Jose Mourinho urges his Manchester United players to “forget” about Juventus-Valencia and focus on their own match.
The Red Devils are currently two points behind Juve at the top of the group, with a two point gap to the Spaniards.
Should the Bianconeri win tonight, a win for United against Young Boys will secure a place in the Last 16.
However, the Portuguese insists he won’t have one eye on events in Turin.
“It’s not a crucial match,” Mourinho insisted.
Jose Mourinho urges his Manchester United players to “forget” about Juventus-Valencia and focus on their own match.
The Red Devils are currently two points behind Juve at the top of the group, with a two point gap to the Spaniards.
Should the Bianconeri win tonight, a win for United against Young Boys will secure a place in the Last 16.
However, the Portuguese insists he won’t have one eye on events in Turin.
“It’s not a crucial match,” Mourinho insisted.
“If we don’t win tomorrow we still don’t depend on other results, we just depend on ourselves. So it’s not a crucial game.
“But I want to play from minute one like it is the last chance we have to qualify. I want to forget that we still have a chance, that we still have one more match to play, and I want to play this game as a knockout game.
“We have to win, that’s the way I want to play. The team I’m going to play is a team where I’m going to try to have that… happiness to cope with the little pressure that I’m going to try to add.
“It’s not a real pressure, because the reality is we still have one more match to play.
“Let’s forget the game against Valencia, let’s forget that we still depend on Juventus-Valencia to know if we can qualify tomorrow or not.
“Let’s play this game like a game we have to win.”