UEFA Europa League 2022/23 Season

[Lordhermes]

I still think Barcelona has a slight advantage maybe 55-60% to win against Manchester United that either 40-45% to win.

I don't think Barcelona will care if they are eliminated by United, they will surely want to win but their focus is on the La Liga, they are top of the La Liga and they just beat real madrid to win the Supercopa, so if they didn't believe before, now they believe that they can win the La Liga from real madrid, and that is the big trophy they want. If the Europa league would be a distraction to them if they go far in it, then it is better they are eliminated by United early. Manchester United have been playing well in the premier league too, but they are not the favorites for it, but in the La Liga barcelona are favorites.

you're just ranting, every team wants to win in every  competitions they are. If Manchester Uinited eliminated Barcelona from the cup, they will feel bad.  Because Barcelona are not sure if they will win the Laliga title. They have to fight for every title this season. No doubt the game will be very tough one, because both team are in form right now. I will be must watch game for me. I'll not miss it.

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[Docnaster]

I think Man United's performance is slightly better than Barcelona, where in their last 7 matches Man United always won, while Barcelona had to draw 2 times and win 5 times. Man United also managed to score 17 goals and only conceded 3 goals, while Barcelona created 16 goals and conceded 9 goals. The numbers above are not a guarantee for a victory because there are indeed other factors that have a big influence on a match. But those statistics can still be considered that Man United is currently having a better trend than Barcelona, and of course, they have a chance to beat Barcelona.

Erik Ten Hag was able to make the Manchester United team even tougher, he did a pretty good job, barcelona and Manchester United need good tactics and strategies in the upcoming matches, seeing Manchester United's performance increase is quite high, I think Barcelona really need to be careful heart with Manchester United, under the tutelage of Erik Teh Hag who remains stable, I'm sure Barcelona will be overthrown by Manchester United.

Ten hag has been transforming MU to the a team that is having a very good team work. Manchester united shall have learned from so many previous matches about what's gonna be the weakness from barcelona. Manchester united shall focus to the barcelona's winger. Lewandowski can be prevented easily but it seems like that barcelona's winger has become the main key for the barcelona. It's too early to say that barcelona will overthrown MU.
You shall learn from the match Barcelona against frankfurt. There would be lots of lessons that can be taken.

I don't think Barcelona's win or loss against any other team will be enough to say that they will overthrow Manchester united or lose to them in the Europa league. It will be a very interesting match to watch cuz both clubs are doing well. Every Single player in that Match will be dangerous, especially the attackers. so I don't agree with your idea that paying more attention to Robert Lewandowsky will weaken Barcelona.

[BlackBoss_]

I don't think Barcelona's win or loss against any other team will be enough to say that they will overthrow Manchester united or lose to them in the Europa league. It will be a very interesting match to watch cuz both clubs are doing well. Every Single player in that Match will be dangerous, especially the attackers. so I don't agree with your idea that paying more attention to Robert Lewandowsky will weaken Barcelona.

Barcelona and Manchester United are big clubs with so good players and they can decide results with a single shot. Recent forms are important but not most important factors. In fact their actual performances in those two matches will decide results. Sometimes star players can have streaks of bad performances but in big matches, they suddenly revert their forms and help their clubs win.

Like Rashford who suddenly became a very different player after World Cup 2022. He will be so important for Manchester United to beat Barcelona in coming matches between them.

Lewandowsky after a good first half of season for Barcelona tends to slow down his performance. It can impact Barcelona ability to score against Manchester United. However, they will have Dembele, Gavi and Pedri who can support Lewandowsky very well and can score goals too.

[Razmirraz]

I still think Barcelona has a slight advantage maybe 55-60% to win against Manchester United that either 40-45% to win.

I don't think Barcelona will care if they are eliminated by United, they will surely want to win but their focus is on the La Liga, they are top of the La Liga and they just beat real madrid to win the Supercopa, so if they didn't believe before, now they believe that they can win the La Liga from real madrid, and that is the big trophy they want. If the Europa league would be a distraction to them if they go far in it, then it is better they are eliminated by United early. Manchester United have been playing well in the premier league too, but they are not the favorites for it, but in the La Liga barcelona are favorites.

