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spoken about it. They know that they are part of a special club that can do something like this.
“We are not going to go there and lay down. We are going to give it a go.
“We have got to go for it. We have a mountain to climb. But we have quality players.”
Solskjaer will have to shuffle his pack and could be forced to pick full-back Diogo Dalot in midfield against the French champions.
And he wants United to make it another famous European night like the one in Turin in 1999 when Sir Alex Ferguson’s side came from behind to beat Juventus in a memorable semi-final en route to their Treble.
“It was 1-1 at home and they scored two to go 2-0 up in the first 10 minutes,” added Solskjaer.
“Suddenly you think you are out, but as soon as you get that one goal away from home we were in the ascendancy.
“Then when we got to 2-2 and suddenly we were through and they had to panic.
“So that’s it for us. We have to get goals in that game. If we get an early one, then suddenly we are in with a shout.”
United warmed up for their Euro adventure by beating Southampton 3-2 at Old Trafford on Saturday, with Romelu Lukaku scoring twice.
Match report: See Seriously Football JOSE MOURINHO is counting down the days until he heads back into management.
Mourinho, who was sacked by Manchester United in December, is weighing up his options before heading back to the dugout.
The Portuguese, 56, continues to be linked with a return to the top job Real Madrid, one of his former clubs.
Mourinho said: “I’m young for a manager, I’m really young.
“And I think, of course, age is also in your brain and in your heart, in your passion.
“I can say that I am no different at all from when I started in football.
“The fact that I have a big desire to be back is because I didn’t win a trophy for 18 months.’’