Manchester United v Athletic Bilbao: live 19.30 Channel Five get things going with a nice, if portentous, little package to start with. Marcelo Bielsa, we learn, is an authoritarian with a preference for promoting youth through the ranks. Talking of which, 19-year-old attacking midfielder Muniain is one to watch; he recently won his first cap for Spain. He'll be one of the players looking to support Llorente who is, as Stan Collymore says, a big, bruising British style centre forward. Muniain will play left side, so might be able to get at Rafael, who looks like the possible weak link in a strong United side. Manchester United: De Gea, Evra, Jones, Evans, Smalling, Rafael, Giggs, Park Ji-sung, Young, Rooney, Hernandez Athletic Club de Bilbao: Iraizoz, Aurtenetxe, San Jose Dominguez, Iraola, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Herrera Ander, Javi Martinez, Llorente, De Marcos, Muniain 19.26 Anyhow, so Rooney starts, but Fergie has left out one or two other big names, perhaps with an eye on their weekend fixture. 19.25 I tell you what, Man City should be two down. That would have been funny enough, but the fact that the man who should have scored it is called Ricky van Wolfswinkel might have just been too good. 19.20 Not sure how much use we can get from this stat, but here's Bilbao's record against English teams. Played 14, won 3, drawn four, lost 7. They have never won in England. Ah, and here comes Mr Henry Winter with the teams... 19.10 Bit of an upset on the cards in the other game tonight - Sporting Lisbon have gone 1-0 up against Man City, and the English side look more likely to let in another than they do to score. Thom Gibbs be live bloggin' it here. 19.00 Evening all and welcome to our live blog of Manchester United's bid to win the prestigious UEFA Also Rans Plate. Standing in their way in the last 16 are Athletic Bilbao. I'll bring you the team news as soon as I have it but I just want to get one thing out of the way early doors: I am very much wanting Bilbao to win this, so don't be worrying about bias or anything. I'm biased. Because I went to watch Bilbao last season and that, my friends, is one motherfreakin' awesome football club. Obviously the whole Basque "a local team for local people" thing is incredible, in this day and age. How much would you love your club to pick only men from the local area? I know they're not quite as stringent as they once were, but still. San Mamés Stadium is also a fantastic place to watch football, steep, old fashioned stands, 40,000 very excitable Basques and easy access to refreshments of all kinds. There are strong English links - the shirts were originally Southampton jerseys, and the club's greatest manager in its formative years was Fred Pentland, from Wolverhampton. How's this for a managerial CV? 1914 Germany (Olympic team) 1920 France 1920-1921 Racing de Santander 1922-1925 Athletic Bilbao 1925-1926 Atlético Madrid 1926-1927 Real Oviedo 1927-1929 Atlético Madrid 1929-1933 Athletic Bilbao 1934-1935 Atlético Madrid Good to see that he finally got the big name move right at the end of his career. Anyhow, so that's my two cents on Bilbao. While we wait for the teams, let's have a read of Jim White on Paul Pogba's departure from United. And here's David De Gea on bouncing back from his Anfield hell.