Topic: UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season - page 339. (Read 49231 times)

The Barcelona team has already been dependent on Lewandoski since his signing which is wrong because for a team like Barcelona that has been through a lot of difficulties since the departure of Messi they need to build the team in a way that one player will not determine the strength of the team because that has been their biggest weakness lately. Barcelona need a replacement for most of their players not just Lewandoski because from their performance, I think if they have the option to compete for a regular starter in the team it will help to improve the performance of the players.

If Barcelona can maintain what they displayed in their last game in this game, I believe they will have their way to achieve victory from Manchester united. Barcelona coach will not allow Barcelona to loose their first game after the break than to maintain the strategies that brought them so far in this competition. Manchester united will surely score a goal from this game but it will be difficult for them to win Barcelona because many things has changed positively in Barcelona.

So far this season, Barcelona's performance without Robert Lewandowsky ends in a draw or loss. This is good evidence that as it stands now FC Barcelona's squad needs another vibrant central attacker that is capable of covering up for Robert Lewandowski. Is true that Lewandowsky hardly goes on injury, but considering his age now I think the club shouldn't depend completely on him as this may be so unhealthy to their performance likewise result.

The reward from winning the trophy can be used to buy the new players for the upcoming season but since barcelona has been spending lots of money last season and if barcelona will not able to win a trophy then people will be asking about whether xavi will still capable to be a barcelona's coach or not for upcoming season. The problem is barcelona was going to the europa league after it was losing in UCL. That means if MU has better motivation to win europa league rather than barcelona which must be degrading its expectation to win UCL become europa league caused by barcelona was not able going to the last 16.

Both Manchester United and Barcelona are faring better than they did at the start of the season. They have identified their weaknesses and are trying to make themselves stronger. But they are still not strong enough. Their performance is still erratic. However, the Barcelona team remains very confident at Camp Nou. They are capable of performing well at Camp Nou. And I believe the Barcelona team will not make any mistakes at Camp Nou. And they will win against Manchester United.

Robert is a great striker but should do teamwork. The fans miss the MSN. Barca needs trophies this time.

Manchester United vs Barcelona match will be one of the best games in the Europa League knockout play-off round.
Interestingly, the current level of the two teams is not much different. Both have not been consistent.

Both Barcelona and Spain had golden teams in those years and more important they have perfect tactic tiki-taka which helped both Barcelona and Spain dominated football in Champions League, World Cup and Euro. It is more important because beyond Barcelona players, Spain had good players from Real Madrid that make them stronger.

Later after many months and years, other coaches, other teams figured out ways to constrain tiki-taka. The domination of Barcelona and Spain started to decrease. Next their players from golden era became older and young players can not replaced them entirely. At the end, Barcelona and Spain lost their domination.

It is interesting because both of them want to win titles as a start to send their crises. They are in rebuilding time and a trophy means a lot for their process. Players will be  more interested in joining a winning team rather than a failed team.

Both Barcelona and Manchester United are failed teams in the past several seasons and they need to change it in this season.

Im doing a little type. It must be a threat not thread.

Since i were saying may be and the transfer has not yet opened. You can't expect the transfer to be done asap.

That's why MU will be able to beat barcelona caused by it has capable squad while barcelona does it too. I believe MU is far better in this case.

As we remembered the last meet in 2019 in the Champions League quarter-final. Mu lost 1-0 and 3-0, and never created any goal. Messi becomes a star at Camp Nou by creating 2 goals and winning. So MU tries to revenge this time, but with the condition, the team is not well after Ronaldo left, A coach must think to replace a new attacker to fill up a weak position If want to revenge the situation.

the match between barcelona and manchester united is indeed a big match that is quite interesting to the attention of football lovers because these two teams are both trained by coaches who have good quality and also their squad is inhabited by high quality players. So you can say that Manchester United and Barcelona have a pretty strong advantage in their squad. lewandowksi and de jong are the most interesting players to watch in the match that will be live in February. In the Manchester United squad, there may be Casemiro who returned to face the Laliga team after he previously wore a Real Madrid uniform before moving to Manchester United, of course he has enough experience in dealing with Barcelona.

Sevilla - PSV is another tough matchup in this round of the tournament.

Sevilla are known by a very successful team in the Europa League. They have 4 titles in last 10 seasons here. This is quite impressive and maybe scary for PSV. However the problem is that Sevilla are having a really bad season now. They are under the danger of relegating from the La Liga. Because their performance has been bad in not only the Champions League but also the La Liga. I don't think they would focus on the Europa League more at this point. They have no choice other than focusing on the La Liga matches to save themselves from the relegation zone. This might be an opportunity for PSV to take advantage of.

Is it possible that Xavi will partner Memphis Depay and Lewandowski on the front lines? It seems that this will happen considering that the two of them have similarities in terms of attackers, as a target man Lewandowski might be put up front and Memphis depay is likely to play the role of second striker.

