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Manchester United will receive Barcelona at Old Trafford on Thursday morning early in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. Hell.
Messi scored in the 2009 and 2011 Champions League finals against United and is hungry to win the festival for the fifth time after crashing in the last 8 of the last 3 seasons.
The Argentine is back in majestic form this season, scoring 43 goals in 40 appearances to put Barça in position for a third hat-trick (Champions League, La Liga and Copa del Rey) in a decade.
When and how to watch (1st stage): Date: April (Thursday) 2019 Time: 00:30 ISTV Place: Old Trafford, Manchester TV Guide: Sony Sports Network Live Stream: SonyLIV
“He is a player and will go down in history as one of the most productive singles players of all time,” United Boss Solskjaer said before the first leg of the match at Old Trafford.
“It will be difficult to avoid it, but it is never impossible. Not that Messi opposes Manchester United.
“There are (Luis) Suarez, (Philippe) Coutinho, (Ivan) Rakitic, (Arturo) Vidal, there are so many intelligent players that we can’t just with one player. We know we have to play against 11 of them. “
Messi said even before the start of the season that his main goal was to bring the Champions League back to Catalonia after the sadness of wasting a 4-1 lead in the first leg to retire against Rome last season.
The salt has been rubbed into Barca’s injuries because Real Madrid have won the festival in one of the last 3 seasons.
Barcelona begins as favourites
However, Madrid have not even managed to make it in the eighth round this year and Barcelona are favourite to the company to make the last 4 against an aspect of United in sixth place in the Premier League table, despite a resumption of form since Solskjaer. he repositioned José Mourinho in December.
The Red Devils, however, have demonstrated what they are capable of in the last 16 games by fitting in to the first team to return after wasting the first leg of the European Cup first leg 2-0 at home, beating Paris Saint-Germain in the slack. spend goals off.
“The match against PSG is an example,” warned Barcelona’s defence and former United player Gerard Piqué.
“They (PSG) were better, but you can’t let United get away with it because it has a wonderful team and a wonderful story as they proved in Paris.
“We learned (from Rome) that things happen, even if it seemed they were going to do it. We’ve learned that you can’t let an opponent tie again if they don’t kill him. It’ll help us face a draw. “
“If at some point we can kill the playoff, we have to. “United have lost 3 of their 4 matches since winning in the French capital to escape the FA Cup and lose the floor in the race to a Top 4 Premier League. Stain.
But Solskjaer says his players believe it is possible to imagine another scalp of the Champions League opposite the Spanish champions.
“Of course, when you arrive in Barcelona, with those of his team, we know that we have to intensify our game,” Solskjaer said.
“We know we have to do our best, which we didn’t do in front of the PSG at home. The result of the round trip against PSG gave players and fans the conviction that the same opposite of Barcelona can be imagined. “
Solskjaer expects Marcus Rashford and Nemanja Matic to have compatibility despite not taking part in Tuesday’s practice.
Barca won a condiment for injuries with the news that Ousmane Dembélé is fit after a month’s absence.
However, the French World Cup player is expected to start, and coach Ernesto Valverde said he needed to threaten to worsen his ham ham period problem.
(With input)
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