Topic: UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season - page 282. (Read 48962 times)

This is Barcelona's home match. And considering only the home match I consider Barcelona as favourites. In fact I find my Barcelona and Manchester United squads equally strong. However, Barcelona is stronger in home matches. Barcelona are hard to beat at the Camp Nou. However, the recent performances of both the teams are quite good. The players of both the teams are confident now. We should be ready to see any results.

True, both Erik ten hag and Xavi will definitely prepare the best strategy for the first leg match later, but again Barcelona will get the opportunity to host first and the support flowing from the Blaugranes will pump up the enthusiasm of the Barcelona players. I think Xavi has to anticipate Marcus Rashford's movements because in several Manchester United matches he is very consistent in scoring goals in every regular league match and does not rule out the possibility that he will score again against Barcelona later.

Currently, both teams are facing same issues and have same history in this season while Barcelona is at the top of La Liga and Manchester United is third in Premier League but here I have feeling Erik ten Hag is doing good job with his strategy they are on positive way for having good future and things could be also settled for them in Premier League on other side Barcelona is surely facing some issues related to this match even they are also doing amazing job and have enough quality for playing aggressive game against Manchester United but look like their main target is La Liga just because of this mostly feeling things could be in favour of English club in this event and first leg is going to be important for the both clubs how things will end in this round for these both clubs.

that is rather difficult to happen if manchester united is chasing a draw at home to barcelona. Barcelona is very ambitious when playing in front of its supporters, especially in the Europa League, of course, all the best strengths that they have will be fully utilized in order to win. but on the one hand it is good if Manchester United can draw in the first leg and Manchester United can take advantage of the second leg to seek victory.

it is rather difficult to say the results of these two teams because of course the best quality is shared by these two teams. some of the players from these two teams have shined quite a bit this season and I even thought that in the first leg later one of them would definitely lose and a draw might not happen.

It's a game one can not fully decide or predict the end but if Manchester United tried to get a draw at Barcelona's home then they can strategize and find way to break Barcelona at Old Trafford were they have achieved mostof them best points this season. No I mean to say immediately after the world cup. Good one from Xavi Hernandez he's done a job I expected but I expect better next season. I expect them to pick the La Liga again of they win this year.

Now, with the condition that players can be placed anywhere, it will obviously be an advantage for Xavi because he can freely create.
Now is how they take care of players. At the moment, Dembele is still a little doubtful, even though there is still Raphinha, if it's too generous, it won't turn out well in the end.
Xavi must really be able to maintain the fitness of the players apart from his performance.

Let's hope it's true that both coaches can prepare options because they are left with several players who are having problems. That's why it's important, because one player can't carry out a strategy properly, so it will affect the team's game as a whole. And if that happens then the coach must be able to think and decide quickly to rotate players and replace these ineffective players. Quick thinking when the game is in progress must be owned by a coach.

What is certain, these two teams have the same game system, namely with an attacking pattern. either Ten Hag or Xavi, will prepare their troops for the play-off round later. and it seems, this match will feature an exciting match that is also very interesting. because, these two coaches are both in the stage of building the strength of the team back to its glory days.

To be honest, even though I'm not a United fan. however, I prefer Ten Hag's coaching style. he has a really good system, and is proving to be able to take United a lot better in a short amount of time. especially if Ten Hag is given the opportunity to bring in the players he wants, I'm sure United will be even better than what they are currently showing.
Meanwhile, Xavi is also a coach with great potential. unfortunately, he failed to bring Barcelona to qualify for the next phase in the Champions League. but now, Xavi brings Barcelona much better than what they showed at the start of the season. Barcelona's system and rhythm of play are starting to appear on track. whichever team wins the match in the first leg, I will enjoy this fight later.

Yes, I understand that there may be a good performance due to the fact that Barcelona has a good performance, I don't deny it, but it may also happen that now Barcelona is struggling a lot to continue as leader in the League and that could distort the trajectory that has in the league. Europa League, it is something that you must take into account to continue being the best, remember that Man United is a team that has a lot of potential, now things are going better, despite the fact that the season was a total disaster, or at least Except 2022 was not the year for Man United and now they want to fix everything, we'll see how they continue to do it, but in the Europa League they don't have it very easy, I would like Barcelona to win, that's what I want, or Roma.


