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Mourinho wants Old Trafford rocking

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From Back Page because it’s not the age, it’s the quality.’ Rashford made way for Anthony Martial with 10 minutes of the semi-final first leg remaining, but Mourinho played down any fitness concerns. ‘He started the game with a little problem and obviously with the running he was feeling it and Martial was fresh,’ the Portuguese added on BT Sport. United, England’s last European representa­tives, have travelled far and wide in their bid to win the only major continenta­l trophy to have eluded them in their history. And Mourinho thinks they can progress to the May 24 final at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, where Ajax or Lyon will await them. ‘I’m very pleased with the performanc­e, not so pleased with the result,’ he said. ‘At half-time it should be, I don’t want to say three but two (goals), and the result is open and we played well enough to have the result closed. ‘In the first half their keeper made some very important saves. But we controlled the game in the first half and we deserved to win by more. We played really well. It was a good performanc­e. That match at Old Trafford, let’s hope that Old Trafford wants us to win because when Old Trafford wants it, we win. ‘The result could have been better and we need to respect Celta because of what they have achieved in this competitio­n.’ Celta coach Eduardo Berizzo added of Rashford: ‘I’m saying nothing new if I say that he is really fast and really dangerous. But we have to get our own players into the second leg more. This is not over yet.’

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