Man Utd will win the Europa League despite poor performance against Copenhagen – Lindelof

Victor Lindelof criticized Manchester United’s quarter-final performance against Copenhagen. However, the Swede is convinced the Red Devils got the potential to win the Europa League title.

In the second half of United’s tough 1-0 win in Cologne, the 26-year-old came on as the substitute with Bruno Fernandes‘s only penalty goal separating the two side.

Lindelof told in post-game interview:

“I think we could have done a lot of things better but when we had the ball they made it difficult for us.

“Sometimes they pressed high and when they didn’t they dropped deep and defended compact as a unit. It was hard to create chances there but I think we should have scored a few more goals. For United it is very difficult to say just. It happens sometimes in football.

“Of course it’s been a long season but we played a quarter-final in a European Cup so I think everyone had to be ready for that. Like I said, it happens sometimes in football that you don’t perform at the level you want to. But the important thing is that we won and we’re through to the semi-finals.”

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team entered this season’s FA Cup and Carabao Cup semi-finals. Although they lost their chance to grab either of them. Lindelof is hopeful it’s the third time’s charm that would bring them glory.

“I think we have a lot of confidence in the team right now. We’ve been performing to a very high level, especially after the league ended.

“We got the third spot and we’ve been playing some really, really good football. I think everybody has a lot of confidence and we know we can do some great things.

“Obviously even if we play against Sevilla or Wolves, they are two tough teams but we’re going to be ready and hopefully we can go out and perform a really, really good game.” – the Swede said.

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