UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season

[Distraction]

Well after the jesus injury, I do agree that it would be a lot harder for Arsenal to win the tournament as well. I am not saying that it would be impossible, but it would be a bit harder than usual and it would be a bit more difficult.

I do agree that they do have a big chance, between Juventus, United, Barcelona and Arsenal, these four teams are the big clubs that could have a chance at the title but aside from them I am not sure if there are any teams that could win the title and it could be quite difficult to achieve. Long story short Arsenal is not the biggest candidate to win, whoever wins out of United vs Barcelona will be the biggest chance to win, but Arsenal is not too far from it neither.

First of all I should give some information about Jesus' injury. I have seen on some news sources like Jesus' return will be in early March. If this is true than it is really sad news for Arsenal.

However Arsenal have already proven how strong they can play in Jesus' absence also. Jesus couldn't score any goal after the last match he did on October 1. But Arsenal still didn't get affected by that in a negative way. They still continued to get very positive results by scoring many goals in total. They lost only once which was in a Europa League match. They won nearly all of their Premier League matches in this period of time. This is a proof for how strong they can play as a team even in this kind of situations.

Therefore I'm still seeing Arsenal as the biggest favourite here also.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Currently, through Arteta's statement, it seems that Arsenal will continue to look for players, especially those participating in the world cup this time, to continue to make them stronger. and indeed this is a good thing, especially since we also know that they have to do something like this in order to continue to strengthen them on every front.
On the other hand, I quite agree with what you said about hoping they find a team that can be said to be easy to face in the draw later, especially if you look at the current condition of the Europa League, it is quite scary because it is filled with several big clubs.

In fact, with many players playing in the world cup, it provides its own advantages because their physical condition is maintained during the one month competition break, but on the one hand, Arteta must also be aware of the condition of players who return to the club later suffer injuries and have to change the composition of the players, especially Arsenal in their performance. which is pretty good at the moment.

Arsenal need waiting for drawing against team on Europe League at next round because waiting result on play off matches, have several team need pass on play off round and Arsenal can't expected which one opponent. Currently Arsenal have ready which one opponent team for next round with consistent performance I believe with Arsenal chance get Europe League trophy in this season.

You have to see my previous post because I have already discussed the problem of injury there and indeed the anticipation is that at this time it seems that Arteta will return to bring several players to the Emirates Stadium in a later transfer and currently there are several players who have been linked with Arsenal even though it is still a rumor. .
On the other hand, for the play-offs, they still have to wait, especially since there are several great clubs that have dropped out of the Champions League, so this is still something to watch out for, especially between Barcelona and Manchester United, the one who wins there will definitely be a champion candidate too.

The truth is that I had also thought the same for me the champion is between these two teams, of course this is something that we could say for now, we do not know if new players will enter or leave in January, well when the transfer window begins there are already many movements that will produce relative changes in the teams and will be quite beneficial for glunos, another team that I see that can be prepared very well will be Juve and Roma, since they are Italian teams that will have everything to come out with a good victory, I have seen improvement in these teams, they have very good players who can make a difference, I think that is the secret of everything.

Manchester United's performance in the group stage was really good? I don't think so. Although Manchester United won 5 out of 6 matches. But they have to fight hard to win every match. Even against comparatively weaker teams, they cannot dominate the match. If they can't dominate against weak teams, how can Manchester United win against big teams like Barcelona or Arsenal?
However, whether the Manchester United team is worthy of winning the title will be proved in their upcoming matches. Manchester United will undoubtedly become favorites to win the Europa League if they beat Barcelona.

I would say if you won 5 out of 6, no matter how you played, that should be considered as you played good and that's enough. I know it is not going to be that much convincing to just say that, but at the same time it doesn't need to be convincing, it just needs to be as good as possible for them to be there.
In the end, United will face Barcelona and they are a great team so they could of course end up losing to Barcelona, that's understandable, but that wouldn't mean that they were bad so far, they were amazing in europa and played very well. Sure some of the teams were weaker and it was harder than it suppose to, but they got the win in the end anyway.

Personally I don't like Manchester United's performance. They won though. But their performance was not satisfactory. I was not happy with their performance as they could not dominate even against a weaker team.

