Manchester United – FC Barcelona: the official compositions

Take out the popcorn, sit comfortably on your sofa, and get ready to follow one of the shocks of this Europa League evening! Manchester United welcomes this Thursday, at Old Trafford, FC Barcelona as part of the return play-offs of the competition. A highly anticipated prestigious meeting between two contenders for the final crown, and what is more, in very good shape in their respective championships. The first leg
ended in a spectacular draw at Camp Nou (2-2) and thus failed to decide between the two teams, determined to do battle in this last qualifying duel for the knockout stages of C3. The suspense is therefore at its height a few minutes before kick-off. This meeting will be followed live with live commentary on the Foot Mercato site from 9 p.m.

For this explosive return barrage from the Europa League, Erik Ten Hag is betting on continuity by maintaining his confidence in his strong men from recent meetings and his preferential game system. In his traditional pattern articulated in 4-2-3-1, the Batavian technician has indeed decided to establish Wout Weghorst at the forefront. The latter will be supported on the attacking front by Jadon Sancho, Bruno Fernandes and the essential Marcus Rashford. Fred and Casemiro are returned to the middle, in front of a defense featuring the Frenchman Raphaël Varane. Regarding the composition of FC Barcelona, ​​Xavi, deprived of several executives (Pedri, Gavi, Dembélé), aligns his classic 4-3-3 articulated around a midfielder composed of Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong and Franck Kessié. Performing in the first leg, Raphinha is renewed alongside Robert Lewandowski and Sergi Roberto in attack. Finally, Jules Koundé is aligned on the right flank of the defense also composed of Ronald Araujo, Andreas Christensen and Baldé.

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Composition of the teams:

Manchester United : De Gea – Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Martinez, Shaw – Fred, Casemiro – Sancho, B. Fernandes, Rashford – Weghorst

FC Barcelona : Ter Stegen – Koundé, Araujo, Christensen, Baldé – Busquets, De Jong, Kessié – Raphinha, Lewandowski, S.Roberto

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