The FC panel are cautiously optimistic of Manchester United’s chances of advancing from Group H, indicating Jose Mourinho must fix their current problems fast.

The FC panel answer your latest questions from the twittersphere.

Sid Lowe joins the FC panel to address the rumours linking Zinedine Zidane to Manchester United.

Steve Nicol tries to guess whether Jose Mourinho is reacting to a win or a loss in these press conferences from the last few years.

Tottenham took control of the second half at Manchester United, burying three goals in the Theatre of Dreams to up the pressure on Jose Mourinho.
Chile have left Alexis Sanchez out of the national squad for upcoming friendlies against Japan and South Korea following a request to do so by Manchester United.
His country’s all-time leading goalscorer with 39 goals and its most capped player, Sanchez is not on coach Reinaldo Rueda’s 24-man list of players to travel to the Far East to face Japan on Sept. 7 in Sapporo and South Korea in Suwon four days later.
“Alexis Sanchez’s absence is due to the fact that his club needs him at this complex time,…

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Chile and Peru will meet in a friendly in Miami on Oct. 12, the Chilean football federation (ANFP) said on Monday.
The so-called Clasico del Pacifico had been expected to be played in Peru but will be held at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
It will be Peru’s second game in Miami this year after they beat Croatia 2-0 in an exhibition match in March.
The South American teams have faced each other 77 times since 1935, with Chile winning 43, and played each other during qualifiers for the 2018 World…

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Luis Figo said that he expects Lionel Messi to be at his best during the World Cup, as it will probably be his last chance to win the tournament.

Captain Lionel Messi has dismissed talks about Argentina being the favourites to win the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

After their runners-up finish in 2014, the ESPN FC crew assess Lionel Messi and Argentina’s chances of lifting the World Cup in Russia.
Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal has said Lionel Messi fears him and his side after their victories over Argentina in the 2015 and 2016 Copa America finals.
Messi is still searching for a major trophy with his country as he prepares for the World Cup — a tournament for which Chile did not qualify.
Speaking to Brazilian Youtube channel Pilhado along with Bayern Munich teammate Rafinha, Vidal was asked whether he feared Messi.
He laughed and replied: “Do I fear him or does he fear me? I don’t fear him,…

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WARSAW — Strikes from captain Robert Lewandowski and midfielder Piotr Zielinski were not enough to give World Cup-bound Poland victory over Chile, who fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 in a friendly in Poznan on Friday.
Poland took the lead when Bayern Munich striker Lewandowski found the net in the 30th minute following a precise pass from Paris St Germain’s Grzegorz Krychowiak.
The hosts appeared to have sealed victory four minutes later when Napoli’s Zielinski beat Chile keeper Gabriel…

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GRAZ, AUSTRIA — World Cup-bound Serbia gave coach Mladen Krstajic plenty to worry about ahead of the tournament in Russia after a tepid performance in Monday’s 1-0 friendly defeat by a second-string Chile side.
Only two astonishing misses by substitute Angelo Henriquez spared the Serbians from a heavier defeat, with centre back Guillermo Maripan heading in an 89th-winner for Chile who failed to qualify for the 32-nation tournament.
Krstajic fielded an experimental 4-2-3-1 formation which failed…

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The FC crew are split on whether Bayern Munich or Real Madrid is the likelier side to prevail in their Champions League semifinal tie.
Arturo Vidal will miss the rest of Bayern Munich’s season after undergoing knee surgery, the German champions confirmed on Tuesday.
The Chilean suffered a setback on Sunday in his first training session since he picked up an injury against Sevilla earlier this month.
Bayern had already ruled him out of Tuesday’s German Cup semifinal against Bayer Leverkusen, but he will now miss the Champions League run-in as well.
“He slipped and went down,” boss Jupp Heynckes said on Bayern’s official website…

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Uruguay beat Wales 1-0 to win the China Cup final in Nanning.
Edinson Cavani, winning his 100th cap, scored the 49th-minute winner from close range.
Wales were unchanged as Ryan Giggs kept faith with the side which thrashed China 6-0 in their semifinal, meaning Gareth Bale won his 70th cap and skipper Ashley Williams his 78th.
Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani made his 100th appearance for Uruguay and Barcelona’s former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez his 97th.

Luis Suarez twice went close…

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