In the next two days, the remaining representatives from the Premier League will play their first games in the Round of 16 phase of the Champions League. The tittle holders, Manchester United, travel to east, knowing that apart from warmer temperature, they will have to expect also a warm welcome from fans in Athens.
Red Devils travel to Athens, where Olympiacos will entertain them. Although the Greek club will definitely miss striker Mitroglu (who left the club during January transfer window and signed a contract with Fulham), fans in the stadium will definitely be the 12th man. Atmosphere in their games can be both spectacular and terrifying, but one thing is certain – they will try their best to make all United players feel uncomfortable when the game starts.
However, when look at the pictures of United players, it looks like they are going to Greece to have good time and achieve advantage ahead of the rematch. Wingers Young and Valencia are expected to start this game (Englishman was unused substitute against Crystal Palace on weekend, while Valencia played a 10-minute cameo when there was no fear for final result in the game) and that is probably the main reason why they are smiling on this picture:
Also, Chicarito and De Gea posted a photo of them while they were in the airplane. They probably spend a lot of time together talking in their mother tongue, Spanish: