It’s a bit of a tough one in terms of showing ‘disrespect’ to Östersund (does that really matter?) but really they were so bad in that first 30 minutes that it allowed us to win the entire tie in that time. Now they may have got over their inferiority complex but they won’t win the game.
I’d rest Özil and two/three others, try and get Ramsey and his phantom hamstrings fit for the final (unlikely) and just play people like Willock, Nketiah, Maitland Niles, start Holding/Kolasinac etc
Of course we have to rest players. Man City have an entire week to prepare for the final. We’re already at a disadvantage - you know, what with them having better players than us! We need to give the likes of Özil a week too.
Nooooo. It’s the last 16. Most of the teams who look to be going through are decent. I wouldn’t trust our reserves against any of them! And that’s really not a risk we should be taking.