They will have to confront Barcelona, they will not count on this player

They wanted to avoid this match and advance directly to the next round if they scored one more goal in the away win against Real Sociedad, but it was not possible and Manchester United had to settle for second place, they will have to play a round prior to the round of 16 of the Europa League, the draw was made and the opponent will be Xavi's Barcelona.

Manchester United have as one of their objectives to win the Europa League, they were presented with an extremely complicated opponent on this occasion, they will have to play in the best way to achieve a favourable result for Erik ten Hag's team, they want to achieve a good season in the European competition, and in order to finish they will have to visit Barcelona at the Spotify Stadium, and then receive them at Old Trafford in the month of February.

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The club will have to work to have the right version to play this match, they want to win it in any way, they know that the rival is very complicated, when they have faced each other in the Champions League the English team has had many failures, but they want to take advantage of the fact that the second leg of the tie will be at Old Trafford, so they will have to play a great match at Barcelona's ground to take advantage of this condition.

There is still a long way to go before the game, but the squads could be different by the time of the match, possibly without Cristiano Ronaldo who could leave the club in January, among so many other issues for both teams. What is a reality is that the Red Devils will be without one of their best players for the first leg in Barcelona, they will be without the Argentine defender who has had a great season due to suspension.

Lisandro Martinez will not be able to play at the 'Spotify' Stadium

It will be an important loss to be able to contain the rival's attacks, they have players who are very difficult to mark defensively, it will be necessary to analyse who will be in charge of defending Robert Lewandowski in this match, they will have to wait for the return at Old Trafford to be able to count again on the central defender Lisandro Martinez who has become one of the best defenders of the present time.