Did you watch the Spanish Super Cup final which Barcelona just won. Barcelona played like crazy to win trophies, the struggles of Barcelona players were not in vain, they managed to beat Real Madrid with a landslide score.
Let's compare the Super Cup competition with the Europa League, it's impossible that Barcelona don't care about the Europa League trophy. The Europa League competition is more prestigious, of course Xavi will prioritize the Europa League this season, especially since Barcelona failed in the final last season.

[Cryptmuster]

Did you watch the Spanish Super Cup final which Barcelona just won. Barcelona played like crazy to win trophies, the struggles of Barcelona players were not in vain, they managed to beat Real Madrid with a landslide score.
Let's compare the Super Cup competition with the Europa League, it's impossible that Barcelona don't care about the Europa League trophy. The Europa League competition is more prestigious, of course Xavi will prioritize the Europa League this season, especially since Barcelona failed in the final last season.

I'm sure Xavi's priority right now will be La Liga, especially since after beating Real Madrid they will have enough self-confidence to keep their lead. Barcelona won't mind winning the EL as well, but the first game will be against the MU, who are also in great shape right now and they beat City this weekend. We can say that both clubs are close to their optimal form, it should be a very interesting confrontation.

[rahmad2nd]

I still think Barcelona has a slight advantage maybe 55-60% to win against Manchester United that either 40-45% to win.

I don't think Barcelona will care if they are eliminated by United, they will surely want to win but their focus is on the La Liga, they are top of the La Liga and they just beat real madrid to win the Supercopa, so if they didn't believe before, now they believe that they can win the La Liga from real madrid, and that is the big trophy they want. If the Europa league would be a distraction to them if they go far in it, then it is better they are eliminated by United early. Manchester United have been playing well in the premier league too, but they are not the favorites for it, but in the La Liga barcelona are favorites.

I will reiterate. Xavi once said that after Barcelona were knocked out of the Champions League, he said on several occasions that Barcelona was targeting two trophies at once, namely the Europa League and La Liga. that way, Barcelona will not underestimate their opponents in the Europa League.

IMO, when referring to last night's match when Barcelona against Real Madrid. Their playing pattern is very different from before, now Barcelona's defense is more solid, their midfielders are starting to be productive, especially the presence of De Jong makes some differences plus Xavi dares to experiment with his new formation. I like watching Barcelona play against Real Madrid last night, even though it's not a prestigious event. however, the El Clasico match is a battle of prestige from the two Spanish giants. plus points for Xavi, and winning the Supercopa.

In the playoffs later, I'm sure the Barcelona vs Manchester United match will be a very exciting match for us to watch.

[asriloni]

I still think Barcelona has a slight advantage maybe 55-60% to win against Manchester United that either 40-45% to win.

I don't think Barcelona will care if they are eliminated by United, they will surely want to win but their focus is on the La Liga, they are top of the La Liga and they just beat real madrid to win the Supercopa, so if they didn't believe before, now they believe that they can win the La Liga from real madrid, and that is the big trophy they want. If the Europa league would be a distraction to them if they go far in it, then it is better they are eliminated by United early. Manchester United have been playing well in the premier league too, but they are not the favorites for it, but in the La Liga barcelona are favorites.

Did you watch the Spanish Super Cup final which Barcelona just won. Barcelona played like crazy to win trophies, the struggles of Barcelona players were not in vain, they managed to beat Real Madrid with a landslide score.
Let's compare the Super Cup competition with the Europa League, it's impossible that Barcelona don't care about the Europa League trophy. The Europa League competition is more prestigious, of course Xavi will prioritize the Europa League this season, especially since Barcelona failed in the final last season.

Super was nothing compared with europa league. The fact that if in europa league and barcelona will face so many teams from the different league. Just because it was winning super cup and it doesn't mean barcelona can win europa league easily.
There will always be possibility for the past scenario to happen again when barcelona was losing against frankfurt. Even real madrid could also lose against some team in europa league too.
The result can change anytime. that's it

[jostorres]

I'm now believing in Manchester United they may succeed in defeating Barcelona.  If Manchester United was able to defeat Manchester City in the premier league I don't see Barcelona to be that difficult for them.  Manchester United is good to challenge any big team.

Maybe yes, maybe no.

Manchester City previously was lost to Southampton too, so we can say Manchester City performance doesn't really good recently. While Barcelona they have beat Real Madrid which is previous winner of Champions League, you need to know if Champions League is higher than Europa League.

I still think Barcelona has a slight advantage maybe 55-60% to win against Manchester United that either 40-45% to win.

After the break Manchester City is having form issue just because of this now they are losing points in Premier League, but Barcelona is surely having different way like they play in yesterday game against Real Madrid things looking amazing, and we can expect good fight for the next round between these two clubs with most chances both are having equal chance for qualifying into next round because now things looking positive and they both have enough quality and match winners.

Now how they respond on match day this could be completely different story with win against Manchester City their confidence level is high, and they can beat any team because this is the biggest win under Ten Hag era for them, and they are completely different team with this all.

[dezoel]

Did you watch the Spanish Super Cup final which Barcelona just won. Barcelona played like crazy to win trophies, the struggles of Barcelona players were not in vain, they managed to beat Real Madrid with a landslide score.
Let's compare the Super Cup competition with the Europa League, it's impossible that Barcelona don't care about the Europa League trophy. The Europa League competition is more prestigious, of course Xavi will prioritize the Europa League this season, especially since Barcelona failed in the final last season.

I'm sure Xavi's priority right now will be La Liga, especially since after beating Real Madrid they will have enough self-confidence to keep their lead. Barcelona won't mind winning the EL as well, but the first game will be against the MU, who are also in great shape right now and they beat City this weekend. We can say that both clubs are close to their optimal form, it should be a very interesting confrontation.

I also have no doubt about this Xavi is having first priority in La Liga because if they are able to win this definitely it would be good for them as in next season they can do better with confidence and having something to cheer as well.

But, if they have good performance and confidence then surely they can beat Manchester United in Europa Cup as well because right now they have just three points lead and Real Madrid is also trying their best for narrowing this all because they are also defending two titles with few injuries issue, but things can change any time for them as well they have good players, but their moral is currently down with they need to wake up nothing specially which is currently missing from their side.

[hd49728]

After the break Manchester City is having form issue just because of this now they are losing points in Premier League, but Barcelona is surely having different way like they play in yesterday game against Real Madrid things looking amazing, and we can expect good fight for the next round between these two clubs with most chances both are having equal chance for qualifying into next round because now things looking positive and they both have enough quality and match winners.

First of all, we know about FIFA virus and its impact on clubs that have too many international players. Second many players of Manchester City had very bad World Cup 2022 and they returned to club with bad psychology. Their performance for Manchester City is affected by being tired after World Cup 2022 physically but their psychology was impacted negatively too.

Player who did not participate in World Cup 2022 like Haaland can not return to his best performance yet. Haaland lost his sensitive touches and shots for Manchester City. His injury and recovery time are likely affected him too and he will need a little more time to be ready.

Now how they respond on match day this could be completely different story with win against Manchester City their confidence level is high, and they can beat any team because this is the biggest win under Ten Hag era for them, and they are completely different team with this all.

Time is no longer supports Manchester City even the season is long enough. However the excellent form of Arsenal in this season can turn the season to a nightmare for Manchester City. Bought Haaland who broke many Premier League scorer records but lose the trophy to Arsenal. It's an acceptable ending for Manchester City and Pep Guardiola and they will surely try to avoid it.

[Gosgosking]

I still think Barcelona has a slight advantage maybe 55-60% to win against Manchester United that either 40-45% to win.

I don't think Barcelona will care if they are eliminated by United, they will surely want to win but their focus is on the La Liga, they are top of the La Liga and they just beat real madrid to win the Supercopa, so if they didn't believe before, now they believe that they can win the La Liga from real madrid, and that is the big trophy they want. If the Europa league would be a distraction to them if they go far in it, then it is better they are eliminated by United early. Manchester United have been playing well in the premier league too, but they are not the favorites for it, but in the La Liga barcelona are favorites.

If Manchester United win Barcelona I don't think Barcelona will have much worried if they don't perform well in the Europa league.  What Barcelona is interesting and desperate to get is to win laliga. If Barcelona lose it is nothing to them .

