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Well, here Barcelona shows up its bad moment because of the injuries, it's something sad, because I really would like them to be 100% with everything, so who wins or loses is something decisive for the team, then it would be good that They were with all their arsenal, so that later they will not generate more excuses than because they were not with the owner or with the complete team, it is always good to have that type of evidence when things do not go well in a team, in fact the same Fans are the first to say that the team lost because they were not with their best players but with the bench, I say this because they have told me so.

Barcelona confirm injury blow before huge Europa League clash with Man Utd

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Barcelona have confirmed midfielder Sergio Busquets has suffered ankle ligament damage and is a major doubt to face Manchester United in the Europa League.

The veteran midfielder limped out of Sundays La Liga victory over Sevilla after just 10 minutes at the Camp Nou. The extent of his injury has now been confirmed as he is set to miss several weeks of first-team action for the Blaugrana.

Barca boss Xavi is already at odds with the clubs plans for replacing Busquets, who is out of contract in June, at the end of the campaign. Barca president Joan Laporta is pushing for the club to sign Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves, as the club supremo shares a close relationship with his agent Jorge Mendes

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/sergio-busquets-injury-barcelona-manutd-29153718

Did not expect that Sergio Bosquest would be sidelined for several weeks due to an ankle injury and this was pretty bad news for Barcelona. There is only one week left for the match against Manchester United in the Europa League playoffs to start. Something unexpected happened, but it looks like the fans will continue to support Barcelona, considering that the first leg will take place at Camp Nou. At least they still have strong ambitions to win this match even though it's a bit difficult because their opponent Manchester United is also in good form lately.

The impact will not be too big, Frenkie de Jong is likely to play as a central midfielder to replace Sergio Busquets, while Gavi has the potential to appear to reduce the impact of Busquets' absence in the Europa League opener against Manchester United.

Basically, Barcelona is quite ready with the potential midfield options they have this season. The absence of Sergio Busquets will not cause any deep concern for the team because Barcelona has prepared everything carefully before this

This is something that can be interpreted in various ways, first of all for lifelong Barcelona fans, they know that Busquets is a key player to win and it gives him more stability and he can have or exert more pressure in the game, Xavi They have a lot of players that they bought a long time ago, they have to use them because otherwise they would run out of options to face the greats, they also have Real Madrid breathing close and Man United.

But what I believe is that BARCELONA has fought so hard, I don't think they are going to let themselves win now in these games that are so crucial, Barcelona is in the Europa League for the second time in a row, the fans deserve to be there at UCL.

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The two teams are still equally good lately and it will still be very difficult to determine which team opportunities will meet the requirements to advance to the next round. Because this time Barcelona will be the guest team at Old Trafford and in the second leg of course the enthusiasm and motivation of Manchester United to win at home is also very large so that the match will still be fierce like the first leg and can even be more exciting than the first leg.

From the first leg, both teams proved they on same par even though i felt Manchester United should have won that game easily due to the number of goal scoring chances they created. Overall United dominated Barca in the camp noun, something that isnt easy to do this days. Barcelona will be coming to Old Trafford as underdogs in my opinion because United has never lost in the last 17 games played there in all competitions so it is like a new fortress to The Red Devils. Barcelona will also be without there golden boys Gavi and Pedri with the former missing out due to suspension as a result of yellow cards accumulated, the later left the game injured and will sit it out too. As we saw last week United actually dominated the midfield which destabilized the Barca team and with this two out and United welcoming back some of there players back then I predict them going further to the round of 16

I really don't know what to think about this match, because both teams can win, according to what I saw in the match when they played it at the Camp Nou I saw Man United much better, they made a lot of attacks and made Barcelona run faster so they could scoring the equalizing goal, United almost won and at Barcelona's home, it would have been a very strong blow for Xavi and his team.

Now with everything he has experienced in Barcelona, it is likely that Xavi will go with a different attitude against Manchester, Manchester has a slight advantage over Barcelona because they are at home, but even so, Xavi has to change his strategy, there is no more chance It's win or win, that's why this match will be very, very good.

@LUCKMCFLY this injury is definitely a cause for concern for Xavi, but Barcelona is yet a strong team and Im sure that theyll yet manage to put up a decent performance even in the absence of Busquets. Furthermore Manchester United will have the home advantage, and I hope that the fans can inspire them to defeat Barcelona and move on to the next round.

Xavi has good midfielders for this game, Busquets absent will not affect the midfield,Xavi has multiple choice to replace him, but Busquets has experienced when it comes to champions league games as the oldest player in the squad.

Manchester United is also having injury problem,and I hope by tomorrow some of the players will be available for use. Like you said, Manchester United has good advantage to advance to the next stage at old Trafford tomorrow by beating Barcelona.