Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has criticised UEFA, European football's governing body, ahead of his side's final Europa League group fixture against Zorya Luhansk on Thursday over the icy conditions in Ukraine.
The Red Devils face Zorya—who cannot qualify from Group A—at the Chornomorets Stadium in Odessa, and Mourinho questioned UEFA's decision to hold such a frosty fixture in December, per the Mirror's Joe Mewis:
The pitch is hard, the pitch is icy.
I think UEFA know the conditions of the pitch and everyone knows the conditions in Ukraine and Eastern Europe in mid-December are more difficult.