Barcelona and Manchester United match is expected to be great. Can't predict which team will win. The players of both teams are quite intelligent and skilled, but Manchester United's players are more skilled. We will enjoy the match.
yes this match will definitely be fierce, the challenge of the match for Man United and Barcelona, the two teams who are inconsistent in their performance, must beat each other. Barcelona and Man United have met in the UCL twice even in the Champions League final, now they meet in the play-offs of the Europa League. It's interesting who will qualify for the next round.
So I thought, the Europa League will be as exciting as the Champions League.
True that. But Man UTD would want to take advantage of Barca poor performance in the champions league
The Catalan Giants would prove to be worthy rivals as they've been able to win the red devil's a total of six times and maybe looking to do so again, plus Xavi would not want to give in easily because it seems this is like a second chance given to him to at least make the fans not totally disappointed with them. Who knows, this might be where Man UTD strength would be tested.
After all, Manchester United also didn't play well in the group phase matches and if Manchester United plays well, then Manchester United will be able to win Group E. Although indeed, Manchester United have the same final points as Real Sociedad with 15 points, but is that can be a reference that Manchester United is difficult to beat teams from La Liga.
Also, if we consider the quality of the players, at least Barcelona has better players in every line but unfortunately, Barcelona is still not in its best form so there is no guarantee that Barcelona will win either.
So yes, this match will still be interesting but regarding whether this match will be a high-tension match like in the Champions League, I think it will still be different.
Because in the Champions League they have big plans with big prizes too, but here in the Europa League they may only play with prestige but not a prize as their motivation. Therefore, the tension might not surpass the match in the Champions League, especially if Ronaldo leaves in the transfer window later, then the tension in this match is unlikely to be as big as one might imagine.