[makishart]

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 I'm now believing in Manchester United they may succeed in defeating Barcelona.  If Manchester United was able to defeat Manchester City in the premier league I don't see Barcelona to be that difficult for them.  Manchester United is good to challenge any big team.

Me too. Im believing with the performance from manchester united. Barcelona itsef looks very strong right now after it was winning the super cup. Manchester city might be even better compared with barcelona and there's no reason for MU to lose against barcelona in this match. Im sure that ten hag has been preparing the best strategy against barcelona next month. ten hag needs to see what strategy that used by barcelona and barcelona play style.
MU has very good squad to defeat barcelona in europa league. Im not feeling doubt if MU can do that. This gonna be a high tension match between barcelona and MU.

[bestcoins1]

If Manchester United win Barcelona I don't think Barcelona will have much worried if they don't perform well in the Europa league.  What Barcelona is interesting and desperate to get is to win laliga. If Barcelona lose it is nothing to them .

Barcelona also considers the Europa League to be a very serious league for them, because Barcelona still wants to bring home more trophies in different competitions this season. And today Barcelona has just celebrated its victory in the Super Cup after beating Real Madrid and is clearly still eager to get another trophy in its domestic league such as La Liga and also for the Europa League. Because Barcelona did not take the Europa League lightly for this season.

[Alanaz]

If Manchester United win Barcelona I don't think Barcelona will have much worried if they don't perform well in the Europa league.  What Barcelona is interesting and desperate to get is to win laliga. If Barcelona lose it is nothing to them .

Barcelona also considers the Europa League to be a very serious league for them, because Barcelona still wants to bring home more trophies in different competitions this season. And today Barcelona has just celebrated its victory in the Super Cup after beating Real Madrid and is clearly still eager to get another trophy in its domestic league such as La Liga and also for the Europa League. Because Barcelona did not take the Europa League lightly for this season.

I agree with you, maybe Barcelona will take their Europa League game as a place to prove that they have stepped up now and are ready to become one of the best teams in Europe again. I mean the previous season they played not as usual and couldn't even compete with other teams in various competitions, so that made them a little underestimated by the team that would face them. The Super Cup trophy means a lot to them to be able to win the next trophy this season.

[fzkto]

I still think Barcelona has a slight advantage maybe 55-60% to win against Manchester United that either 40-45% to win.

I don't think Barcelona will care if they are eliminated by United, they will surely want to win but their focus is on the La Liga, they are top of the La Liga and they just beat real madrid to win the Supercopa, so if they didn't believe before, now they believe that they can win the La Liga from real madrid, and that is the big trophy they want. If the Europa league would be a distraction to them if they go far in it, then it is better they are eliminated by United early. Manchester United have been playing well in the premier league too, but they are not the favorites for it, but in the La Liga barcelona are favorites.

Yes, Barcelona are the kind of club that can only play in one competition, unlike Real Madrid or Bayern. But I don't think Manchester United are a strong contender for Barcelona at the moment. I think Barcelona can beat them and advance to the next round. Especially as Manchester United are not having the best of times.

[Silence Scream]

I think Man United's performance is slightly better than Barcelona, where in their last 7 matches Man United always won, while Barcelona had to draw 2 times and win 5 times. Man United also managed to score 17 goals and only conceded 3 goals, while Barcelona created 16 goals and conceded 9 goals. The numbers above are not a guarantee for a victory because there are indeed other factors that have a big influence on a match. But those statistics can still be considered that Man United is currently having a better trend than Barcelona, and of course, they have a chance to beat Barcelona.

Erik Ten Hag was able to make the Manchester United team even tougher, he did a pretty good job, barcelona and Manchester United need good tactics and strategies in the upcoming matches, seeing Manchester United's performance increase is quite high, I think Barcelona really need to be careful heart with Manchester United, under the tutelage of Erik Teh Hag who remains stable, I'm sure Barcelona will be overthrown by Manchester United.

Ten hag has been transforming MU to the a team that is having a very good team work. Manchester united shall have learned from so many previous matches about what's gonna be the weakness from barcelona. Manchester united shall focus to the barcelona's winger. Lewandowski can be prevented easily but it seems like that barcelona's winger has become the main key for the barcelona. It's too early to say that barcelona will overthrown MU.
You shall learn from the match Barcelona against frankfurt. There would be lots of lessons that can be taken.

