Great game at the Wanda Metropolitano
This Wednesday at 9pm, our team will receive Manchester United in what will be the first leg of the Champions League last 16.
Great game at the Wanda Metropolitano. Our team will receive Manchester United at 9pm on Wednesday. The match, corresponding to the first leg of the Champions League last 16, will be directed by the Romanian referee Ovidiu Hategan.
Our team come into the game after defeating Osasuna 0-3 in the last official game played before the return to the continental competition. Our team qualified for the last 16 after a vital 1-3 win at Do Dragão, thanks to goals from Griezmann, Correa and De Paul, which capped off a solid team performance. The three points earned in the last matchday in Portugal helped our team finish the group stage in second place, qualifying for the last 16, where Manchester United await us.
The Red Devils booked their place in the first knockout stage of the Champions League after topping Group F, beating Villarreal, Atalanta and Young Boys. Rangnick's side, who will face Simeone for the first time, are fourth in the Premier League on 46 points having gone seven consecutive games unbeaten, with four wins and three draws.
This Wednesday's game will be the first between both teams in the Champions League, but it will not be the first in European competitions, as in the Recopa in 1992 the two clubs met in the last 16, with our team winning 4-1 on aggregate.
