Europa League Play-off 1st Leg

Barcelona 2:2 Manchester United

Camp Nou

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Thu, 16 February 2023 @ 5:45pm GMT
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    Probably the best available team really. I suppose you could argue for Rashford up top and Garnacho on the left but then you're not left with much off the bench to change things. Wan Bissaka over Dalot is the big call but Wan Bissaka has done enough to hold onto the shirt for now I think. As harsh as that is on Dalot for his form pre world cup/injuries.
     
    Barca subs bar ansu fati are just a bunch of Fifa career mode made up players with generic faces. Nothing to worry about
     
    Damien said:
    Kounde will be RB
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    Interesting. Didn't Xavi say that Araujo was going to do a man-mark job on Rashford? Maybe he'll peel off knowing that Wout isn't causing any pace problems in behind.
     
    First time ive got 11/11 for a while.
    The two doubts were
    Garnacho in for weghorst, maybe we will see him 2nd half if WW flags.
    Dalot or AWB, i went for AWB as i believe he is a better defender than Dalot though not quite as good on the ball.
    you could see Dalot as an inverted fullback but not so Arron.
     
    DWelbz19 said:
    Interesting. Didn't Xavi say that Araujo was going to do a man-mark job on Rashford? Maybe he'll peel off knowing that Wout isn't causing any pace problems in behind.
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    It's what the papers said but Xavi himself said this



    Araujo will still be able to try to keep him quiet at cb
     
    I think we'll catch them by surprise tonight. I'm quite bullish. Although I believe they'll edge possession, I think we'll create the better clear cut chances.
     
    McGrathsipan said:
    He's had 8 months in the job - he has lots of legacy players that are inferior to the quality he is after.
    We are a deserved third in the PL and looking good for a return to the CL next season - doing very well in the league, into a cup final, still in FA cup, dealing with a fairly serious injury list, took Rashford from the jaws of the exit door to new levels, has the team looking lean and sharp and like they fecking enjoy playing football all whilst dealing with the most intense fixture schedule the team has seen in many many years.

    But yeah lets bin him if we dont win this tie.

    Unreal take on ETH to be honest man.
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    Sarcasm radar off today?
     
    Our squad could be better but not sure what people expect with 7 players out.
     
    WW upfront again as Martial continues to be unavailable

    It sucks we are having to rely on him
     
    With Alba and Alonso, our defense is weaker. I don't understand why Xavi picked both before Balde and Christensen.
     
    Any rivers would be appreciated as my usual place has a technical error now every ten mins :(
     
    Had the match in the background and was wondering when Melissa Reddy learnt to tame her squeaky voice. Then I realised I'm on BT Sport.
     
    Siorac said:
    I'm not sure how to respond to that. I suspect you understood my point perfectly well. Is your post just some ill-timed lament about how big clubs tend to stockpile players? Or do you genuinely believe that this is a strong bench for a game at the Camp Nou?

    I'll admit that Barcelona's subs don't look all that frightening either.
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    We have six or seven first team players out. How big would you like our squad to be?
     
    This will be an interesting test. We'll get a solid idea just how good we are now.
     
    Hate that this match is played at the same time as Ajax - Union Berlin. Loads of switching channels it will be.
     
    Scared shitless that Fred is going to have a shocker today.

    The last thing we need is to give the ball away constantly and unfortunately our midfield three aren't the safest in possession.

    Really hope it isn't just Rashy that turns up in attack today.
     
    Don’t think I’ve ever been this excited for a Europa League game. Looking forward to it!

    C’MON United!!
     
    Alonso and Alba are weaknesses on that left side imo. Hopefully we can exploit them.
     
    stu_1992 said:
    Probably the best available team really. I suppose you could argue for Rashford up top and Garnacho on the left but then you're not left with much off the bench to change things. Wan Bissaka over Dalot is the big call but Wan Bissaka has done enough to hold onto the shirt for now I think. As harsh as that is on Dalot for his form pre world cup/injuries.
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    It's a good call to go for the better 1v1 defender when our RB will be up against Dembele.
     
    This it lads. The big one. The battle to play some Danish club in the last 16 of Europe’s second string competition.
     
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Man of the Match

Marcus Rashford image Marcus Rashford 72% of 300 votes

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Score Predictions

55,94,84
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Detailed Results

  • 27% Barcelona 1:1 Man Utd
  • 16% Barcelona 2:1 Man Utd
  • 12% Barcelona 1:2 Man Utd
  • 12% Barcelona 2:0 Man Utd
  • 6% Barcelona 0:1 Man Utd
  • 5% Barcelona 1:0 Man Utd
  • 4% Barcelona 0:0 Man Utd
  • 4% Barcelona 2:2 Man Utd
  • 4% Barcelona 3:1 Man Utd
  • 3% Barcelona 3:0 Man Utd
  • 3% Barcelona 0:2 Man Utd
  • 1% Barcelona 1:3 Man Utd
  • 1% Barcelona 0:3 Man Utd
  • 0% Barcelona 4:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Barcelona 1:4 Man Utd
  • 0% Barcelona 5:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Barcelona 0:9 Man Utd
  • 0% Barcelona 5:1 Man Utd
  • 0% Barcelona 9:1 Man Utd
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Match Stats

  1. Barcelona
  2. Man Utd
Possession
61% 39%
Shots
18 18
Shots on Target
8 5
Corners
8 5
Fouls
10 12

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Maurizio Mariani

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