Solskjaer exclusive: Let’s end a big week on a high
Ole, first and foremost, what are your thoughts on the Europa League draw that has paired us with LASK?“Yeah, it’s a new experience for us to play against them. The name is not very familiar for many, I would guess, but for me I’ve followed Austrian football a little bit and there’s been quite a few Norwegians playing there. They’ve beaten Rosenborg this year in the group stages and, of course, Sporting, so Bruno has been involved against them. They beat [AZ] Alkmaar, who we’ve played in Europe. We’ll get to know more about them but I guess Bruno can do the team talk!”
We’ve never previously played against them, although we have played eight times against Austrian opposition. You’ve scored in two of those games, against Rapid Vienna and Sturm Graz. It’s always an interesting experience to play against a different opponent…“Yeah, as long as you win you enjoy it. We’ve just got to focus on getting through. Name-wise, as I said, people might think it’s one of the better draws you can get but for me they’re underdogs who have done well in the group and to beat Alkmaar is a good feat, so we need to be focused again.”
