It must be admitted that Man United's game has developed after this season's break. they did a great signing and now their squad is getting pretty tough.
the match against Barcelona certainly won't be easy for Man United, but they now can face strong European teams. unlike their performance last season, even at the start of the season, they didn't show anything better either.
we are waiting for a tactical battle between Xavi and Ten Hag.
It seems that there will be no end to talking about Manchester United and Barcelona in the European league match later. It's true what you said, manchester united is so strong after the season break and continues to give impressive performances in the regular league, I think finally erik ten hag can find a good composition for the team. Casemiro's role in every match played by the Red Devils always produces results and when this player is absent, Manchester United will experience a few problems, considering that Tominay and Fred are not suitable replacements for Casemiro and we have seen this when the Red Devils suffered a defeat against Arsenal in the regular league.
Regarding Barcelona, I have no doubts about how Xavi managed his players to become as compact as they are now, the role of Gavi and Pedri in controlling the midfield we should appreciate this season so that Barcelona always appear consistently in their regular league. I can't say much, but the meeting between Erik ten Hag and Xavi makes us curious about how the tacticians from the two teams will compete against each other later in the European league preliminary round.