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Solskjaer confident Man Utd players can handle Euro tournament structure

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes his players can handle the Europa League's lightening tournament.

United will look to seal qualification for the knockout tournament in Germany, with a healthy 5-0 advantage for the second-leg of their tie with LASK tonight.

Solskjaer said, "We've all been part of tournaments, maybe World Cups and different types of tournaments like the Euros or Under-21 tournaments, so it's territory that we've been in with national teams more or less, but now as a club side we're looking forward to it and hopefully we'll last until 21 August and then we've had a 12-day stay in Germany.

"First we need to get through the LASK game. If we don't do that, we don't deserve to be in Germany anyway. When we get there, there's one focus and that's lifting a trophy."

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