Xavi Says Barca Unlucky To Face United In Europa League

FC Barcelona head coach, Xavi Hernandez, has branded his side unlucky to be drawn against Manchester United in the Europa League.

Barca was dumped out of the Champions League after finishing third in Group C behind Bayern Munich and Inter Milan and Xavi is worried that the lack of luck which saw his side drawn in a tough Champions League group, has followed them to the Europa.

“The draw has given us the most difficult rival again, like in the Champions League group stage…Luck was not on our side. Manchester United are a great rival, a historic club… the worst that we could wish for. They have great individualities, but I’d highlight the group they have. We’ll prepare well, analyse the opponent as we have to.’’

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The Spanish coach also stated that his side is not up against Ronaldo, but a strong team built by Erik Ten Hag.

“It’s not just Cristiano (Ronaldo), we are going to face a team that has grown a lot under (Erik) ten Hag and we’ll have to challenge them on the pitch. They are a big historic club, they will have the same urgency to win as us.”

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Barca currently tops the Spanish La Liga with two points ahead of Real Madrid.

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