'To compete with these teams you have to be perfect'

FCSB need to play the "perfect game" if they are to get a surprise Europa League win against Manchester United, says head coach Elias Charalambous.

Both teams are already guaranteed to progress to play-offs but Thursday's final match in the new-look league phase offers them the chance to seal a place in the last 16.

"We know that in these kind of games, especially with Manchester United, to win the game we have to make everything perfect, and this is the way that we can win these kind of games," Charalambous said.

"We have to be in our best shape, to eliminate our mistakes and to make a perfect game in order to win these three points that are the target for tomorrow."

FCSB are the reigning Romanian champions and currently sit second in this season's SuperLiga as they welcome a United side looking to win a third straight match.

Despite Ruben Amorim's recent comments suggesting this United team are "maybe the worst" in the club's history, Charalambous still expects a tough challenge.

"Manchester United is always Manchester United," he added. "A huge club and for sure you know very well that especially in the Premier League all the games are equal.

"I believe that this doesn't have anything to do with us tomorrow because we know very well that the game will be very hard. And, I repeat, to compete with these teams you have to be perfect."