Tomorrow United visit Turkey to play Galatasaray in a repeat of the 1993 European Cup tie where United players and fans were subject to the Welcome to Hell banners and a hostile atmosphere at there home ground.
When United played the game ended in controversy when Cantona was having issues with armed forces and United went out on away goals after a 3-3 draw at Old Trafford and drawing 0-0 in Turkey.
United are going over with an inexperienced squad mainly due to the fact that United have won the group and with two home games coming up, Sir Alex cannot risk any of the big guns such as RVP, Rooney, Rio and Scholes.
There is still plenty of big names in the squad such as Anderson, Rafael, Fletcher and Hernandez, so there will be plenty of experience to draw on to help the young guys through.
It will be a great experience for them to play in a hostile atmosphere and will see how they perform under pressure.
It was a similar situation in 2004 when a young United team went to Turkey to Fenerbache and were outgunned 3-0 by a Tuncay second half hat trick but the team which featured a young o'shea, Fletcher, Ronaldo and Liam Miller were better for the opportunity.
Hopefully, the younger member of the squad will benefit from this and whatever the result that they learn from this and use it to push on to more first team appearances.
From a fans point of view, there is the strong possibility that United may lose but from a practical point of view United have qualified and done what they needed to do. With big games looming in the premiership, it is a perfect opportunity to rest players for a long journey. This time last season we were on a 50-50 basis of qualifying and ultimately failed, so whatever the result welcome to hell will be just another game!
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