The Europa League got a sprinkling of stardust yesterday when Manchester United were drawn against Barcelona in the glamour tie of the play-off round.
One of the great match-ups in European football is usually played out on a far bigger stage, but this time they will face off for a place in the last 16 in February.
United paid the price for failing to finish first in their group ahead of Real Sociedad as they were handed arguably the toughest draw when the eight runners-up in the Europa League and eight third-placed teams dropping out of the Champions League went into the pot in Nyon.