The FC Barcelona wins in the quarter-final first leg in the Champions League with 1:0 for Manchester United. Barca benefited from an own goal by Manchester-professional Luke Shaw. The appearance of the team, however, is not very convincing. the
the fact that FC Barcelona meet in the quarter-finals of the Champions League to Manchester United, impressed the Catalans less Manchester United rather than the fact that it is the quarter-finals. Three times in the series, Barca in the round of the last eight clubs left in the Premier class. Lionel Messi has scored in this European season is already eight times in the League the top scorers list with 33 goals to lead, waited, significantly, since, say, eleven quarter-final matches on a hit. The newspaper La Vanguardia headlined with some justice: “For a year, Barca is preparing for this fucking round.” The duel amounts to an “early final”.
After the first leg in Manchester on Wednesday evening can now say that FC Barcelona is on a good way to end the ominous curse; the away game in Manchester he 1:0 (1:0) and won by an early own goal from Luke Shaw. To a lack of scoring chances, the English were to blame, however, nothing; it was confirmed that their shape curve, since the dismissal of coach José Mourinho in December and the new Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is clearly upward. In the second round, the Red Devils were surprisingly against Paris Saint-Germain by – they gave up almost entirely on possession of the ball, which was, of course, also this time, your Plan.
But Barca have met after 13 minutes, at the first opportunity: Sergio Busquets call put Messi with a pass into the depth of the scene, crossed to the distant post on Luis Suarez, the köpfelte and Luke Shaw deflected the Ball into his own net. After video evidence was clear, then, that in contrast to the perception of the Italian referee Gianluca Rocchi in all of this no one Offside had stood.
The Barca-supporters sing Messi
Shortly thereafter, Busquets provided on the other side with a hiccup of excitement, after a loss of the ball he had to hold on to Paul Pogba and received a Yellow card. Manchester was now a lot braver, the Not-possession of the ball-the Plan pursued now Barcelona. You can make changes, however, the team coached by Ernesto Valverde in defense and playmaking acted unfocused partly cursed. Marcus Rashford had the first good chance for United; his first-time shot from 20 yards went over the crossbar (21.). Suddenly and unexpectedly, the Catalans had the chance to 2:0, a shot of Coutinho Manchester goalkeeper David de Gea (36 parried, but.).
“Since Paris is everything has changed”, his Team would be well respected anywhere in Europe, “more”, had United’s Argentine Marcos Rojo said before the game. Whether it was respect or the good old quarter-final curse came in the second half of the appearance of FC Barcelona is not at all convincing. After a save from goalkeeper Marc-André ter 50 strips in the middle of puckered Rashford uncovered (.). After that, it was the English, however, is a long time to come opportunities; Suarez scored on the other side on the break, Nelson Semedo after a good hour into the side-netting.
Valverde a then moved Arturo Vidal for Coutinho (66.), his team brought the leadership now, it is fairly safe scores over time. The Barca-supporters sang of Messi, who is also in the twelfth quarter-final game in succession without a goal, because Manchester’s Keeper de Gea parried his free kick (82.). But at least Messi had the only goal of the Evening.
The return leg in Barcelona will take place on Tuesday of next week (21 hours). For Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the former striker and current team Manager of Manchester United, it is the return to a “great stadium”: There he was in the Champions League final in 1999, in the 81. Minute substitute and scored in the third Minute of the injury time of the 2:1 victory against FC Bayern München. 20 years ago, it is so, that he fired United in its “greatest night as a football player” with the “most famous goal in the club’s history” (The Sun) to Triple the number 20. Would he triumph again, as once a 0:1 deficit to make up, and the fourth quarter-final of Barca in succession cause – it would be one hell of a good story.
