United loses Valencia and loses his head

VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) – Manchester United ended their flickering Bundesliga with a shady 2-1 loss to Valencia, who dropped out of the tournament earlier in the season to take second place behind Juventus in Group H on Wednesday. .

United had to qualify for the last 16 games, but had to win to take the lead. Juventus were waiting for Juventus to lose to bottom-up Young Boys and the Italian team had already lost 2-1 to Switzerland.

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Carlos Soller gave the advantage to the Spanish team in the 17th minute with a powerful shot. Phil Jones scored the second goal in a strange way at the start of the second half.

Marcus Rushford gave the visiting team a chance to reduce the lead in the 87th minute, but Valencia won.

Juventus are leading with 12 points, 10 points for United and eight points in Valencia, who are third and will be in the UEFA Champions League.

Thinking of the upcoming Premier League clash against Liverpool on Sunday, United manager Jose Mourinho has decided to make eight changes to his 4-1 victory over Fulham and place Paul Bujba in the most expensive transfer contract of the season. club.

Bjepa had the best chance for the United States to cancel Soller's lead, but they failed to score at close range.

United made it difficult because Jones did not follow goalkeeper Sergio Romero in a foul.

"I think we played very well in the first half," Mourinho told reporters. "We were comfortable with a ball, but without enthusiasm or ambition.

"In the second half, after talking to the players, I was confident that things would change, but we started to shake our net by mistake, which gave Valencia the advantage of controlling the game."

Valencia has a poor performance in Europe and in the league, with a 15th place finish in just three wins, but his coach Marcelino said the victory helped boost morale.

"I'm happy for the players because they have played well in a lot of games this season, but things have not been good for us, and today we played with vigor and courage and I'm happy for them because They suffered. "

"There are a lot of incredible teams in this tournament, but winning is important and unfortunately we have not scored enough points.

(Reuters)