Europa League Final: MU's life on the 'red line'

Rated higher than Ajax, but forced to win to get a ticket to the C1 Cup, MU will face heavy pressure when entering the final match at 1:45 a.m. on May 25 in Stockholm.

A day before the match with Ajax, MU players visited Friends Arena in a state of excitement and anxiety.

In contrast to the confidence and comfort shown on the faces of Ajax players when they marched to Stockholm, the Red Devils appeared sad, their spirits affected by the terrorist bombing that killed 22 people in Manchester.

Mourinho and his students visit Friends Arena

Ajax has a better preparation process for the match than MU, because they have not played since May 14. Meanwhile, Mourinho has to divide his team to play the remaining rounds of the Premier League, not to mention the storm of injuries and suspensions that has caused them to lose many key players in the crucial match of the season.

Force situation

Eric Bailly is suspended after being sent off in the semi-final against Celta Vigo. Ibrahimovic, Marcos Rojo, Ashley Young and Luke Shaw are all ruled out through injury.

Before the trip to Stockholm, both Smalling and Fellaini suffered minor injuries so their ability to play is still uncertain.

Ajax are quite confident before the final

Ajax have no major injuries. Left-back Viergever is suspended, so Jairo Riedewald will take his place.

MU players too tired?

The Europa League final is MU's 64th match this season, 8 more than their opponent Ajax.

Canceling the press conference after the terrorist attack in Manchester, coach Mourinho complained about his players constantly having to work hard leading to exhaustion.

Therefore, in the final rounds of the Premier League, the Portuguese coach decided to rotate his players. According to statistics, since the beginning of 2017, Pogba is the player who has played the most minutes for MU (2087 minutes). Herrera is right behind (2055 minutes).

Past performance

Both Manchester United and Ajax are looking for their first European title in a long time. Manchester United won the Champions League in 2008. Ajax last won the title in 1995.

Pogba is the player with the most appearances for MU since 2017

Ajax Amsterdam is one of four clubs to have won all three prestigious European titles, along with Chelsea, Juventus and Bayern Munich.

However, since the C2 Cup and C3 Cup merged into the Europa League, MU and Ajax have never been crowned champions.

Forecast: Draw 1-1 in 90 minutes (MU won in extra time)

Expected lineup:

MU:Romero, Valencia, Jones, Blind, Darmian, Pogba, Fellaini, Herrera, Lingard, Rashford, Mkhitaryan.

Ajax:Onana, Veltman, Sanchez, De Ligt, Riedewald, Ziyech, Schone, Klaassen, Younes, Traore, Dolberg

According to Vietnamnet