(international football) – Barcelona were officially eliminated from the 2021/22 Europa League with a 2-3 loss at home to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Eintracht Frankfurt are the better team despite having to be a guest at Barcelona’s Camp Nou. Just at the 4th minute, the surprise happened at tEintracht Frankfurt was awarded a penalty immediately after defender Eric Garcia fouled Jesper Lindstrom in the box. At 11 meters, Filip Krstic easily defeated goalkeeper Ter Stegen and helped the Bundesliga representative take the lead.
After conceding an early goal, Barcelona made the team strong to attack, looking for an equalizer. The ball was continuously stuffed into the Frankfurt penalty area from the wing by the home team. In the 9th minute, Dembele made a cross, and Pierre-Emerick Aubame jumped over the bar. In the 18th minute, Ronald Araujo threatened Kevin Trapp’s goal with a cannon shot from outside the penalty area.
Being too tall and preoccupied with attacking left Barca with holes that opponents could exploit. In the 37th minute, Bo Lei shot from 25 meters from the left in the first stage, and did not give Ter Stegen a chance to save. Frankfurt’s 2-0 win over Eintrack was also the final result of the first half.
Barca players disappointed
Into the second half, Barcelona continued to increase the pressure on Frankfurt’s goal, the goal is to find goals to shorten the score. However, they had to concede a third goal, although they were still trying to find a way to break through the defence. In the 67th minute, Kamata freshman passed the ball, and Krstic took a corner kick and pushed Ter Stegen down.
With nothing to lose, the home side attacked hard. However, all Barca did was Busquets’ 2 late goals (90+1) and Memphis Depay (90+11). In the end, the whole game defeated Frankfurt with a score of 3-2, thus helping the team to get a ticket to this year’s Europa League semi-final with a total score of 4-3 after two games.
starting lineup
Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Mingesa, Eric Garcia, Araujo, Aldi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Pedri, Garvey, Dembele, Torres, Aubameyang .
Frankfurt: Trapp, Touré, Hinteregger, Endica, Knauf, Jakic, Rhodes, Kostic, Lindstrom, Kamada, Bore.
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