Manchester United Women have work to do if they are to shine in Champions League

Manchester United are set to embark on what will be their busiest season to date in top-flight football.

Their second-place finish in the Women’s Super League last season not only put a target on their back domestically but was the magic key to open the doors to European football.

There's no doubt this balancing act between the league, FA Cup and Champions League is going to put Marc Skinner under pressure. Last year he defaulted to the same 10 starting players plus a different right-sided winger - Lucia Garcia or Nikita Parris - and was even mocked by opposing managers for such predictability.

Skinner insisted he didn't need squad rotation with only 22 league games, plus five in their successful FA Cup run. But things will have to change and he knows it.

The Champions League will be a huge test. They enter the prestigious tournament at round two alongside two-time winners and four-time runners-up Wolfsburg, two-time runners-up Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Sparta Praha and BK Hacken.

We’re talking about facing German giants Alexandra Popp, Lena Oberdorf and Sveindis Jonsdottir at Wolfsburg. Marie-Antoinette Katoto, Ramona Bachmann and Lieke Martens of PSG. Hayley Raso, Linda Caicedo, Caroline Weir and Olga Carmona of Real Madrid to name but a few.

Then there's Alexia Putellas, Aitana Bonmati and Caroline Hansen. Ada Hegerberg, Eugenie Le Sommer, Danielle van de Donk and Kadidiatou Diani of Lyon.

How can United contain that kind of world-class talent with a back four with limited international experience, let aloneany Champions League pedigree? Unaccustomed to the tiki-taka style of most other clubs, under more pressure than ever, this will be their biggest test yet.

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