Manchester United of England and Barcelona of Spain will move to the “Old Trafford” stadium a week from now and they are at the same distance, with a 2-2 draw today, Thursday, in the stronghold of the Catalan club “Camp Nou”, within the first leg of the play-off that qualifies for the final price of the “Europa League” football competition. foot.
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In an exciting match, performance and result, Barcelona advanced by Marcos Alonso in the 50th minute, but Marcus Rashford soon equalized for United in the 52nd minute and then caused the goal of progress that French Jules Conde accidentally scored in his own net in the 59th minute, before Brazilian Rafinha equalized. In the 76th minute, bringing the number of consecutive matches for his team without defeat to 17 in all competitions.
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And after they got used to the lights of the Champions League competition that brought them together twice in the final match in 2009 and 2011 when Barcelona emerged victorious, the two giants found themselves wrestling over the qualification card to the final price of the “Europa League” as a result of the Catalan club coming third in its group in the Champions League and United second in its group in the Champions League. Europa League.
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And unlike the situation months ago when Barcelona failed to qualify for Group C by finishing behind Bayern Munich and Inter, and United finished runner-up in its fifth group behind Real Sociedad of Spain, the two teams present impressive levels in the domestic league, as the first leads by 8 points from its rival Real. Madrid, while its guest occupies third place, led by its new Dutch coach, Eric Ten Hag, 5 points behind its neighbor Manchester City, who lead by goals against Arsenal.