You are right about Manchester United and Barcelona, their meeting was rushed because they had to beat each other in the play offs. Ideally they meet at least in round 8. However, Manchester United's failure to make a comeback in their last game saw them have to go through the play-offs first, and unfortunately again the draw indicated that Barcelona would be their opponents. . It will be one of the biggest matches in the Europa League this season despite taking place in the play-offs.
This is going to be a very tough match; we had hoped that it would occur between the quarterfinals and the finals, not right now. We were surprised by how quickly it arrived. Barcelona struggled mightily in the Champions League, and as a result, they were forced to play in the Europa League.
Manchester United gave it their all during the Europa League group stage matches, but they fell short of winning the group. As both sides will have a significant break due to World Cup games, the clash will become unpredictable going forward. The performance of each team on the field after the break will determine the result of this game.
it is good to understand that any of the teams between Manchester United and Barcelona stand a chance to win in that match.
I have read where the Barcelona coach Xavi said that his target for this season is two titles, the La Liga title and the Europa League title.
He needs to understand that the Europa League title will not be that easy for him because Eric ten hang now has good challenge in Manchester United to prove even after Ronaldo interview and social Media problems.
Manchester united are used to playing Europa so it shouldn't be a game that they will loose to Barca,the winner of this match determine who will win the game because the are the two strong big team I see in position of winning the cup.
Barca has good players and hopefully they are suppose to perform well in that match since Ronaldo will not be playing so it is an advantage for them. I see Erik Ten Hag willing to do everything to make sure Manchester wins the match but what really matters is that there must be a winner. I don't think Barca will win two trophies this season