Manchester United plays badly in the local Premier League. Nevertheless, the club could appear in the Champions League next year. Trainer Ruben Amorim is dread.
At Manchester United you will all be very relieved if the current season of the Premier League Is over. Because there they experience “Red Devils” A horror season and are only 15th place three rounds before the end. If that would be the case at the end, it would be the worst placement since 1973/74. At that time, the renown club relegated. To make matters worse, Archrival FC also won this year Liverpool the 20th title and Man united can no longer call himself the sole record champions.
Under Amorim “Maybe the worst team in history”
Ruben Amorim was also unable to save the season. The club of coach Erik Ten HAG had already separated in October and committed to the Portuguese. He should lead United back to the top group, but somehow everything was getting worse. Around two months after taking office, Amorim said something very remarkable: “We may be the worst team in the history of Manchester United.”
No system, no money
The coach is also to blame for the misery. The game idea is missing, which Amorim wants, the team put together by ten HAG simply cannot implement. So he switched from a chain of four to a chain of three and took months to press the players halfway into the new system.
But there is not only chaos in the square. The club is also financially struck due to mismanagement. The liabilities should be around one billion euros.
Harry Maguire and Diogo Dalot are disappointed after a defeat.
Despite the bad season, soon in the Champions League?
That you will still be united in the coming season in the Champions League Against this background is strange.
But in the Europa League, it works. There the English have not lost any game at all and are in the semi -finals. With a calming 3-0 victory in the back, go back to the second leg on Thursday (from 9 p.m. in the live ticker at Sportschau) Old Trafford Against Athletic Bilbao and are already in the final with one leg. If there is also a success there, then as a European League winner you would be qualified for the Champions League in the coming season.
Amorim: “We are not ready”
The season would be reasonably saved, but United team manager Amorim doesn’t want to know anything about this. “The game will be very difficult. There is no away gate rule and everything can change”he said before the second duel with the Spaniards.
Even before the Champions League, the 39-year-old is divided, he does not see his team prepared for them. “We are not ready to be competitive in the Premier League and play in the Champions League at the same time”said the Portuguese last: “This is really a dilemma.”
However, he still wants to go to the premier class: “We have to win, we have to fight to get this title and move into the Champions League. Then we have the time to prepare to cope with both competitions.”
Finale against another crisis club?
If it is enough against Bilbao, then a duel with another English crisis club may be due at the final on May 21st in Bilbao. Because in the second semi -finals is Tottenham Hotspur After the 3-1 first leg victory at the Norwegian surprise team FK Bodö/, the favorite is glimmed. In the Premier League they are “Spurs” than 16 at the moment even worse than one United.