Hopefully that's the case, because when Barcelona is well they can give Real Madrid a war, and honestly as a good Real Madrid player I would like them to beat them while they're in better shape, so they don't say that later. Real Madrid beat them because they weren't there. 100% that it was due to the injuries, because the players who played the best were not there, that was partly because of the league, which can also be used for the Europa League, because with Manchester they also have some casualties, and because of Casemiro who had this performance that was really amazing, I had never seen Casemiro lose control and almost hit himself, because he was choking him lol.

I still see Barcelona as strong, and they have already begun to say that it is impossible for Real Madrid to reach them.

Let's see what Xavi comes up with this time, I hope he doesn't run out of ideas, I would like Madrid to reach them and reach them, but wanting is one thing and reality is another.

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There were so many disappointing players from the past few years that they are shocked about Gavi being able to play anywhere and still be good. Pedri and De Jong on the midfield, Gavi and when he returns Dembele on the wings, that sounds like a very good system for them and could work very well, or they could just go back to how they were, dembele and raphinha at wings, de jong around the midfielders and gavi/pedri duo at midfield, sort of like back when xavi/iniesta played, not as good if you ask me but there is a whole decade to decide since these kids are still young. They really built a very good team, I think they will only get better and better.

I think that Sergio Busquets is too old now. If the team midfielder Buskestes is changed then the team will become much stronger. But the youngsters of the team are playing very well. Xavi's strategy has made the team much more advanced.

Ousmane Dembele is one of the best players in the Barcelona team. But he is currently injured. As a result, I think the team will have some adverse effect in the upcoming matches.

Xavi has led the Barcelona team brilliantly. The condition of the team was very bad in the first stage. But Xavi took the lead of the team and trained the players with great tactics and led the team to one of the best performances.

The Barcelona team is currently in one of its best performances. The young players of the team have taken their best form. However, this performance of the team is only noticeable in Laliga. If Barcelona can perform like this in all leagues then the team will gain a lot.

both teams have the same problem. and the match between the two in the first leg can be very difficult to predict. Barca also lost several players, as well as United who were already struggling against Leeds because several players in their main squad were absent.
although both trainers could say everything was fine. but I'm sure, now they are fighting to make the right strategy and composition of players.

That Xavi has been able to replace crucial players like Busquets with capable players demonstrates his coaching prowess, and I agree with this assessment. It's remarkable that he's accomplished all this while coping with other team members' ailments. When Barcelona plays Manchester United, having guys like de Jong and Raphinha on the field will be a huge advantage. I can't wait to see them play and see how they handle the pressure United will put on them. The result of this match promises to be exciting.

Even though both teams will be minus several players who are absent due to injury, it seems that this is not a problem for the two coaches and they have anticipated this well. The first leg match will take place in a week, of course both barcelona and manchester united must keep their players fit for the match later and I hope that in this week's match in their respective regular leagues, no players will be injured again for both teams.

Xavi has prepared the best replacement for those who are already injured. There are two main players who got injured. Busquets and dembele. Xavi has been trying to replace them with potential players. Glad to see barcelona didn't let de jong and raphinha to leave easily from the club.
Raphinha and de jong are so useful when barcelona got some players faced injuries like that. Im sure about raphinha will be playing against united as well as de jong too. We will see how good MU to face to face against barcelona in the play of europa league.

Barcelona have a number of options in vital positions in the team like in the attacking wings, in the absence of Usman Dembele, Raphinha is available as a replacement for Dembele which gives some level of relief to Xavi as he will not worry much about finding a replacement for Dembele. Manchester United on the other hand are lucky that Casemiro will be available for the first leg meeting against Barcelona and with Eriksen's absence, Sabitzer will fill in and give United some balance in the midfield.

Gavi's placement on the wing is still very good and I want Xavi to continue to do that. As for the midfield, De Jong and Pedri can still be filled in. This is still very good to do.
This will be better in terms of the transition later or maybe if Barcelona want to make changes to the attack in the second half, for example, they can still improvise.