Sports 247 – Manchester United needs a miracle bigger than the `magical Paris night` a few weeks ago.
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Last night’s loss to Barcelona showed that coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his team still have a lot of work to do.
The Norwegian strategist did not hide his intention to lock down Messi when he arranged Luke Shaw to play as left-back and Diogo Dalot was always ready to cover at any time.
But before Solskjaer’s plan could take effect, Manchester United had to receive punishment from Luis Suarez.
Manchester United people may have been extremely hopeful when the linesman raised the offside flag, but VAR technology did not.
There were times when Barcelona completely imposed the game even though they were the team that had to play away from home.
Manchester United’s most anticipated striker, Romelu Lukaku, was missing for all 67 minutes on the field, almost all one-touch plays, before being replaced by Anthony Martial.
To point out the only bright spot for the Red Devils in this match, it is the midfield.
Although there are a lot of expectations for what was done on the `magical Paris night`, it is fair to say that Barcelona is a team with much greater bravery than Paris Saint-Germain.
Remember the 2016-17 season, in the round of 16 match, Barcelona lost 4-0 to Paris Saint-Germain away from home.
Needless to say, even last season, Barcelona defeated Juventus 3-0 and eliminated Chelsea from the round of 16 with the same score, all at the Nou Camp stadium.