The FC Barcelona has gone back to have an elusive draw in Europe. If already the Champions touched him dance with the Bayern Munich and the Inter of Milan, that left him out of the maximum continental competition, now has been matched with the hardest rival that could touch him in these dicieseisavos of final of the Europe League: the Manchester United.
The English team will arrive to the Camp Nou for the party of gone with Cristiano Ronaldo at most referent. It is true that the Portuguese no longer is the same player that does some 3 or 4 years, but his presence always is synonymous of danger and goal. In the last decade the Barcelona team has had to suffer to the forward already went with the T-shirt of the Real Madrid or of the Juventus, marking in the Camp Nou especially in several Classical.
However, the danger of the team mancuniano does not remain neither much less in Cristiano. The United is initiating a new project and as it is characteristic has one of the best staff of Europe. In the goal has to the ex colchonero David Of Gea, guardameta already historical of this team. Another of the important names is another ex madridista: Casemiro.
The Brazilian was fichado this summer by the English from the Real Madrid by 70 million euros. The pivote always was a very controversial footballer in his clashes that had in front of the Barcelona with the white T-shirt, by what in this eliminatory does not expect at all less. Varane, also ex merengue, in addition to players like Bruno Fernandes, Rashford and Antony are others of the names of greater talent of the ones of Eric have Hag.
The question is how will arrive both teams to this eliminatory when they still are missing more than three months so that it contest the party of gone and with a World-wide of by half. In these first months the Barça is surrendering to a very high level in LaLiga, struggling by the leadership each week with the Madrid. However, the thump that carried in the Champions was considerable. The United, by his part, began to improve inside the Premier, although in the last days has not been so fine, especially in defence.
A rivalry of high level
In the last years, the Barça has been upper to the English in the direct clashes in Europe. The last time that they saw the faces was in quarter-finals of the Champions in the 18/19 in which the Barcelona team imposed in the two parties and deleted to the United. It won in Old Trafford by 0-1 and in the Camp Nou by 3-0. Already in the era of Pep Guardiola, there were two very important victories of the culés when imposing in two finals of the Champions: in the season 08/09 and 10/11.