Barcelona vs Manchester United | Build-up Thread

[Samid]

Champions League Round of 16 tie. Europa League play-off tie. Away leg first.

H2H:
Man Utd: 3
Draws: 4
Barcelona: 6

07 Mar 1984 Barcelona v Manchester United L 2-0 UEFA European Cup Winners Cup
21 Mar 1984 Manchester United v Barcelona W 3-0 UEFA European Cup Winners Cup
15 May 1991 Barcelona v Manchester United W 1-2 UEFA European Cup Winners Cup
19 Oct 1994 Manchester United v Barcelona D 2-2 UEFA Champions League
02 Nov 1994 Barcelona v Manchester United L 4-0 UEFA Champions League
16 Sep 1998 Manchester United v Barcelona D 3-3 UEFA Champions League
25 Nov 1998 Barcelona v Manchester United D 3-3 UEFA Champions League
23 Apr 2008 Barcelona v Manchester United D 0-0 UEFA Champions League
29 Apr 2008 Manchester United v Barcelona W 1-0 UEFA Champions League
27 May 2009 Barcelona v Manchester United L 2-0 UEFA Champions League
28 May 2011 Barcelona v Manchester United L 3-1 UEFA Champions League
10 Apr 2019 Manchester United v Barcelona L 0-1 UEFA Champions League
16 Apr 2019 Barcelona v Manchester United L 3-0 UEFA Champions League

 

[sokol11]

Again, Spanish team... sigh. At least they will try to play ball. Maguire/Lindelof vs. Lewandowski?

 

[Roosney]

Perfect.

 

[Skills]

My threads better. Delete this instantly

 

[Desert Eagle]

4 losses in a row feck that. Time to put these cnuts in their place. No Messi no winning for these wankers. Martinez missing is a blow but hopefully we're playing eth football consistently by end of Feb.

 

[Ayoba]

of course

ah well, what is it 6 years without a trophy now?

 

[RonaldoVII]

We're due a win against them. Give us this lineup and we can do:

De Gea
Dalot Varane Martinez Shaw
Eriksen Casemiro
Antony Bruno Rashford
Martial​

1st leg without Martinez isn't ideal though

 

[Hammondo]

4 losses in a row feck that. Time to put these cnuts in their place. No Messi no winning for these wankers. Martinez missing is a blow but hopefully we're playing eth football consistentky by end of Feb.

Are you ok?

 

[Cloud7]

Ahh this is gonna be fun. Really looking forward to this one.

Matches like these are what you live for as a football fan. Much rather this than Midgetland or Rennes.

 

[Quagmire Maguire]

The draw I hoped for, hopefully I can get tickets for the home tie.

 

[Shai-Hulud]

Home or away first?

 

[Mickeza]

In a season where we have zero chance of winning the league and aren’t in the CL this is a great tie to look forward to.

 

[hellhunter]

No Martinez

 

[Desert Eagle]

Are you ok?

I'm doing great buddy

 

[Djemba-Djemba]

No Martinez first leg is a huge blow. Varane has to be back or we're fecked.

Hopefully Ronaldo is gone by then too.

 

[Desert Eagle]

Home or away first?

Away first

 

[bosnian_red]

No Martinez for the away leg, help us

 

[GledTheRed]

We're due a win against them. Give us this lineup and we can do:

De Gea
Dalot Varane Martinez Shaw
Eriksen Casemiro
Antony Bruno Rashford
Martial​

1st leg without Martinez isn't ideal though

Needs more DvB and CR7

 

[RedDevilQuebecois]

Home or away first?

We play in their zoo first.

 

[RedSky]

Knew we'd get a hard one.

 

[predator]

Date time etc?

 

[P-Ro]

Feel for the travelling support who will have to experience the Catalan hospitality given to away fans.

 

[fallengt]

Actually a good draw.
If United wins, we have decent chance to win the whole thing. If not then whatever, I won't have to stay up late again.

 

[Who's Kissing Cameras?]

Price estimate for tickets?

 

[Murder on Zidane's Floor]

Fixed.

 

[DickDastardly]

Cool.

Finally a top opponent in Europe.

Been a while

 

[Fully Fledged]

I think most people kind'a knew that we would end up with Barca. People have been complaining about the lacklustre opposition in the EL so now we take on one of the big boys.

 

[spiriticon]

I'm buzzing. Either we get a good mental boost from beating Barca, or we get a physical boost from having Thursday nights off in this super cramped season.

Also, going out to Barca is better than losing to Midtylland or whoever

 

[MegadrivePerson]

Good draw this!

Best case scenario we inflict more misery on Barcelona and knock out one of the strongest teams in the tournament. Worst case scenario, we lose and can focus fully on the league and trying to secure top four.

 

[cyberman]

Really looking forward to this

 

[Dec9003]

big queue on the site for tickets, i don't even know if they're available yet.

 

[Giggsy13]

Martinez being suspended is a huge blow. Hopefully Varane will be ready to go.

 

[NotoriousISSY]

Feel for the travelling support who will have to experience the Catalan hospitality given to away fans.

I'd buy a ticket for the home end...they're too precious to attend an EL play-off, even if it is against United. Entitled bunch.

 

[FootyGirl88]

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[dove]

Great, will have more time to focus on the league.

 

[FreakyJim]

And we're out.

 

[Nou_Camp99]

Cool.

Finally a top opponent in Europe.

Been a while

Eh?

Our knock out ties in CL have been dreadfully unlucky.

 

[MegadrivePerson]

Our record against the top teams (City aside) has been really good, so I'm confident we will win this. This current Barcelona team aren't as good as Liverpool or Arsenal, and we won both of our games against them.

 

[P-Ro]

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He's become a bit of a pussy since taking over hasn't he. He used to be the most gobby & arrogant of the lot when he played.

 

[Drifter]

Play shit, get banged.