plays the kids.

 

[Lay]

Our record against Spanish sides is shit

 

[Inigo Montoya]

They've drawn to Alaves and Eibar in their last 2 games. They'll soon be overtaken by both Madrid sides.

Folks you need to stop bricking it each time we draw a side in Europe

 

[Cutch]

Is this the team that had the likes of Diego Tristan, Roy makaay back in the day??

No, that was Deportivo La Coruna

 

[Lay]

They've drawn to Alaves and Eibar in their last 2 games. They'll soon be overtaken by both Madrid sides.

Folks you need to stop bricking it each time we draw a side in Europe

Our record against Spanish sides is god awful though. No wins in the last 9 or something.

We never seem to play well against them even when we manage to beat them (Celta Vigo, Sociedad)

 

[Chairman Steve]

Our record to Spanish sides is meh at best. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Utd comprehensively dispatch a Spanish team in European competition. It’s always on a knife edge against them.

 

[SoCross]

They are playing arguably the best football in Spain right now. Tough tough draw.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

Our record against Spanish sides is god awful though. No wins in the last 9 or something.

We never seem to play well against them even when we manage to beat them (Celta Vigo, Sociedad)

Previous records shouldn't affect the present. New game in a new season. It's the kind of challenge we should now relish instead of easy games against the likes of LASK. If we go out to a really good Sociedad side then at least go down playing good football and not the dire spectacle we were treated to against RB

 

[Ludens the Red]

Seriously cannot believe we drew them. Out of all the fecking shite in the Europa League. Did we not get a high seeding or something ?
Thought we’d get some village idiots as Spurs did and could rest half our team, can’t do that now

 

[Utd heap]

They are playing arguably the best football in Spain right now. Tough tough draw.

They've drawn their last 6 matches?

Three in the league, two of which were against pretty rank lower midtable sides...

 

[Shark]

Tbh I'm glad. Early exit from being back in this nightmare of a competition. Genuinely sick of being in it.

 

[SoCross]

They've drawn their last 6 matches?

Three in the league, two of which were against pretty rank lower midtable sides...

I meant stylistically

 

[always_hoping]

Once again under Ole United get the short straw in a cup draw and yet some think he's a lucky manager?

 

[SER19]

Pretty confident in beating them. Though finding it hard to care at the minute

 

[NJM78]

Tough draw but regardless we make even the shittest teams look good 8/10 games. Anyway I couldn't give a shit about Europa this season, we won't win it anyway.

 

[The Red Thinker]

Nothing but winning Europa League will mean anything playing that tournament.

 

[#07]

Not thinking about this until February. My interest will be directly tied to where we are in the league when the Europa League starts up again.

 

[Jim Beam]

We played against them in the group stage in 2013, when they had Griezmann in their ranks. The only two United players who played in those games that are still in the squad are De Gea and Jones.

There he is, standing the test of time

 

[justsomebloke]

Do they press like City? Because either way, if we find our final third pass back, we will score that time. We got out of City's press by playing Pogba and Bruno on the side during the transition and when one was coming to help, the other one became central. We had some beautiful sequences to get out and we f***** up the last pass only. If they press us and we are less error prone, I don't think we will struggle too much, even away.

But if they don't press, then maybe the game is easier for us physically speaking.

That's a very interesting observation from the City game. Sort of 4222? Didn't generate a great deal of offensive pressure though?

 

[Enigma_87]

They are playing arguably the best football in Spain right now. Tough tough draw.

They'll probably be bottom half when the game comes.

The only top ten sides they have beaten so far are Cadiz, Betis and Granada. Yet to play Sevilla, Barca and Atletico - two of those ties come in the next three games.

They are playing some nice football from what I've seen, but very far from a top side.

 

[bsCallout]

We'll win comfortably but not really bothered to be honest.

 

[UnofficialDevil]

This match is in February, Ole might not be here any more so it depends really.

 

[RashyForPM]

This version of Real Sociedad is in my view superior to that. They’re a well run, knit together and well coached team. After brushing horns with the big guys for a while last season, slipping a bit towards the end but reaching the cup final and a Europa League place, they lost playmaker Ødegaard and yet leads La Liga this year. They are inexperienced in Europe, but have gotten some decent matching in the group games facing Napoli and AZ. Coach Immanol is in house after going the ranks with youth setup, and the team is based around young talent with work ethic and collective spirit drilled into them, while allowing players freedom to express themselves. Ødegaard was helped by this, and players like Mikel Oyarzabal, Januzaj, David Silva and Alexander Isak are interesting to follow in that setup.

Fingers crossed their form has dipped when we meet them, otherwise it’s going to be a really tough nut to crack, and an interesting fixture.

Understand that Barranetxea (sp) or Portu plays ahead of Adnan, but that is a Champions League KO stages quality front 4 either way. Certainly better than any front 4 we can put out, if we’re being very honest. On current form, only Bruno gets into that, and only at RW because Silva is too slow to play there now.

 

[Cantonagotmehere]

Keep Bruno, Rashford and anyone else who is any good away from this. Play the youngins, focus on the league.

 

[LS17]

I know they’re doing well so we’ll need to play well but at end of the day it’s still the sort of team we shouldn’t be worrying about. There’s no reason not to get to the final considering the teams in it so long as he puts out strong teams.

 

[Wednesday at Stoke]

This at least makes it interesting and worth a watch rather than some shit long trip like Kiev in the middle of the winter.

 

[RedTiger]

I've seen them play maybe uno dos tres times.

 

[Ronaldo's ego]

Goodbye Europa.

 

[el3mel]

Oh crap. Not another LA Liga team.

 

[Betson]

it will be 0-0 at their place, lots of back slapping at a professional job well done. then we'll conceded late on and lose on away goals at home. the memories.

And then someone will add it to the irreverent defeats list.

 

[SoCross]

They'll probably be bottom half when the game comes.

The only top ten sides they have beaten so far are Cadiz, Betis and Granada. Yet to play Sevilla, Barca and Atletico - two of those ties come in the next three games.

They are playing some nice football from what I've seen, but very far from a top side.

Perhaps!. I meant stylistically, some really pretty football. If we aren’t at the races mentally like the first 15 mins against Leipzig, we are in for trouble.