As they will play against Barcelona in the next match, it will be very difficult for them to win this match. If United could dominate every game in the group stage, I'd say they'd be able to beat Barcelona too. Besides, Manchester United's performance in the Premier League is not good. United is quite weak compared to Barcelona. And so I don't think United will be able to win against Barcelona.

For me, both teams are very deficient, they are not at the level they should be, especially Manchester United, Barcelona are known to be going through a very difficult process, where most of the blame in regards to me would be placed on Xavi, but nevertheless, I can point out that they are currently first in the League, which for me is something temporary, because teams like Real Madrid can surpass them, in the Europa League they have to do very well, it is the only option Who do they have to stand out, I see it as very difficult, at this point I would be thinking that both Barcelona and Manchester are at the same level.

[Marvell1]

Well after the jesus injury, I do agree that it would be a lot harder for Arsenal to win the tournament as well. I am not saying that it would be impossible, but it would be a bit harder than usual and it would be a bit more difficult.

I do agree that they do have a big chance, between Juventus, United, Barcelona and Arsenal, these four teams are the big clubs that could have a chance at the title but aside from them I am not sure if there are any teams that could win the title and it could be quite difficult to achieve. Long story short Arsenal is not the biggest candidate to win, whoever wins out of United vs Barcelona will be the biggest chance to win, but Arsenal is not too far from it neither.

I agree with you that one of these four teams for sure will be the winner of the tournament.

But I think as you said, the winner of Manchester United versus Barcelona might also win the tournament as well. Gabriel Jesus getting injured has been a big blow for Arsenal. I personally don't think Juventus have been as good as they used to be 2 or 3 years back.

So, I guess one of Barcelona or Manchester United might have an edge over the other two teams. But I think Barcelona have the most chance as United have been really inconsistent in terms of their game. On top of that they have even released Cristiano Ronaldo which is quite unfortunate. I think only time will tell who the champion will be.

[borovichok]

I agree with you that one of these four teams for sure will be the winner of the tournament.

But I think as you said, the winner of Manchester United versus Barcelona might also win the tournament as well. Gabriel Jesus getting injured has been a big blow for Arsenal. I personally don't think Juventus have been as good as they used to be 2 or 3 years back.

So, I guess one of Barcelona or Manchester United might have an edge over the other two teams. But I think Barcelona have the most chance as United have been really inconsistent in terms of their game. On top of that they have even released Cristiano Ronaldo which is quite unfortunate. I think only time will tell who the champion will be.

Let's wait to see who becomes the champions because there are tough teams in the europa league, and let's not underrate any team in the competition. There's chance that any team can qualify or be crowned european champions. Like last season when barcelona we're eliminated by Frankfurt, nobody expected that, the results came as shock to most people because during that period, barça were one of the top levelled team with excellent performance. The ball is in all the team's court, let's see the outcome of the competition.

[Razmirraz]

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I agree with you that one of these four teams for sure will be the winner of the tournament.

But I think as you said, the winner of Manchester United versus Barcelona might also win the tournament as well. Gabriel Jesus getting injured has been a big blow for Arsenal. I personally don't think Juventus have been as good as they used to be 2 or 3 years back.

So, I guess one of Barcelona or Manchester United might have an edge over the other two teams. But I think Barcelona have the most chance as United have been really inconsistent in terms of their game. On top of that they have even released Cristiano Ronaldo which is quite unfortunate. I think only time will tell who the champion will be.

Big teams are always placed as the seed in a tournament, but we cannot avoid the surprise that can happen when the seeded team is eliminated by the unseeded team. Several incidents in the World Cup have become a warning for top teams not to underestimate other teams, they must always give their best game to whoever the opponent they face.

The Barcelona vs Manchester United match will be presented at a high tempo. Barcelona strength, which is getting better, needs to be watched out for by Manchester United. Barcelona is more productive in scoring goals and their game is always consistent before the break, Manchester United must be able to maintain their form of play to balance Barcelona strength.

[rendravolt]

There might be few who favor Manchester United to win the Europa League, but I do like the ending with them. Especially after Cristiano Ronaldo left, the Red Devils players could control the entire field more with their creativity. However, to strengthen Erik ten Hag's attack, he must think about buying a pure striker who is still young and good in the next season's transfer market, so that all the coordination of all the players can run smoothly.

[bering]

Well after the jesus injury, I do agree that it would be a lot harder for Arsenal to win the tournament as well. I am not saying that it would be impossible, but it would be a bit harder than usual and it would be a bit more difficult.

