CORBERÁN: "The players were up to the challenge of the situation"
The coach's post-match press conference
Match facts:
- Valencia CF will play the match number 100 versus Manchester United.
- Juan Mata, Andreas Pereira Luis Nani, Gary Neville, and Phil Neville have been part of both clubs.
- Pablo Hernández is the only player who has scored in Old Trafford in an official match.
- The last time Valencia CF won versus Manchester United was in 1982 in Mestalla (2-1).
- Rodrigo Moreno is the only player in the team who has scored in Old Trafford.
Pre-match press conferences:
Champions League week is always a good week even if you expect a difficult match, a difficult opponent. Is a big week, everybody wants to play Champions League, not everybody can do it so we are here and have a chance to play a big match, big week, said Mourinho.
Everyone is trying to win, especially against Manchester United everyone has a big motivation to win. We know that, and we have to be ready, said Matic.
We are here to win and continue to grow as a team which is really important for us, said Rodrigo.
For me, it's an honour to be the coach of Valencia and to come to a stadium like this one and play a Champions League match here. For this coaching staff, there was excitement about playing in the Champions League and fortunately, we’re doing that with Valencia. We want to get to the last 16 and in order to do that, we have to compete and win, said Marcelino.
Squad lists:
Manchester United: De Gea, Sergio Romero, Lee Grant, Antonio Valencia, Victor Lindelof, Chris Smalling, Luke Shaw, Matteo Darmian, Diogo Dalot, Phil Jones, Eric Bailly Fred, Scott McTominay, Juan Mata, Marouane Fellaini, Nemanja Matic, Paul Pogba, Andreas Pereira Alexis Sanchez, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Romelu Lukaku.
Valencia CF : Neto, Doménech, Cristian Vezo, Murillo, Paulista, Diakhaby, Gayà Lato, Piccini, Garay,kondogbia,Guedes, Soler,Parejo, Coquelin,Wass, Gameiro, Cheryshev, Rodrigo and Batsuhayi.
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