Always associated with history and maybe people say Manchester United is one of the big teams, but over time it cannot be maintained because the competition is increasingly competitive. Manchester United have had big problems this season where they have not been able to maintain stability and although in the Europa League they are still quite consistent, reaching the final to fight for the title is not easy and now they have to face Real Sociedad first.
Real Sociedad is an obstacle that Manchester United must be able to defeat in the last 16 of the Europa League this season, but Manchester United must be able to improve the quality of its players who are still fit at this time because I see that there are many Manchester United core players who are still injured so that is what will make it more difficult for Manchester United to achieve victory in every important match for now. The Europa League is a competition that Manchester United needs to focus fully on because from this path it will be able to take it to the Champions League next season if Manchester United can win the title this season.
We see realistically the strength of Manchester United in the last few matches so there is no need to overdo it to predict what will happen in the last 16 even though there will be a slight difference in performance between matches in the domestic league and matches in the Europa League but it cannot be expected to be greater on Manchester United this season because they are really very bad.
On the other hand, Real Sociedad's performance is actually not that good this season, they are still stuck in the middle of the La Liga standings which shows their inconsistent performance but for the last 16 against Man United I think Real Sociedad has a great chance of winning.