Barcelona vs Manchester United preview – team news, predictions and more!
By Ali Akbar
Manchester United travel to Spain to face Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie, hoping to overturn a 1-0 deficit.
Former Manchester United player Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has fond memories of Camp Nou, having scored the winner there in the 1999 Champions League final to complete a historic treble.
Twenty years on, Solskjaer is now the manager of United and has an opportunity to create memories for a new generation of fans when his side take on Barcelona on Tuesday.
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The first leg of their Champions League quarter-final clash ended in a disappointing 1-0 loss at Old Trafford – although the Red Devils did look more convincing than the visiting side.
Nevertheless, with an away goal in hand and the home advantage in the second leg, it looks almost certain that it will be Ernesto Valverde’s side that will be progressing into the semi-finals.
However, you just can’t write United off – as PSG found out when we overturned a 2-0 home deficit to beat them 3-1 at the Parc des Princes in the previous round of the competition.
Can Solskjaer recreate the scenes from Camp Nou in 1999 by driving United to yet another historic comeback? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see…