Manchester United caretaker manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is of the opinion that his team can go all the way in the UCL this season.
The English team drew Barcelona in the UCL draws earlier today and are set to battle it out with the Spanish giants for a spot in the semifinals of the competition.
His words, “I think we’ve shown against Paris St-Germain that on any given day we can beat a top team,”
“Any team can beat anyone of the eight. There’s still top, top quality. Of course, with Cristiano [Ronaldo] still in it I don’t think it’s opened up that much.”
“There are so many variables and these games will be decided by margins. Of course that VAR, even though for me it’s a penalty, you can still be unlucky and not get it in the last minute and then we’d be out and no one would really remember the PSG performance.
“I believe that you get what you deserve in life, in sports. If you put the work in, if you work hard, show the right attitude, if you go in every single day and do the right things you can maximise your chances.
“So yes, we can go all the way but you’ve got to be lucky and good along the way.”
On the Arsenal defeat, “Any game you lose is a big anti-climax. It’s the worst feeling you can have and that’s maybe the only good thing about that Arsenal defeat.
“The more games you win, the more confidence you breed, the more hunger there is in the players. Every single game that you win puts another layer on that, on the way to becoming the team that we want to be. So I don’t agree that teams should go out of this and this to focus on that.
“To win trophies you’ve got to win at least one or two really tough games. They’re like defining moments. We beat Liverpool, we beat Chelsea, we beat Arsenal back then [in 1999], and you think ‘we deserve a little bit of luck in the draw next time’ but Wolves away, what a difficult game that can be.
“We’re not challenging to win the league this year but we are challenging for the other two trophies. The confidence in the players is sky high. The mood is good, the training attitude is good, so hopefully we can keep that run going.”
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