Just two months after the Champions League final at Wembley, Barcelona and Manchester United cross paths once more this weekend, albeit in very different circumstances. The FedExField in Washington DC, home of the NFL´s Washington Redskins, is the venue for a World Football Challenge match which has captured the imagination of the American public. A sell-out crowd of 91,000 will see last season´s top two European teams lock horns in a game which will be played in temperatures approaching 38 degrees, with 80% humidity.
Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola will be hoping to give Xavi Hern