I do agree that they do have a big chance, between Juventus, United, Barcelona and Arsenal, these four teams are the big clubs that could have a chance at the title but aside from them I am not sure if there are any teams that could win the title and it could be quite difficult to achieve. Long story short Arsenal is not the biggest candidate to win, whoever wins out of United vs Barcelona will be the biggest chance to win, but Arsenal is not too far from it neither.

First of all I should give some information about Jesus' injury. I have seen on some news sources like Jesus' return will be in early March. If this is true than it is really sad news for Arsenal.

However Arsenal have already proven how strong they can play in Jesus' absence also. Jesus couldn't score any goal after the last match he did on October 1. But Arsenal still didn't get affected by that in a negative way. They still continued to get very positive results by scoring many goals in total. They lost only once which was in a Europa League match. They won nearly all of their Premier League matches in this period of time. This is a proof for how strong they can play as a team even in this kind of situations.

Therefore I'm still seeing Arsenal as the biggest favourite here also.

He has successfully knee surgery several days ago and still struggling to recover his injured but there was no exact information regarding how long he cannot play for Arsenal that some of people says 1 month or more than it and admitted or not Jesus is the key player for Arsenal and losing him will have bad impact for Arsenal performance but there are still few months remaining before round of 16 started so maybe he will be recover before February so there is a chance for Arsenal to playing him
This season Arsenal don't have any players who can be suitable to replaced his position and i have to say there were no players who had equal quality to him for forward lines so Arteta have to find best solution to solved this issue and this is the risk why world cup is held in the middle of a regular competition because the players possibly can got injured because of tight schedules and i think other clubs might be will suffers the same consequence

[hahay]

There might be few who favor Manchester United to win the Europa League, but I do like the ending with them. Especially after Cristiano Ronaldo left, the Red Devils players could control the entire field more with their creativity. However, to strengthen Erik ten Hag's attack, he must think about buying a pure striker who is still young and good in the next season's transfer market, so that all the coordination of all the players can run smoothly.

Well, about the Manchester United forwards I see an improvement for Marcus Rashford, it seems that under the coach of Erik ten Hag it can make Marcus Rashford's performance even better. Even so far Marcus Rashford is the only player who has scored many goals for Manchester United in all competitions, so I don't think Ronaldo's departure is a problem for Manchester United's performance.
But about whether Manchester United can be a successful team to win the Europa League title this season, I personally am still not completely sure.

Indeed, I am also quite sure that Manchester United have a chance to beat Barcelona, because Barcelona did not do very well in the Europa League considering last season. But even so, even if for example later Manchester United will qualify because they beat Barcelona, but I'm still not completely sure Manchester United will win the Europa League title.
But yes, after all Manchester United is having good progress with Erik ten Hag, it will be interesting to wait to see how far Erik ten Hag can take Manchester United in this Europa League.

[CageMabok]

There might be few who favor Manchester United to win the Europa League, but I do like the ending with them. Especially after Cristiano Ronaldo left, the Red Devils players could control the entire field more with their creativity. However, to strengthen Erik ten Hag's attack, he must think about buying a pure striker who is still young and good in the next season's transfer market, so that all the coordination of all the players can run smoothly.

Erik ten Hag does have to look for new players for Manchester United's attack line in the transfer market at the start of next year and that's not solely because of the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, but Erik ten Hag should be looking for. After all, before confirmation that Cristiano Ronaldo would leave Manchester United, he also did not play in full in every match. Which means looking for other players in Manchester United's attack line is not solely because of Ronaldo's departure, but because of the needs of the Manchester United team itself.

[Juggy777]

There might be few who favor Manchester United to win the Europa League, but I do like the ending with them. Especially after Cristiano Ronaldo left, the Red Devils players could control the entire field more with their creativity. However, to strengthen Erik ten Hag's attack, he must think about buying a pure striker who is still young and good in the next season's transfer market, so that all the coordination of all the players can run smoothly.

Well, about the Manchester United forwards I see an improvement for Marcus Rashford, it seems that under the coach of Erik ten Hag it can make Marcus Rashford's performance even better. Even so far Marcus Rashford is the only player who has scored many goals for Manchester United in all competitions, so I don't think Ronaldo's departure is a problem for Manchester United's performance.
But about whether Manchester United can be a successful team to win the Europa League title this season, I personally am still not completely sure.

