Barca crush Man Utd at the Theatre of Dreams

The draw of luck has brought two world football powers to face each other in the quarter-finals, and of course no one wants to be left out of the game when the glory is so close.

In this match, Man United will play at home at Old Trafford, so coach Solskjaer and his team have the opportunity to create as much advantage as possible against the representative from Spain, in order to find a favorable result in the second leg at the "holy land" Camp Nou.

But in reality it is very difficult for Man United to have an overwhelming match against the representative from Spain.

Messi and Suarez share joy when Barca takes the lead.

Right after the opening whistle, Barcelona was the team that dominated the game and deployed the ball to attack at high speed.

In the 12th minute of the match, Barcelona opened the score after Busquets made a sensitive pass for Messi to escape. After controlling the ball, the Argentine superstar delicately crossed the ball for Suarez to skillfully head the ball from a narrow angle into the Man United net.

However, just a few minutes later, the organizers determined that Barcelona's goal came from an own goal by Luke Shaw.

In the first half, Barcelona held the ball for 76%. With Busquets and Arthur controlling the tempo of the game very well, Man United could not play their strong point of defensive counter-attacking. Statistics show that Barcelona made about 300 passes, twice as many as Man United.

Rashford missed many scoring opportunities for MU in the match against Barcelona. Photo: Getty

In the first half, Man United also created a few opportunities but both Rashford and Fred's shots lacked precision.

Entering the second half, Coach Solskjae directed his players to push up the formation to find an equalizer.

And indeed, in the first 20 minutes of the second half, the home team's play improved. There were times when Man United completely dominated the game, but the "Red Devils"'s coordinated attacks did not have enough speed and suddenness to penetrate Barcelona's defense.

While attacking, Man United almost conceded another goal when in the 65th minute of the match, Semedo skillfully passed the ball and Suarez moved wisely to escape but the final shot missed the post by a hair.

The MU defense had a hard day at work to stop Barcelona's strikers from scoring Photo: Getty

The closer the match got to the final minutes, the more impatient the Man United players were, rushing to finish in situations that should have been coordinated. And the finishing moves of the Man United players in this match were completely harmless and did not create any real danger towards the goal of the away team's goalkeeper Ter Stegen: like Rashford's free kick outside the penalty area is an example.

It cannot be said that Man United did not play well in this match, on the contrary, they played very well against Barcelona and also had a few chances in the first half and the first half of the second half with Paul Pogba's delicate passes. However, Man United's attack had a terrible day when they could not take advantage of the opportunities and shot the ball inaccurately.

At the end of the match at Old Trafford, Man United lost 0-1 to Barcelona. With this defeat, the opportunity to turn the tables in Spain is very difficult. But everything is still ahead and there are still many opportunities for the red half of Manchester.

Goal scorer:

Luke Shaw (12', own goal)

Line-up:

Man United:De Gea, Ashley Young, Lindelof, Smalling, Shaw, Dalot, McTominay, Fred, Pogba, Rashford, Lukaku.

Barcelona:Ter Stegen, Semedo, Piqué, Lenglet, Jordi alba, Rakitic, Busquets, Arthur, Coutinho, Messi, Luis Suarez.