Sometimes history in football repeats itself because irrespective of the players and the coaches presently in the team, the rivalry remains the same; Taking Barcelona and Manchester United case into consideration, all the teams are after the record they have in the past therefore both teams will like to win the match and bring victory to their team because they are all hoping to be Europa league champions this season.
That's right, both Barcelona and Manchester United have such an extraordinary history on the European competition scene and that makes the two clubs very close to the prestige that makes the match run so exciting and thrilling. But so far the two teams in the regular league have also had very good performances and can be said to be balanced from the depth of the existing squad. We'll see whose strategy wins this match later, whether Xavi or Erik ten hag.