Indeed, I am also quite sure that Manchester United have a chance to beat Barcelona, because Barcelona did not do very well in the Europa League considering last season. But even so, even if for example later Manchester United will qualify because they beat Barcelona, but I'm still not completely sure Manchester United will win the Europa League title.
But yes, after all Manchester United is having good progress with Erik ten Hag, it will be interesting to wait to see how far Erik ten Hag can take Manchester United in this Europa League.

Erik ten Hag does have to look for new players for Manchester United's attack line in the transfer market at the start of next year and that's not solely because of the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, but Erik ten Hag should be looking for. After all, before confirmation that Cristiano Ronaldo would leave Manchester United, he also did not play in full in every match. Which means looking for other players in Manchester United's attack line is not solely because of Ronaldo's departure, but because of the needs of the Manchester United team itself.

I believe that Erik is already working on the next transfer as we discuss here, and therefore I expect at least one player out of these 3 to join the club in January: 1) Cody Gakpo 2) João Félix and 3) Memphis Depay. Also I expect Manchester United to beat Barcelona, because I don’t expect Barcelona player’s to be motivated while playing in the Europa league and lastly Xavi would like to fully focus on winning the La Liga league hence I expect Barcelona to lose and crash out of the Europa League.

[rendravolt]

Well, about the Manchester United forwards I see an improvement for Marcus Rashford, it seems that under the coach of Erik ten Hag it can make Marcus Rashford's performance even better. Even so far Marcus Rashford is the only player who has scored many goals for Manchester United in all competitions, so I don't think Ronaldo's departure is a problem for Manchester United's performance.
But about whether Manchester United can be a successful team to win the Europa League title this season, I personally am still not completely sure.

Indeed, I am also quite sure that Manchester United have a chance to beat Barcelona, because Barcelona did not do very well in the Europa League considering last season. But even so, even if for example later Manchester United will qualify because they beat Barcelona, but I'm still not completely sure Manchester United will win the Europa League title.
But yes, after all Manchester United is having good progress with Erik ten Hag, it will be interesting to wait to see how far Erik ten Hag can take Manchester United in this Europa League.

Yes, Marcus Rashford has speed and strong pressing to put pressure on opposing players, Erik ten hag was not wrong to choose him as a temporary option to fill the striker position at Manchester United. If later Manchester United meets Barcelona it will certainly be a fun match, in my opinion both of them have a chance to win the match.

Erik ten Hag does have to look for new players for Manchester United's attack line in the transfer market at the start of next year and that's not solely because of the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, but Erik ten Hag should be looking for. After all, before confirmation that Cristiano Ronaldo would leave Manchester United, he also did not play in full in every match. Which means looking for other players in Manchester United's attack line is not solely because of Ronaldo's departure, but because of the needs of the Manchester United team itself.

You are right, it is true that Manchester United now needs a striker to fill the attack line and that is not caused by Ronaldo's departure. So here, Erik ten hag has to really consider the players he needs, don't be like the previous coaches who were not competitive in selecting players in the transfer market.

[Hyphen(-)]

There might be few who favor Manchester United to win the Europa League, but I do like the ending with them. Especially after Cristiano Ronaldo left, the Red Devils players could control the entire field more with their creativity. However, to strengthen Erik ten Hag's attack, he must think about buying a pure striker who is still young and good in the next season's transfer market, so that all the coordination of all the players can run smoothly.

Manchester United is currently playing Barcelona in the Europa League competition, and there is a very high chance of Barcelona winning the match due to how their squad is right now because they were eliminated last season in the Semifinal, therefore, they will do their best to win Manchester United.
Nonetheless, I am aware that Manchester United has a team of talented players who are eager to win trophies. They will also try to win Barcelona, but their chances are slim because most Barcelona players have more experience in the league than Manchester United players.

[Bobrox]

Let's wait to see who becomes the champions because there are tough teams in the europa league, and let's not underrate any team in the competition. There's chance that any team can qualify or be crowned european champions. Like last season when barcelona we're eliminated by Frankfurt, nobody expected that, the results came as shock to most people because during that period, barça were one of the top levelled team with excellent performance. The ball is in all the team's court, let's see the outcome of the competition.

