This Thursday, the Manchester United hit the Barcelona 2-1 and secured qualification to the round of 16 of the Europa League. Brazilians Fred and Antony scored the British team’s goals at Old Trafford, while Lewandowski scored for the Spanish team. In the first match, there was a draw by 2 to 2. The next opponent of the English will be defined by draw, on Friday.
Both teams return to the field this Sunday. And Manchester United already have another decision ahead of them. At 1:30 pm (Brasília time), Erik Ten Hag’s men face Newcastle, at Wembley, for the English League Cup final. A little later, at 2:30 pm, Barcelona visit Almería, for the 23rd round of the Spanish Championship.
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The game
In the 16th minute of the first stage, Bruno Fernandes brought down Balde inside the area and the judge signaled a penalty. In the collection, Lewandowski kicked high, in the left corner of De Gea, who even slipped on the ball, but could not avoid the first goal of the Spaniards. In a blunder by United’s defense, at 44 minutes, Barcelona stole the ball in the opponent’s area. Kessié kicked, but Casemiro blocked it.
The hosts came back better for the second half and, at 2 minutes, Bruno Fernandes passed on the edge of the area to Fred, who kicked in Ter Stegen’s corner to leave everything the same at Old Trafford.
In the 18th minute of the second half, Koundé received the ball in the area and headed it into the corner, but saw De Gea make a beautiful save to avoid the visitors’ second. Placed at halftime, Antony decided the game at 27, when he took advantage of Fred’s rebound and kicked across to score the classification goal.
Other Europa League games this Thursday:
Nantes 0x3 Juventus (4 x 1 for Juventus, not added)
Central Jutland 0 x 4 Sporting (5 x 1 for Sporting on aggregate)
Monaco (3) 2 x 3 (5) Bayer Leverkusen (5 x 5, not added)
PSV Eindhoven 2 x 0 Sevilla (3 to 2 for or Sevilla, not added)
Union Berlin 3-1 Ajax (3-1 to Union Berlin, on aggregate)
Roma 2 x 0 RB Salzburg (2-1 against Roma, not added)
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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