At Barcelona, that's the reality, I can't understand why in the league they were so impressive, while in European competition, their performance had dropped a lot, did they start to have difficulty adapting to European competition, which made them have to be eliminated and had to be willing to go down to the European league in two consecutive seasons. It looks like Xavi and Erik ten hag will compete with each other in the European league play-offs this time, both of them have their respective capacities in their squad and that will make the match even more exciting.

When a team has players such as Iniesta, Xavi, Garcia, David Villa, you can play tiki-taka and more, but it was a unique historical moment when initially the Spanish team assembled in 2008-2012 the strongest composition, to compete with which no team was able to.
Then also Barcelona, using the main backbone of the Spanish national team players Iniesta, Xavi, Puyol, Busquets built a team around them, adding the genius of Leo Messi. And we got a tiki-taka, then when these players of the Spanish team were no longer so good, this tactic "fell apart", because it was based on the unique skill of individual players and their chemistry within the team.

With the performance that Lewandowski has shown since he first joined Barcelona, there is hope that he can last longer with this club. He answered a need that Barcelona had not had in recent times, he also managed to adapt very quickly and it didn't take long for him to score goal after goal. Even now he leads the top scorer standings in La Liga. That suggests that he really was going to be playing for Barcelona for a long time until his age completely stopped him. From his 14 appearances for Barcelona he has scored 13 goals and that was in his first season. Satisfying statistics for a striker who has just experienced a new atmosphere in La Liga.

I think Lewandowski's performance will play a key role in the Manchester United matchup. Because he hasn't been very active in big games so far either in the La Liga or the Champions League. It's like they have lost all of those games so far if I'm not wrong. If he improves his performance and make a score contribution especially then Barcelona can have a bigger chance to eliminate Manchester United.

They really don't have an easy task to perform here. Manchester United have been quite good in the Europa League so far. They haven't faced a bigger opponent than Real Sociedad maybe but I still don't think they will stay weak against Barcelona. It should be a close competition.

If you are aware of it, Memphis Depay's elimination from Barcelona's main squad was not because Memphis Depay's performance was bad, but Memphis Depay was injured. But lucky for Depay, even though at Barcelona Depay was injured but when the World Cup started Memphis Depay had recovered from injury, so Memphis Depay was still able to play at the World Cup yesterday.
So, if Memphis Depay has recovered, it is very possible that Memphis Depay will be paired with Lewandowski for the Barcelona match later and of course it will be better in attack that Barcelona has.

But regarding Barcelona who will play against Manchester United in the play-off round, basically it is a difficult prediction.
Because Barcelona's performance is not balanced with the good results they have achieved in La Liga and also in Europe, because if Barcelona can make a more balanced performance between the two then I believe Barcelona will be able to beat Manchester United. But yes, this result is of course still uncertain, because if Xavi does not maintain his good performance then of course Barcelona will be knocked out of the Europa League again.

Indeed, no one knows who will win that match. Discussions about the big match between Barcelona and Manchester United will of course be very interesting because basically both teams have a large fan base.

Even though this match will actually be played in mid-February, I have found that some betting sites tend to think that Barcelona is the favorite. On the form of his team Xavi and Barcelona deserve it, but I think there will be some changes in the future when the league starts.

Trom the pattern and style of play, Manchester United is better than Barcelona. and how come, because in my personal opinion, Ten Hag has better abilities than Xavi for his Barcelona. just look, now Manchester United is better under the tutelage of Erik Ten Hag. while Barcelona, ​​actually they have players who have quality in their respective lines. it's just that, the problem is with Xavi.

I don't understand the patterns and strategies that Xavi applies to his troops. Barcelona's defeat in the Champoins League was purely wrong with Xavi's strategy and some of his players. it could be, Xavi repeated the same mistake when Barcelona met Manchester United in the playoffs later. when it comes to player depth, I don't doubt it. especially for Lewandowski, it's just that Barcelona's midfielders still need a lot of experience. plus, Raphinha's performance is very dubious. however, I hope Xavi has learned from his mistakes and the weaknesses of his team.

On the United side, Manchester United could have transformed into a team that is able to compete with teams that are above their level for now. there is only one problem left, Ten Hag needs a pure sticker, plus an attacking midfielder. If United get him in January, the playoff game will be even more difficult for us to predict.

Spanish side didn't play much of tiki taka but most of the tactics did go well as planned for them

That doesn't mean on should go ahead to say that tiki taka is dead yes I know that football has grown to another level still

Lewandoski will play longer than we even imagine winning la liga can still be achieved the club and players look promising for the future

Tiki taka was an impressive tactic in its time, but for now many coaches and teams can anticipate their moves and make their defenses difficult to penetrate. This tactic might bring the team to control the match, but just mastering the match is not enough if you cannot penetrate the opponent's defense and score goals. I don't mean to be dismissive and consider this tiki taka useless, it's just that innovation has to be developed with the dominant ball possession they get.