{"id":9212,"date":"2019-08-30T14:19:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T18:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=9212"},"modified":"2019-09-01T10:21:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T14:21:07","slug":"manchester-united-set-to-clock-up-the-miles-in-europa-league-group-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=9212","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United Set to Clock Up the Miles in Europa League Group Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/EDNz0oXX4AAaZo5-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/EDNz0oXX4AAaZo5-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/EDNz0oXX4AAaZo5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/EDNz0oXX4AAaZo5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/EDNz0oXX4AAaZo5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/EDNz0oXX4AAaZo5.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Manchester United face some long-distance midweek trips after being drawn in a Europa League group with Astana, Partizan Belgrade and AZ Alkmaar.<\/p>\n<p>Ole Gunnar Solskaer\u2019s team are set to play in Group L as they enter the competition for the first time since they lifted the trophy in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>United could not be drawn against fellow top seeds and five-time winners Sevilla but will face a 6,000 kilometer round trip to Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan to face Astana.<\/p>\n<p>Last season\u2019s finalists Arsenal have drawn Eintracht Frankfurt, Standard Leige and Vitoria.<\/p>\n<p>Frankfurt reached the semi-finals last season before being knocked out by Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Wolves have been put in a group with Besiktas, Brava and Slovan Bratislava.<\/p>\n<p>Scottish Champions Celtic have been drawn with Lazio, Rennes and Cluj, after being knocked out of the Champions League qualifying rounds by the Romanian club.<\/p>\n<p>Rangers were placed with Porto, Young Boys and Feyenoord.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-9212\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=9212&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-9212\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=9212&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-9212\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=9212&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=9212\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United face some long-distance midweek trips after being drawn in a Europa League group with Astana, Partizan Belgrade and AZ Alkmaar. 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