I don't sure with many predicting about UEFA Europe League winner coming from top team learned from last season where Eintracht Frankfurt success eliminated Barcelona before become the winner. I think Europe League always have surprised result and this season I don't think with the bigger team only like Barcelona, Manchester United, Juventus and Arsenal are the favorite team become the winner. Still have underdog team with unpredictable can reach to higher stage at Europe League.

Several contestant at Europe League have better performance at domestic league like Barcelona, Arsenal and Juventus, how about their opportunity become the winner in the Europe League?

[zuzie]

I agree with you that one of these four teams for sure will be the winner of the tournament.

But I think as you said, the winner of Manchester United versus Barcelona might also win the tournament as well. Gabriel Jesus getting injured has been a big blow for Arsenal. I personally don't think Juventus have been as good as they used to be 2 or 3 years back.

So, I guess one of Barcelona or Manchester United might have an edge over the other two teams. But I think Barcelona have the most chance as United have been really inconsistent in terms of their game. On top of that they have even released Cristiano Ronaldo which is quite unfortunate. I think only time will tell who the champion will be.

Let's wait to see who becomes the champions because there are tough teams in the europa league, and let's not underrate any team in the competition. There's chance that any team can qualify or be crowned european champions. Like last season when barcelona we're eliminated by Frankfurt, nobody expected that, the results came as shock to most people because during that period, barça were one of the top levelled team with excellent performance. The ball is in all the team's court, let's see the outcome of the competition.

The presence of several big teams such as Juventus, Barcelona, Ajax and others is part of their failure in the Champions League. That way the European League competition will be even tighter after the addition of several new participants
Some of these teams still have to undergo their opening two matches before meet the group winners such as Arsenal, Betis, Real Sociedad, Feyenoord, and several other candidates.

[Silence Scream]

I agree with you that one of these four teams for sure will be the winner of the tournament.

But I think as you said, the winner of Manchester United versus Barcelona might also win the tournament as well. Gabriel Jesus getting injured has been a big blow for Arsenal. I personally don't think Juventus have been as good as they used to be 2 or 3 years back.

So, I guess one of Barcelona or Manchester United might have an edge over the other two teams. But I think Barcelona have the most chance as United have been really inconsistent in terms of their game. On top of that they have even released Cristiano Ronaldo which is quite unfortunate. I think only time will tell who the champion will be.

Let's wait to see who becomes the champions because there are tough teams in the europa league, and let's not underrate any team in the competition. There's chance that any team can qualify or be crowned european champions. Like last season when barcelona we're eliminated by Frankfurt, nobody expected that, the results came as shock to most people because during that period, barça were one of the top levelled team with excellent performance. The ball is in all the team's court, let's see the outcome of the competition.

I hope Barcelona will not experience the same situation as last year again this year.  They were unfortunately eliminated by Frankfurt last year.  Although their rivals in the qualifiers are already tough this year, Barcelona is a strong team that can go to the finals.  Let's not forget that they are currently the leaders in La Liga.  Also on the forward lines is Robert Lewandowski, one of the best in the world.  After the qualifiers, they will go to the final easily.  I think Arsenal or Barcelona will win this trophy this year.

[maju69]

There might be few who favor Manchester United to win the Europa League, but I do like the ending with them. Especially after Cristiano Ronaldo left, the Red Devils players could control the entire field more with their creativity. However, to strengthen Erik ten Hag's attack, he must think about buying a pure striker who is still young and good in the next season's transfer market, so that all the coordination of all the players can run smoothly.

Manchester United is currently playing Barcelona in the Europa League competition, and there is a very high chance of Barcelona winning the match due to how their squad is right now because they were eliminated last season in the Semifinal, therefore, they will do their best to win Manchester United.
Nonetheless, I am aware that Manchester United has a team of talented players who are eager to win trophies. They will also try to win Barcelona, but their chances are slim because most Barcelona players have more experience in the league than Manchester United players.

Both Manchester United and Barcelona will try their best to win this match. They are both having difficulties in terms of winning trophies, so they will also take advantage of this Europa League competition to bring at least 1 trophy this season. It's a shame that their meeting happened so early, because I expected them to meet at least in the semi-finals or even the final.

