Saint-Etienne hopes Beric comes to its 救助（する） against Man U
PARIS (AP) - While Zlatan Ibrahimovic was 得点する／非難する／２０ing a hat trick in Manchester 部隊d's 勝利，勝つ over Saint-Etienne in the Europa League last week, Robert Beric's 11-minute 代用品，人 外見 at Old Trafford was barely noticed.
Still reeling from a hamstring 傷害, Beric's cameo had little 衝撃 as Ibrahimovic ended Saint-Etienne's 10-game unbeaten run in Europe by 3-0.
Beric's 条件 has 改善するd since the 激しい loss, and he featured in a French league game in Montpellier last 週末. The 1976 European Cup 走者-up is hoping that's enough for Beric to help it overturn their 赤字 against 部隊d on Wednesday in the last-32 return 脚.
FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2015 とじ込み／提出する photo, PSG's Marquinhos, 権利, and Robert Beric of Saint Etienne go up for a ball during their French League One サッカー match, in the Parc des princes stadium, in Paris. Saint Etienne willplay Manchester 部隊d Wednesday Feb.22, 2017 in a Europa League match. With an 概算の 予算 の近くに to 70 million euros, Saint-Etienne has no 同等（の） of Ibrahimovic to overturn the 赤字 against the tournament's favorites. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, とじ込み／提出する)
Beric, a versatile 中心-今後 有能な of playing with his 支援する to goal and creating, joined Saint-Etienne last season. He'd 得点する／非難する／２０d 27 goals in 34 matches in his final season with 早い Vienna, but was unable to replicate the feat in the French league because his progression was 突然の stopped by a serious 権利 膝 傷害.
He is 推定する／予想するd to start at Geoffroy Guichard Stadium after his チーム仲間s managed to 軍隊 部隊d goalkeeper Sergio Romero into only a 選び出す／独身 save from 14 発射s last week.
"Beric is so skillful and astute in 前線 of goal that we all want to give him a starting nod," former Saint-Etienne striker Herve Revelli, now a club 外交官／大使, told L'用意する.
部隊d was carved open at times, but the French club was made to 支払う／賃金 for its 露骨な／あからさまの 欠如（する） of efficiency. Revelli 主張するd Beric can make a difference.
"He is likely to put our chances into the 支援する of the 逮捕する," Revelli said.
With an 概算の 予算 of の近くに to 70 million euros, Saint-Etienne 簡単に can't afford the services of a world-class striker. When he joined the 10-time French 支持する／優勝者 for a 報告（する）／憶測d six million euros, Beric became the third most expensive player 調印するd by the club.
A humble player and a man of few words, Beric is somewhat the opposite of the self-infatuated Ibrahimovic.
Unlike Ibrahimovic, who once said he will be "God of Manchester," Beric rarely speaks about himself and his rare comments on social 網状組織s are 限られた／立憲的な to 賞賛する of his チーム仲間s and Saint-Etienne fans.
Beric, who 得点する／非難する／２０d the last of his three league goals this season 支援する in September, is not yet fully fit and should not be able to last the whole match. But Revelli is counting on his instinct for goals.
"With him in a finisher 役割, I 堅固に believe in our chances," said Revelli, Saint-Etienne's かつてない best scorer.
Here are some other things to watch:
STOPPING IBRAHIMOVIC
Saint-Etienne needs to find a way to stop Ibrahimovic, but history does not 好意 the home 味方する.
During his time in フラン with Paris Saint-Gernain, Ibrahimovic was the 天罰（を下す） of Saint-Etienne, 得点する／非難する／２０ing 14 goals in 13 games in all 競争s. He now has 17, 含むing three hat tricks.
"It's difficult to 中立にする／無効にする him. There is a 可能性 that we will 始める，決める up an anti-Ibra 計画（する）," Saint-Etienne coach Chirstophe Galtier said. "I don't know what's inside Zlatan, but for sure he likes to play against us. It's not 平易な to 得点する／非難する／２０ a hat trick in a European Cup game."
ROMA vs. VILLARREALL
Like 部隊d, Roma is on the brink of the Europa League last 16 に引き続いて its 4-0 勝利，勝つ in Spain.
With Villarreal looking for its first ever 勝利，勝つ in Italy, and Roma striker Edin Dzeko in the form of his life, there is not much suspense left. Much of the pre-match talk has concentrated on a far bigger 問題／発行する in the Italian 資本／首都: The 未来 of Francesco Totti.
The 40-year-old player will be out of 契約 at the end of the season and Roma coach Luciano Spalletti told Italian マスコミ he will leave the club if Totti is not 申し込む／申し出d another year.
"Totti has a 協定／条約 of love with this city, and this is something that has to continue," Spalletti said.
TOTTENHAM vs. GENT
Gent won the first 脚 1-0.
にもかかわらず the intensity of the English 首相 League and an 現在進行中の 深い run in the FA C up, Tottenham 経営者／支配人 Mauricio Pochettino wants his team to continue fighting on all 前線s, 特に with a ticket into the 支持する／優勝者s League on 申し込む／申し出 for the Europa League 勝利者.
"On Thursday we have another final at Wembley," Pochettino said of the match with Gent. "We need to use all our energy to find a way to the next 一連の会議、交渉／完成する."
刺激（する）s have never lost to a ベルギー 味方する at home.
Manchester 部隊d's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 中心, and Juan Mata, 権利, …に出席する a training 開会／開廷／会期 at the Aon Training コンビナート／複合体, Manchester, England, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Manchester 部隊d will play Saint-Etienne in a Europa League 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 32 サッカー match on Wednesday. (ツバメ Rickett/PA 経由で AP)
