Barcelona collapsed at home, bowing to leave the “second division” league
A series of impressive performances in recent times, including a 4-0 victory over Real Madrid, helps Barcelona completely confident when welcoming Frankfurt in the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals (first leg drawn 1-1). Some fans of the Catalan giants are still waiting for a bold victory of the home team at the Nou Camp sanctuary.
However, only 4 minutes after the ball rolled, Barcelona received “cold water”. The very rough pull of midfielder Eric Garcia could not get past the referee’s eyes. A penalty was awarded to the visitors and Filip Kostic beat Stegen to open the scoring.
Filip Kostic beat Stegen on 11m
Focusing on the attack, Barcelona created considerable pressure on the opponent’s goal. But when the equalizer did not come, Stegen’s net shook again. Receiving the ball in front of the penalty area, Borre threw an impromptu kick. The ball followed an extremely dangerous trajectory and did not give the goalkeeper any chances. 2-0 for Frankfurt!
Stegen was completely helpless against Borre’s kick.
Even in a dream, it is hard for Barcelona fans to believe that the home team was led to 2 goals at home. Before meeting Barca, Frankfurt’s performance in the Bundesliga was quite volatile and they were only in the middle of the table.
But the nightmare for the Giants of Catalonia does not stop there. In the situation in the 67th minute, a forest of Barca players defended extremely loosely and let Filip Kostic have space on the left wing. The Serbian striker shot across the corner decisively, making it 3-0.
Frankfurt players celebrate in front of the Nou Camp stands.
It was not until after the third goal that Barcelona seemed to gradually wake up. Coach Xavi makes the most of his substitutions to put attacking players on the field.
However, it also had to wait until the first minute of injury time for the home team to find a goal to shorten the gap. Busquets with a surprise shot from outside the penalty area rekindled the fragile hope for Barcelona.
Tireless efforts helped the army under coach Xavi to concede the opponent’s goal for the second time in the 90 + 11 minutes. On the 11m mark, Depay, despite having a bit of trouble, was still able to bring the ball over the line.
Depay’s goal was not enough to turn the situation around
Unfortunately, time is not enough for Barcelona to make a miraculous comeback. In a day when the weaknesses were clearly revealed and Frankfurt was too sublimated, the Nou Camp team had to bid farewell to the Europa League.
This is the second time in the season Barcelona have been knocked out of a European cup competition by a German team. Before that, the Catalan giants left the Champions League after a defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich.
The prospect of empty-handed is clearly in front of the eyes, the realistic goal for Barcelona for the rest of the season will be to try to maintain the position to win the Champions League and continue the reconstruction, looking to the future.
An empty season has appeared before Barcelona’s eyes.
Result: Barcelona 2-3 Frankfurt (Finish: 3-4)
Goal:
Barcelona: Busquets 90+1, Depay 90+11′
Frankfurt: Filip Kostic 4′, 67′, Borre 36′
Squad:
Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Mingueza, Eric Garcia, Araujo, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Pedri, Gavi, Dembele, Torres, Aubameyang
Frankfurt: Trapp, Toure, Hinteregger, N’Dicka, Knauff, Jakic, Rode, Kostic, Lindstroem, Kamada, Borre
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