Jose Mourinho hopes Man United won’t be caught cold

Manchester United’s crunch Europa League clash with Zorya Luhansk is under threat due to a frozen pitch that Jose Mourinho claims his team should never have had to encounter.

Jose Mourinho hopes Man United won’t be caught cold

United manager Mourinho believes Uefa should not make teams play on frozen pitches like the one in Ukraine where his team’s fate in the group stage will be sealed.

A point will be enough to see United go through from Group A to the last 32, while Zorya are already out of the competition but they restricted United to a 1-0 win at Old Trafford, playing on the kind of surface they can only dream of.

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