Original title: 5-12! Man Utd record shame, will PK La Liga dark horse, want to break the 4-year curse, $9.4 billion showdown
At 1:55am on February 19th, the first round of the UEFA Cup round of 32 knockout round of this season ushered in a key battle between Manchester United and Real Sociedad away from home. This is the smallest price difference between the two teams in the UEFA Cup knockout round of 32 matches, so it is called a heavyweight match, and Manchester United is favored to be the party that advances, but Real Sociedad is a big black horse in La Liga this season, the Red Devils can not be taken lightly, so the team has been 9 consecutive European matches can not win the Spanish team.
Manchester United to participate in the Champions League this season, the results in only two rounds left still ranked first in the group, respectively, lost to the Grand Paris and Leipzig, the final group third regret out, is the only team in this season's Premier League 7 teams did not get out of the group, the Red Devils quite embarrassing.
Manchester United still have a chance to make a run at the UEFA Cup title as the third place team in the Champions League group gets through to the knockout stages of the UEFA Cup. United have only won the UEFA Cup once, in 2017, and last season they were defeated in the semi-finals by Sevilla and did not reach the final.
In contrast to Manchester United, Real Sociedad were caught in a group of death in the UEFA Cup group stage this season, with Serie A powerhouse Napoli and Dutch powerhouse Alkmaar in the same group, and eventually Real Sociedad pushed Alkmaar out of the group and ranked second in the group to advance to the knockout stage.
This is the second meeting between the two teams in their European history, while the first took place in the 2013/2014 Champions League season when United won 1-0 at home and were held to a 0-0 draw by Real Sociedad. However, United have failed to win nine consecutive matches against the Spanish side, with a record of three draws and six losses, including the last four defeats.
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The last time United won a European match against a Spanish team was in 2017, when they beat Celta in the first leg of the semifinals, and since then the scores have been 1-1 Celta; 0-0, 1-2 Sevilla; 0-1, 0-3 Barcelona; 1-2 Real Madrid; 0-0, 1-2 Valencia; and 1-2 Sevilla, with a total score of 5-12 in the nine matches, making it difficult for United to win with three draws and six losses.
Recently Manchester United has been in the Premier League for 2 consecutive draws, the state of the average, while Real Sociedad has won 2 consecutive games, stable fifth in La Liga, the strength is not bad, so Manchester United to take away the victory on the road, the difficulty is quite a lot.
According to the German transfer information, the total value of the whole team of Real Sociedad is as high as 380 million euros, while the total value of the whole team of Manchester United is also 760 million euros, and the two teams add up to a duel of 9.4 billion yuan.
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