The FC Barcelona struck first in his eliminatory of quarter-finals of Champions, and imposed to the Manchester United in his visit to Old Trafford. A finish of Luis Suárez that Luke Shaw diverted the just to his own goal sufficed so that the Catalans imposed his law in English territory, although all have clear that the crossing is not sentenced and that it will be necessary to struggle without relaxation in the Camp Nou.
The first that warned that it does not give by defeated is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, that immediately after the defeat opened the door to the traced back in the City Condal. The preparador Norwegian did not look for excuses and assumed the responsibility of a bad party of his, although it signalled that the performance along the tournament, and in particular a big performance in the Park of the Princes, have to serve like reference to advance until the penultimate round.
"We win to the Juventus, win to the PSG was and now have to go to Barcelona to win. We know that we can do it. The performance in front of the PSG gives us hopes to attain the same in the Camp Nou. It goes to be a challenge that have to assume from already. They are not accustomed to lose the ball, but go to try it", ensured the trainer of the 'network devils' in the press conference after the meeting.
"Our options to happen to semifinals go through to take advantage of the opportunities and be effective in the area", indicated the technician, that incidió in the need to generate more occasions in each one of his attacks, one of the big problems in the duel of house, and repeated his speech: "we do not have doubt that we can trace back the eliminatory there in spite of the goal that have fit here".
Questioned by the toneless version of the United in Old Trafford, Solskjaer did not want to look for guilty. "I do not think that the fault out of Lukaku or Rashford, went of all the team, did not create big opportunities further of a volley of Rashford and a finish of head of Dalot. The team has worked eagerly and attitude and that is the way", reflexionó, regretting the bad fortune of Luke Shaw in the so much fit.
The statistics also support to the Barça
In addition to his own concentration and the reliability in the Camp Nou, the Barça has the support of the statistical factor, and is that the precedents situate him in semifinals. In eight of the nine eliminatory Europeans that faced with advantage of 0-1 after the commitment to domicile in the gone, finish finishing the crossing in the City Condal, and advancing a stair to the corresponding titles. Now only it remains to expect that the history repeat in hardly a week.