[Slow death]

Barcelona vs Manchester United is definitely very interesting to watch. This match will prove the quality of the two teams after experiencing difficult times last season.

well, the case of manchester united may still experience darker moments because there is still the story of the sale of the team by the owner of manchester united and with that it is not known if someone buys the team if they will continue to play well or not and if they will keep a good part of the players or not, there is still a lot to happen with manchester united, while barcelona are stable, they have good players, they have good coaching and they can afford to relax and prepare for this game very calmly, without pressure and without rumors in the news channels and I think that barcelona doesn't need to sign more players, they already have everything they need

[Davian144]

Both Manchester United and Barcelona will try their best to win this match. They are both having difficulties in terms of winning trophies, so they will also take advantage of this Europa League competition to bring at least 1 trophy this season. It's a shame that their meeting happened so early, because I expected them to meet at least in the semi-finals or even the final.

There is no problem meeting early because every good and fierce match is always looked forward to by many people and if you look at the current condition of the two teams (Manchester United and Barcelona), I am more certain that Barcelona will have difficulties when they meet Manchester United.

Because the Manchester United team will still try to win the Europa League this season in order to place itself in the Champions League next season, although on the other hand Manchester United still has more opportunities to get a better position in the Premier League this season.

[rendravolt]

There might be few who favor Manchester United to win the Europa League, but I do like the ending with them. Especially after Cristiano Ronaldo left, the Red Devils players could control the entire field more with their creativity. However, to strengthen Erik ten Hag's attack, he must think about buying a pure striker who is still young and good in the next season's transfer market, so that all the coordination of all the players can run smoothly.

Manchester United is currently playing Barcelona in the Europa League competition, and there is a very high chance of Barcelona winning the match due to how their squad is right now because they were eliminated last season in the Semifinal, therefore, they will do their best to win Manchester United.
Nonetheless, I am aware that Manchester United has a team of talented players who are eager to win trophies. They will also try to win Barcelona, but their chances are slim because most Barcelona players have more experience in the league than Manchester United players.

Talking about the players of each team, maybe for now the main players remain the same, nothing has changed, but the continuation of the European league competition will start again next year and coincide with the transfer market, for sure these two teams will add player ammunition to fill in the gaps in each line is still not good. So we'll see who wins and who will become the champion later, can't wait to see this big match.

[Marvell1]

I agree with you that one of these four teams for sure will be the winner of the tournament.
But I think as you said, the winner of Manchester United versus Barcelona might also win the tournament as well. Gabriel Jesus getting injured has been a big blow for Arsenal. I personally don't think Juventus have been as good as they used to be 2 or 3 years back.
So, I guess one of Barcelona or Manchester United might have an edge over the other two teams. But I think Barcelona have the most chance as United have been really inconsistent in terms of their game. On top of that they have even released Cristiano Ronaldo which is quite unfortunate. I think only time will tell who the champion will be.

Let's wait to see who becomes the champions because there are tough teams in the europa league, and let's not underrate any team in the competition. There's chance that any team can qualify or be crowned european champions. Like last season when barcelona we're eliminated by Frankfurt, nobody expected that, the results came as shock to most people because during that period, barça were one of the top levelled team with excellent performance. The ball is in all the team's court, let's see the outcome of the competition.

Yes, you are right. Football is a really unpredictable game and anyone can take home a game on a given night. As a result, I will not say that specifically one team is surely the favorite to win the tournament. Rather, I stated that Barcelona has the highest chance of winning out of the rest since their recent performance has been quite successful as well as their rank as number one in the league.

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Big teams are always placed as the seed in a tournament, but we cannot avoid the surprise that can happen when the seeded team is eliminated by the unseeded team. Several incidents in the World Cup have become a warning for top teams not to underestimate other teams, they must always give their best game to whoever the opponent they face.
The Barcelona vs Manchester United match will be presented at a high tempo. Barcelona strength, which is getting better, needs to be watched out for by Manchester United. Barcelona is more productive in scoring goals and their game is always consistent before the break, Manchester United must be able to maintain their form of play to balance Barcelona strength.

yes, I agree with the fact that football has become really unpredictable nowadays. The biggest example is the World Cup in itself, as smaller teams have compared to the more powerful teams on so many occasions.

I am sure that the game between Barcelona and Manchester United will be an extremely interesting one, since both teams seem to be contenders for the final of the tournament. But I think Barcelona is a bit more consistent compared to Manchester United, who are a really inconsistent team. I also doubt that United will be able to win after they have released Cristiano Ronaldo. But only time will tell who comes out as the winner of that specific game in the tournament.