I don't think Barcelona's win or loss against any other team will be enough to say that they will overthrow Manchester united or lose to them in the Europa league. It will be a very interesting match to watch cuz both clubs are doing well. Every Single player in that Match will be dangerous, especially the attackers. so I don't agree with your idea that paying more attention to Robert Lewandowsky will weaken Barcelona.

The strikers of Barcelona and Manchester United are in great form right now.  He could give his team an advantage, with a better day between Rashford and Lewandowski.  Barcelona, ​​which won the cup with a perfect performance 3-1 against Real Madrid, is the team that is closer to the top round for me.

[Pulsar77]

Barcelona's performance against Real Madrid in the Super Cup was like a hint for what they can do from now on. Because their biggest problem has been against big teams. They have lost so many big matches in this season and this cost the team really a lot. It was the main reason why they were eliminated in the Champions League so easily. But after this great effort I want to believe that something has started to change about this team. They played against Real Madrid amazingly despite Real Madrid's having their usual starting eleven.

I don't doubt they will care about the Europa League as much as the La Liga as well. They don't have much option either. We can see this level of effort against Manchester United in both legs.

[bitgolden]

Did you watch the Spanish Super Cup final which Barcelona just won. Barcelona played like crazy to win trophies, the struggles of Barcelona players were not in vain, they managed to beat Real Madrid with a landslide score.
Let's compare the Super Cup competition with the Europa League, it's impossible that Barcelona don't care about the Europa League trophy. The Europa League competition is more prestigious, of course Xavi will prioritize the Europa League this season, especially since Barcelona failed in the final last season.

I'm sure Xavi's priority right now will be La Liga, especially since after beating Real Madrid they will have enough self-confidence to keep their lead. Barcelona won't mind winning the EL as well, but the first game will be against the MU, who are also in great shape right now and they beat City this weekend. We can say that both clubs are close to their optimal form, it should be a very interesting confrontation.

I agree, it's a lot more important to win La Liga than to win europa right now. However, it is also a great thing if you could win them both. Football is not really as much white/black as people think it is. Many people keep saying "well they will focus more on la liga than europa" type of thing but the reality is that we are going to see them focus on both of them at the same time.

These are professional players, mainly young enough and fit enough to actually play 2-3 games a week and be great at what they do without being tired all that much. Everyone thinks that if you focus on la liga then you will be tired when it comes to europa games but that's not the case, they can give their 100% to both of them.

[KTChampions]

I still think Barcelona has a slight advantage maybe 55-60% to win against Manchester United that either 40-45% to win.

I don't think Barcelona will care if they are eliminated by United, they will surely want to win but their focus is on the La Liga, they are top of the La Liga and they just beat real madrid to win the Supercopa, so if they didn't believe before, now they believe that they can win the La Liga from real madrid, and that is the big trophy they want. If the Europa league would be a distraction to them if they go far in it, then it is better they are eliminated by United early. Manchester United have been playing well in the premier league too, but they are not the favorites for it, but in the La Liga barcelona are favorites.

Agree. Simple fact: winning the Europa League while losing La Liga to Real Madrid will be a losing season. Winning La Liga while losing the Europa League at the very early stage (at 1/16 lol) will be a triumph. The priorities are obvious, I even think Xavi would be happy if Barcelona lost to United and he could fully concentrate on La Liga, but of course the circumstances (status) will not allow him to lose this confrontation on purpose.

[Tumanggor]

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I'm sure Xavi's priority right now will be La Liga, especially since after beating Real Madrid they will have enough self-confidence to keep their lead. Barcelona won't mind winning the EL as well, but the first game will be against the MU, who are also in great shape right now and they beat City this weekend. We can say that both clubs are close to their optimal form, it should be a very interesting confrontation.

you are wrong if thinking that Xavi and Barcelona's top priority at the moment is the La Liga trophy because they really want the European league trophy too

Previously, Xavi had said that he intended to give all the titles to Barcelona in the competition that Barcelona participated in because that was his target as a coach. Xavi has to focus on all competitions, not just La Liga