At 4 a.m. Beijing time on February 24, the second leg of the 2022-23 Europa League knockout play-offs was played at Old Trafford, with Premier League giants Manchester United facing La Liga powerhouse Barcelona. In the first half, B fee sent a penalty and Lewandowski scored the penalty; In the second half, B Fei assisted Fred to equalize, and substitute Anthony scored to reverse the score. In the end, Manchester United beat Barcelona 2-1 at home and eliminated their opponents 4-3 on aggregate to advance to the last 16 of the Europa League.
In the group stage of the Champions League, Barca are third and relegated to the European Championship, while Manchester United are second in the group stage of the Europa League. Under the new rules, the two teams need to play two play-off rounds to qualify for the last 16 of the Europa League. The two sides played the first leg of the play-offs last week, with Barcelona drawing 2-2 at home to Manchester United.
In the third minute, Casemiro made a steal and diverted the ball wide to the right of the front, and B Fei received the ball to form a one-handed position, he inserted a low shot from the right side of the box, and ter Stegen blocked the ball with his leg. In the 4th minute, Rafinha cut inside with the ball on the right side of the pitch and volleyed with his left foot, and the ball went high.
In the 15th minute, when B Fei returned to the box to defend, he pulled down Balde, who received the ball, and the referee awarded Barcelona a penalty.
The penalty was headed by Lewandowski, who paused and shot again after a small dash, De Gea was right and had saved the ball with his right hand but could not stop it from going into the net, giving Barca a 1-0 lead over Manchester United.
In the 22nd minute, Luke Shaw moved the ball into the box at 45 degrees on the left side of the midfield, and B Fei inserted the ball straight with his right foot, and ter Stegen confiscated the ball. In the 36th minute, Casemiro picked out a cross in front of the box, and Fred, who was unguarded on the right, fired a direct shot, and the ball hit the crossbar and popped off the line.
In the 40th minute, Rafinha cut inside with the ball on the right flank of the front, hit the wall with Roberto on the penalty area line and volleyed with his right foot, and the ball went over the crossbar. In the 45th minute, De Gea made a mistake at the back and kicked the ball directly to his opponent at the top of the arc, but Casemiro blocked Kessie's shot with his body. At the end of the first half, Barca were leading away from home.
In the 48th minute, Manchester United equalised the scoreline, after stealing in front, Buffy crossed in front of the box, Fred received the ball in the middle and ejected with his right foot, ter Stegen could not save, Manchester United 1-1 Barca.
In the 49th minute, Manchester United's long pass from the back was met by Anthony for offside, and he fell to the ground on the right side of the penalty area and stabbed the ball off the far post. In the 53rd minute, Marcus Rashford, who had been in excellent form recently, broke through with the ball on the right flank and shot from a small angle with his right foot after entering the box, and the ball went off the line.
In the 55th minute, Manchester United's free kick on the left side of the front was cleared into the box, and Anthony from the outside took the ball and shot again, and ter Stegen held the ball steadily. In the 58th minute, B Fei slammed the ball on the fallen De Jong with a big foot when the referee blew the whistle, which led to a skirmish between the two teams and B Fei was also shown a yellow card.
In the 64th minute, De Jong guided with 45-degree precision on the left side of the pitch and Conde in the box headed in front of the Manchester United defender, and De Gea flew to lift the ball off the crossbar.
In the 73rd minute, Manchester United went down the left side of the front and crossed the middle, Garnajo's first shot was blocked by the defender, Fred shot and blocked, the ball came to Anthony's feet, and the unguarded Brazilian striker pushed the goal with his left foot, and Manchester United overtook Barca 2-1.
In the 79th minute, Marcus Rashford received the ball onto the right side of the box and volleyed a powerful right-footed shot into the side-netting. Three minutes later, Garnacho won a one-three pass in midfield, and Busquets was helpless to pull down Ghana Jo and was shown a yellow card. In the 93rd minute, Barca counter-attacked, Lewandowski received a low shot from a small angle on the right side of the box, De Gea came out of position, but Varane cleared in front of the goal line.
In the end, the game was over, and Manchester United beat Barcelona 2-1 at home to advance 4-3 on aggregate.