Cristiano Ronaldo reunited with a couple of his former Manchester United teammates while on international duty with Portugal this week - finding particular joy in seeing Diogo Dalot once again.
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Manchester United are 90 minutes away from reaching the Europa League quarter-finals and a potential two-legged tie against Premier League title contenders Arsenal.
Erik ten Hag's team comfortably beat Real Betis 4-1 in the first leg at Old Trafford and have a three-goal cushion before the return meeting in southern Spain. Marcus Rashford, Antony, Bruno Fernandes and Wout Weghorst all scored one week ago, and will hope their goalscoring touch returns following a 0-0 stalemate with Southampton last weekend.
Should United advance, and FiveThirtyEight's data-driven predictions give them a higher chance (97%) of doing so than any other round of 16 side, there is the possibility of being drawn against Arsenal. Mikel Arteta's side must first overcome Sporting after only drawing their first leg 1-1 in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Thursday's match kicks off at the earlier than usual time of 6:45pm local time in Seville (1:45pm ET; 10:45am PT). Arsenal kick-off at the more typical time of 8pm local time (4pm ET; 1pm PT)
Paramount+ are streaming all of the night's Europa League action. Spanish-language coverage will also be available on TUDN.
DirecTV Stream and fubo TV will also both be airing the coverage. Alternate Spanish commentary is also available on VIX+ as well as the TUDN app and TUDN.com.
Alejandro Garnacho will not feature back in his homeland against Betis after the club confirmed that an ankle injury suffered during the draw with Southampton is a serious one. United acknowledge that while the ligament damage is still assessed and the duration of his absence remains uncertain, Garnacho is set to be out for multiple weeks.
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Manchester United face Real Betis in the second leg of their Europa League round of 16 on Thursday night.
It is unlikely Marcus Rashford recognised the face staring up at him. The defender was prone as he vainly shuffled his body across the saturated Old Trafford turf to try and block the inevitable shot with his head.
Joaquin admission
Real Betis captain Joaquin admitted it will be difficult for the Spanish side to progress to the next round of the Europa League after losing heavily to Manchester United in the first leg of their last-16 tie.
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