{"id":287973,"date":"2023-02-17T05:37:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T05:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/17\/barcelona-and-manchester-united-draw-thriller-as-juventus-held-in-europa-league-football-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-02-17T05:37:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T05:37:36","slug":"barcelona-and-manchester-united-draw-thriller-as-juventus-held-in-europa-league-football-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/17\/barcelona-and-manchester-united-draw-thriller-as-juventus-held-in-europa-league-football-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona and Manchester United draw thriller as Juventus held in Europa League | Football News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-98001181,imgsize-66878.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>PARIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happytrips.com\/topic\/barcelona\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_https:\/\/www.happytrips.com\/topic\/barcelona\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">Barcelona<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/manchester-united\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_manchester-united\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United<\/a> played out a thrilling 2-2 draw in the first leg of their Europa League play-off tie on Thursday, while <!-- -->Juventus<!-- --> were left frustrated by <!-- -->Nantes<!-- --> in a 1-1 stalemate.<br \/>The game at the <!-- -->Camp Nou<!-- --> brought together two European giants who met in two Champions League finals in 2009 and 2011, and who are both in excellent form domestically.<br \/>After a goalless first half, La Liga leaders Barcelona went ahead five minutes into the second half thanks to a Marcos Alonso header at a corner.<br \/>However, United drew level just three minutes later when Marcus Rashford beat Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen at his near post to score a 13th goal in 15 games since the World Cup.<br \/>The Premier League side then took the lead just before the hour mark through a Jules Kounde own goal, but a Raphinha cross flew in inside the final quarter of an hour to secure a draw for Barca before a crowd of more than 90,000.<br \/>&#8220;I think it was a great game. Two attacking teams, I think it was a Champions League game, even more than that,&#8221; United boss Erik ten Hag told broadcaster BT Sport. &#8220;We have to finish it in Old Trafford.&#8221;<br \/>Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez was left complaining that his side should have had a penalty for a handball by Fred.<br \/>&#8220;It&#8217;s a stolen penalty,&#8221; said Xavi. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know why they don&#8217;t whistle for penalties for handball now. It seems incredible to me. Incredible.&#8221;<br \/>Winning the Europa League may represent the best chance for Juventus to return to the Champions League next season after they were handed a 15-point deduction in Serie A.<br \/>That punishment, for what the Italian <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/football\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_football\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Football<\/a> Federation ruled was illicit transfer activity designed to artificially boost their accounts, has left the Turin giants 12 points adrift of the top four at home.<br \/>Against Nantes they looked on course for a comfortable win when Federico Chiesa nodded a ball across the face of goal for Dusan Vlahovic to open the scoring early on.<br \/>But French Cup holders Nantes equalised on the breakaway on the hour when Ludovic Blas ran through to finish emphatically.<br \/>A Chiesa shot then hit the underside of the bar and bounced down without quite all of the ball crossing the line, before it struck the post and rebounded away.<br \/>Nantes also survived a VAR penalty check for a handball deep in injury time, the referee instead giving them a free-kick and leaving Juventus with work to do in the return.<br \/>Elsewhere, Monaco came from behind to triumph 3-2 away against Xabi Alonso&#8217;s Bayer Leverkusen, with Axel Disasi scoring the winner in the 92nd minute.<br \/>An own goal by Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky had put Monaco ahead early on only for second-half goals by Moussa Diaby and Florian Wirtz to turn the game around.<br \/>However, Krepin Diatta pulled the principality team back level before France defender Disasi&#8217;s strike.<br \/>Shakhtar Donetsk were 2-1 winners against Rennes as the Ukrainian club played their first European game since selling star winger Mykhailo Mudryk to Chelsea.<br \/>Playing in the Polish capital Warsaw, Dmytro Kryskiv put Shakhtar ahead and Artem Bondarenko netted a penalty before Karl Toko-Ekambi pulled one back for Rennes.<br \/>Jose Mourinho&#8217;s Roma went down 1-0 away to Austrian champions Red Bull Salzburg with Argentine midfielder Nicolas Capaldo scoring a late winner.<br \/>Sevilla, the competition&#8217;s most successful club, beat PSV Eindhoven 3-0 in Spain as Youssef En-Nesyri, Lucas Ocampos and Nemanja Gudelj all netted.<br \/>Ajax drew 0-0 with Union Berlin, while Sebastian Coates scored deep into stoppage time to earn Sporting a 1-1 draw with Midtjylland of Denmark in Lisbon.<br \/>The second legs will be played next Thursday with places in the last 16 up for grabs alongside the eight teams who topped their groups.<br \/>Fiorentina were the biggest winners in the first legs of the Europa Conference League play-offs as they trounced Braga 4-0 in Portugal.<br \/>Ciro Immobile gave Lazio a 1-0 victory against CFR Cluj while there were also first-leg wins for Qarabag, Trabzonspor, AEK Larnaca, Partizan Belgrade and Ludogorets.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? 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