Solskjaer posters put up by Roma fans in call to arms

Roma fans have put up posters of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer outside the club’s training ground after feeling disrespected by the Manchester United manager’s comments.

Roma travel to Old Trafford for the first leg of their Europa League semi-final tie against Solskjaer’s side on Thursday.

And their fans have responded to comments made by the Norwegian after he found out United had drawn Paulo Fonseca’s side.


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After beating Granada in the quarter-final, Solskjaer was asked about his side’s next opponents in his post-match BT Sport interview, and responded: “I don’t know them and I haven’t seen them play.”

Solskjaer did then go on to say he was looking forward to playing a big European side with a lot of history.

But some Roma fans took offence, putting up posters of Solskjaer which read: “I don’t know them and I haven’t seen them play,” followed by ‘make sure he remembers us’, underneath.

Solskjaer then named former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko as a danger man for United

He said: “Roma defend well, as Italians always do of course. They’re an experienced team and we all know Edin Dzeko, so any ball in the box is a dangerous one.

“We’re looking forward to it, of course. We’re in a semi-final now and it feels like a proper European tie, because Roma is a club with loads of tradition and history, but we’ve done well against Italian teams before.

“We’re looking forward to it and we’re going into these games hoping to get to the final. If you can finish this season with a final and a trophy then that would be great.”

Solskjaer has also reminisced over United’s remarkable 8-3 aggregate triumph against the Italian side in the 2007 Champions League quarter-finals.

“We lost the away game but the odd thing was the manager (Sir Alex Ferguson) was so happy after that defeat – I’ve never seen him that happy after losing a game,” the United boss said, having provided an assist in the 2-1 away loss before coming on in the 7-1 Old Trafford triumph.

“He was so confident we were going to win the home game so surreal experience, really.

 

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