Eintracht 1-1 Barcelona: Knauf’s goal didn’t kill the Catalans

THAT unity but Barcelona struggled with a draw 1-1 from Frankfurt to the quarter-finals of the Europa League and in a week the German will be waiting in Barcelona for the second part.

The Germans’ first concern was holding off Sergio Busquets with two or three opponents to tag him or close the field for him, which completely upset the Catalans. Eintracht was superior in the first few minutes and even missed a big chance with Jibril Shaw in the 7th minute.

Gerard Pique’s injury in the 23rd minute didn’t help the Blaugrana, who risked a penalty in the 40th minute, but the VAR made the referee change the decision to put Busquets on Rafael Bore.

At the beginning of the second half, Ansgar Knauf caught a great missed shot from outside the penalty area after a corner to make it 1-0. This goal woke up the guests, who increased their speed and began to move the ball better.

In such a case, in the 66th minute and while the trained Usman Dembele had come into play, the “blaugrana” hid the ball that Ferran Torres showed with his 4th goal in the last five games in the Eintracht net (he also has two assists).

The momentum was with Xavi’s players and from the moment the hosts were down a player due to Tuta’s second yellow card in 78′,

Neither team scored a winner but they renewed their ‘Camp Nou’ call-up.

CONJUNCTION: Trap, Tuta, Hinteregger, Entika, Knauf, Jakic (89′ Rode), So, Kostic, Lindstrom (73′ Hauge), Bore (89′ Ache), Kamanda (81′ Toure)

BARCELONA: Ter Stegen, Araujo, Pique (23′ Langley), Garcia, Alba, Pedri, Busquets, Gavi (62′ Fr. de Jong), Traore (62′ Dembele), Obamayang, Torres

The program of the first quarterfinals

The program of the second quarterfinals