Favorable precedents: History puts Barça as the favorite against United

The FC Barcelona and the Manchester United will be living his split number 14 by European competitions in a record that, in the global of meetings contested, favours to the Barcelona, but in the one of keys to gone and turn bends to Old Trafford. Besides, it will be the first occasion in which both confront in the frame of the UEFA Europe League, all time that his previous duels have taken place in the Champions and in the extinct Recopa of Europe.

In total, both have confronted in 13 opportunities, with a balance that favours widely to the Barça, but no thus a duel exento of show. In half dozen of opportunities, have been the culés those who have gone out of the field celebrating, whereas in three of them the celebrations have sung in English tongue. In the four remaining occasions both teams have finished in 'tables'.

Four of these commitments have developed in the frame of the phase of groups of the League of Champions. The first time did it in the season 1994/95. In Old Trafford empatarían to two goals by side, work of Romario and Bakero by the Barça and a doublet of Sharpe by the 'network devils'. In the second crash, the blaugranas would impose by 4-0 with a doublet of Hristo Stiochkov and two targets more than Romario and Ferrer.

The last time that both would see the faces in the liguilla of Champions would take place in the edition 1998/99, the one of the Barcelona centenary, that would close with the final in the Camp Nou. In both crashes, could not happen of the tie. 3-3 in the Camp Nou with 'hat-trick' of Rivaldo. The same marker would repeat in English floor and the mancunianos would advance of phase until installing in the final, where would trace back of way agónica in front of the Bayern of Munich to conquer the triplete.

Finals between both

The Barça and the United also have contested three continental finals. The first of them in the Recopa of Europe of 1990/91, contested in Rotterdam, where the British would impose by 2-1. The siguentes would take place in the frame of the Champions. In this instance, both victories would be for the culés: 2-0 in Rome with goals of Samuel Eto'or and Lionel Messi and 3-1 in Wembley with Pedro, Villa and Messi marking again; Rooney would discount and the Barça of Pep attained a new 'orejona'.

Eye to the eliminatory to double party

To know the first duel to gone and turn between culés and mancunianos is precise to trace back until the season 1983-84. For then, the destination had crossed them in the quarter-finals of the Recopa of Europe in time of Maradona and Schuster. In the first party, that had to the Camp Nou like stage, the Barça would impose by 2-0, but at all was sentenced and the 'theatre of the dreams' would house a traced back of the venues by 3-0 to advance to the following phase.

The second key to double party in phase of 'KO' had to expect until the 'semis' of Champions of the season 2007/08, in which both teams arrived widely trusted of face to two meetings of high intensity. The gone in the feudo Barcelona would finish without goals and everything would remain opened so that Old Trafford dictated sentence again. A riflazo of Paul Scholes finish with the hopes culés. The mancunianos would advance to the final of Moscow, where beat to Chelsea by penaltis in the first English final in the history of the tournament of continental elite.

But the Barça would break the maleficio of the eliminatory to double party in the quarter-finals of the edition 2018/19. The directed by Ernesto Valverde would do the duties when winning by the minimum in the enclosure mancuniano with a goal in own put of Luke Shaw. The turn in the City Condal would be an authentic festival for the culés, that shouted the doublet of Lionel Messi and a so much more than Philippe Coutinho to install in the semifinals, where would fall to hands of the Liverpool.