FC Barcelona lost the heavyweight duel in the first knockout round of the Europa League. The team around the German national goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen and the former Bayern star Robert Lewandowski missed the round of 16 with a 1: 2 (1: 0) at Manchester United. In the first leg, Barca couldn’t get past a 2-2 draw.
In contrast, the Italian record champions Juventus Turin are allowed to continue playing in the European Cup for the time being thanks to world champion Angel Di Maria in a nightmare season. The old lady, who is only seventh in Serie A after a point deduction, won 3-0 (2-0) in the second leg at FC Nantes.
Argentina’s veteran star Di Maria (5th/20th, penalty kick/78th) scored all the goals for Juve, who were outnumbered early on after Nicolas Pallois (19th) was sent off.
AS Roma confidently continue
The traditional club, which was eliminated in the preliminary round of the Champions League, was recently deducted 15 points for alleged accounting fraud in connection with player transfers. The club has lodged an appeal with the Supreme Sports Court of the Italian Olympic Committee CONI.
Barca took the lead at Old Trafford through Lewandowski (18′, penalty). Fred (47th) equalized for ManUnited. Antony sealed the Barca exit (73rd).
AS Roma also reached the round of 16 thanks to the 2-0 (2-0) against RB Salzburg, Sporting Lisbon after a 4-0 (1-0) win at FC Midtjylland in Denmark and FC Sevilla despite the 0-2 (0: 0) at PSV Eindhoven.