"It's not going to be easy for Barcelona, but they're the favourites"

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Ex-Barcelona and current Leeds full-back Junior Firpo spoke to 'Sport' about the Europa League knock-out tie between the Catalan side and Manchester United. He claimed that it'll "probably be better that a lot of Champions League games".

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The Barcelona squad had a day off this Tuesday to concentrate on their second leg against Manchester United. However, up to 13 players trained anyway.
On Wednesday, 'sport' spoke to Leeds and ax-Barcelona man Junior Firpo to get his opinion on the game. "It's not going to be easy for Barcelona, but they're the favourites".
What's more, he emphasised the Red Devils' main threat: "Rashford is playing well up front, he's quick, the team plays around him, he's got Bruno behind too, who's really dangerous".
When speaking about Gavi and Pedri being out: "They're going to be missed. But that means that Barcelona have a very competitive squad".
"Balde impresses me. When I was there, I went up sometimes and saw him. He was a plane, so quick, but he was really young. Now you see him and he defends really well. In a one-on-one it's difficult to get away from him and going forward he's really dangerous. They've got a full-back for ten years with him", he added when talking about the 'Cule' defender.

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