Twente coach puts Lazio in same category as Manchester United and Fenerbahce | OneFootball

FC Twente coach Joseph Oosting has said that Thursday’s Europa League opponents, Lazio, are in the ‘same category’ as Premier League giants Manchester United and Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce.

Lazio and Twente will meet at De Grolsch Veste in the Netherlands for their third fixture of the 2024-25 edition of the Europa League.

Oosting: ‘Lazio in the same category as Manchester United and Fenerbahce’

Oosting paid Lazio plenty of compliments during his pre-match press conference, pointing to their recent experiences in the Champions League and their consistency in Serie A, and went on to put them on the same tier as Man United and Fenerbahce.

“Playing against a top club is another big challenge for us. Lazio is a club in the same category as Manchester United and Fenerbahce,”  Oosting told the press, reported via Corriere dello Sport.

He continued: “Lazio is a great team that has been competing for the top spots in Serie A for years and was still playing in the Champions League last year.

“We have already been able to compete with big, historic clubs in Europe this season and we’ve taken a lot of motivation from this.”