Sunderland v AZ, Milan v Benfica and more: Europa League clockwatch – live
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Team news is imminent. In the meantime, TNT’s Jules Breach is chatting to Kevin Phillips on a windy walk to the stadium. “They love goalscorers here,” chuckles Super Kev as passing fans serenade him.
The Sunderland captain, Granit Xhaka, has fired an incendiary warning to tonight’s visitors:
The stadium will be on fire. And I want to see our players on fire, on and off the ball. I’ve always been a dreamer and, for me, it’s a big, big dream to reach another European final and to get it with this club.
