FC Barcelona has to tremble for progress in the Europa League. In the duel between the football giants, the leaders of the Primera Division around star striker Robert Lewandowski received a severe setback from Manchester United. Raphinha prevents an even worse starting position.
FC Barcelona suffered a setback in the duel of the heavyweights in the first knockout round of the Europa League. The team around the German national goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen and the former Bayern star Robert Lewandowski only managed to draw 2: 2 (1: 1) in the first leg against Manchester United despite the lead and is therefore under pressure before the guest appearance in England.
Both teams were in the game immediately after kick-off in the first half. However, the first clear scoring opportunity for the team from Manchester only came in the 28th minute. Wout Weghorst didn’t use his good opportunity, nor did Marcus Rashford a short time later (34′). Jordi Alba missed a promising chance for Barcelona (37th), he failed to Man United goalkeeper David de Gea.
Marcos Alonso (50th) had put the Champions League relegated from Barcelona in the lead. But only a little later, Rashford (53rd) equalized. After an own goal by the French runner-up Jules Kounde (59th), Manchester were ahead, Raphinha (76th) made it 2-2. Barcelona are continuing their impressive streak: Barça have been unbeaten in 17 competitive games (15 wins, 2 draws), the last time the Catalans suffered a defeat was in October (0:3 against Bayern Munich in the Champions League).
Shakhtar Donetsk is on course for the round of 16 after beating Stade Rennes 2-1 (2-0). RB Salzburg celebrated a 1-0 (0-0) win over AS Roma after a late goal by Nicolas Capaldo (88′) and put themselves in a good position to progress.
