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Knauff, a cannon goal
The German midfielder on loan from Borussia Dortmund, eccentric on the right side, first stood out with a shot at the far post at the start of the match.
A little too long in the execution of his gesture, he was countered by a Barcelona defender.
Well placed to recover a ball badly returned by the FC Barcelona defense following a corner, Ansgar Knauff asked himself fewer questions to send a missile into Ter Stegen's skylight to open the scoring (48th).
Very restless during the meeting, the German spared no effort and also showed success.
A little extra that sets him apart from his teammate Lindstroem, who is also very good.
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Hinteregger, the wall of Frankfurt
Germany had not known such a rampart since the Berlin Wall.
The Austrian extinguished the Barcelona attacks throughout the game.
He was never put in difficulty and cleared when necessary to extinguish the beginnings of fires in his defense or restarted cleanly when necessary.
Martin Hinteregger was intractable against Barcelona and could not help Ferran Torres' goal.
On the other hand, he would do better to empty his pockets before putting his shorts in the machine, he risks finding the Barcelona striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Entry of Dembélé and De Jong
Entering together at the hour mark, the two men changed the face of their team.
On the equalizer from Ferran Torres, the Frenchman is at the start of the action and the Dutchman achieves a double one two with the striker of the evening on the Barcelona side to put him in the best conditions.
A "tiki taka" goal that recalls the great hours of FC Barcelona.
The duo tried to combine at the end of the match without finding the fault.
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Gavi transparent
In the first half, the 17-year-old midfielder only touched 24 balls.
A heresy compared to his usual statistics.
The physiognomy of the first period did not suit him, with a game that was a little ping-pong, going from one side to the other, and this explains his lack of impact in the game. His inability to hold the ball did not allow FC Barcelona to stem the German waves.
His midfield team-mate, Pedri, 19, didn't do much better, but he upped his game a bit in the second half.
He was replaced by Frenkie De Jong in the 62nd.
Aubameyang non-existent
The supersonic striker from Barcelona could not make his speed speak in this match.
Blocked by the fairly low defense of Eintracht Frankfurt, the Gabonese will never have managed to take depth or create danger.
Well taken by Martin Hinteregger (see above), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will not have weighed on the meeting.
In one of his only situations, after a good combination between Dembélé and Jordi Alba, the striker missed the ball.
Aubemayang was muzzled by Hinterreger and the Frankfurt defence.
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Destitute Traore
Like his attacking partner, Adama Traoré will have absolutely no influence on the meeting.
His only feat of arms?
A tumble on the right side, where he lets his power speak to eliminate two players, punctuated by an imprecise cross returned by the opposing defense.
Like Aubameyang, he was hampered by the lack of space behind the opposition defensive line and like Gavi, he was substituted in the 62nd minute.
A game to forget for the player trained at La Masia.