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Ferran Torres, at the time of getting the draw against Eintracht.Michael Probst (AP)
Barcelona almost didn't choke against a burning Eintracht, an electric team of attacks in waves and solidary defense, all in their field waiting to come out in shotgunned cons and with the maximum possible number of troops.
But his legs ran out - De Jong and Dembélé also entered to recover the gala
eleven
- and Barcelona were able to braid a play
made in
La Masia to put the tables in the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinals, now with homework to do at the Camp Nou.
EFREintracht Fr.
1
Trapp, Obite Ndicka, Hinteregger, Tuta, Djibril Sow, Filip Kostic, Kristijan Jakic (Rode, min. 88), Ansgar Knauff, Santos Borré (Ragnar Ache, min. 88), Daichi Kamada (Almamy Touré, min. 80) and Jesper Lindstrom (Jens Hauge, min. 72)
bcn barcelona
1
Ter Stegen, Eric Garcia, Ronald Araújo, Piqué (Clement Lenglet, min. 22), Alba, Pedri, Gavi (Frenkie De Jong, min. 61), Busquets, Adama Traoré (Ousmane Dembélé, min. 61), Ferrán Torres and aubameyang
Goals
1-0 min.
47: Ansgar Knauff.
1-1 min.
65: Ferran Torres.
Referee
Srdjan Jovanović
Yellow cards Filip Kostic (min. 46), Tuta (min. 60) and Kristijan Jakic (min. 81)
Red cards Tuta (min. 77)
Eintracht started with the fifth gear set, a team that was waiting in their field but as soon as they stole the ball they executed some powerful counterattacks.
On the right, on the left and the more players who joined the better, including the pivots because they stepped on the area.
Direct and vertiginous attacks, which almost did not break Barcelona from the start.
But Show and Santos Borré played with their sights diverted to the relief of Ter Stegen, who gestured and shouted asking for solidarity in defense and above all not to lose balls in the composition of the game because the rival transitions were great.
Barcelona replied with a shot from outside the area by Ferran Torres that Trapp -the goalkeeper who conceded the historic 6-1 at the Camp Nou with the PSG shirt- superbly cleared with a changed hand.
But Eintracht's approach choked Barça, especially since Pedri did not participate too much in the game, the interior corridors closed.
And without the dealer, without anyone to break the lines with the controlled ball, Barça turned out to be less Barça, especially since the rival defended with everything.
The second act, as happened in the first, began with an electric Eintracht, with vertical manual kickbacks and at the speed of light.
Lindstrom missed a shot but Knauff did not, who took advantage of a rejection of a corner kick to beat Ter Stegen with a shot from outside the area.
Barcelona could do little, handcuffed and without ingenuity to deactivate the motley rival defense, sterile in construction and in ideas.
Until Eintracht's strength ran out and Xavi moved the bench.
Thus, Dembélé started a play that continued with a double wall between De Jong and Ferran, which he defined before Trapp left.
Quite a treat for Barça, who had a hard time in Germany, to the point that in the last 10 minutes they played with numerical superiority - Tuta was sent off for a double yellow card - and it was not even noticed.
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Barcelona has suffered horrors to achieve a draw against Eintracht, an intense and dizzying team like few others.
Everything to do at the Camp Nou.
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Full Time!
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The referee gives three minutes of added time.
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M. 90. EIN, 1 - BAR, 1
Three consecutive corner kicks that Barça did not take advantage of.
Double change at Eintracht
.
Borré and Jakic leave for Ache and Rode to enter the field.
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M. 86. EIN, 1 - BAR, 1
Barcelona is now taking advantage of numerical superiority.
He has more ball at his feet and tries to play in the opposite field.
But Eintracht does not give up, always waiting to come out in shotgun counterattacks.
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M. 83. EIN, 1 - BAR, 1
Yellow card
for Jakic.
Tactical foul on De Jong.
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M. 81. EIN, 1 - BAR, 1
Change at Eintracht
.
Kamada leaves and Touré enters.
Later, Dembélé makes a bad delivery and Nsicka shoots too cross.... It was close!
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M. 78. EIN, 1 - BAR, 1
Yellow card to Tuta.
It is the second, for which he is
expelled for a double warning
.
Barça remains in numerical superiority when there are just over ten minutes left.
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M. 73. EIN, 1 - BAR, 1
Eintracht has slowed down a bit.
It was normal that he did not hold at that rate for the 90 minutes.
Barcelona take advantage of it, as they can now move the ball better, they don't suffer from rival counterattacks and at least they already play in the opposite field.
The party takes, finally, azulgrana color.
Change at Eintracht
.
Lindstrom leaves and Hauge enters.
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M. 68. EIN, 1 - BAR, 1
At last Barcelona gets away with it.
Dembélé receives on the right side and traces the diagonal to find De Jong, who makes a double wall with Ferran Torres so that he defines inside the area.
The first plaited play of the azulgrana team, the first goal.
It is clear that the
gala
eleven works.
Dembélé and De Jong, capitals in both.
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLL OF BARCELONAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
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M. 65. EIN, 1 - BAR, 0
Good move by Ferran, who unbalances but shoots with the inside of his left leg and the ball goes into the clouds.
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M. 62. EIN, 1 - BAR, 0
Yellow card
for Tuta for a tackle on Gavi.
Double change in Barcelona
.
Frenkie de Jong and Dembélé enter the field and shake hands with Gavi and Adama.
Xavi bets on his
gala
eleven .
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M. 58. EIN, 1 - BAR, 0
Barcelona does not recover from the blow because it is not capable of progressing with its football.
Moreover, Eintracht continues to attack in waves and appear in the rival area with great danger.
Xavi should change something in the approach -perhaps one more midfielder to have more possession-, in addition to cards on the pitch.
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M. 53. EIN, 1 - BAR, 0
Dembélé and De Jong warm up.
Normal that Xavi wants to put the starting team because Eintracht is on fire, capable for the moment of deactivating Barcelona.
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M. 50. EIN, 0 - BAR, 0
And almost another goal from Eintracht!
A new wave of the German team, this time led by Kostic, is finished off high by Lindstrom.
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Corner cleared by Eric García and Knauff, controls and hits from outside the area to beat Ter Stegen.
Great goal for the German team.
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M. 47. EIN, 0 - BAR, 0
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL FROM THE EINTRACHT!
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Barcelona has not been comfortable in the first half.
The races and the intensity, in addition to the excellent solidarity work of Eintracht, have made Xavi's team choke up.
More than anything because he has not been able to play in the opposite field, without ingenuity or talent to find the space or the final pass.
We will see how the Barça coach moves pieces, in the same way that it will be necessary to see if Eintracht hold on with that rhythm until the end of the match.
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