Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich, which are called the "Real Saren" top three by many fans, have always been regarded as the giants of European football, but Barcelona, which is in the trough of this season, is undoubtedly far behind by the other two strong, bayern and Real Madrid in the Champions League have been successfully promoted to the quarterfinals, but Barcelona has not qualified for the group, and can only compete in the Europa League of a lower grade! In the quarter-finals, Barcelona sat at home to meet the Turkish Super League team Galatasaray, the latter season performed badly, only in the twelfth place in the domestic arena, and Barcelona after inviting back Xavi, the overall state has improved significantly, and now in the La Liga table has climbed to the third place, coupled with the advantage of the home, the fans are almost one-sided before the game that Barcelona can win at home, thus grasping the initiative to advance, but this battle Xavi is obviously a little light enemy, This can be seen from his starting lineup, and Galatasaray's goalkeeper Peña, who was loaned from Barcelona, made a big splash in the game to face his old club, and finally helped Galatasaray to draw 0-0 away to Barcelona!
From the perspective of the course of the game, Barcelona's advantage can be said to be very obvious, although they did not send the main force to play, but they still have a possession rate of 68% in the cheers of the home fans, and the pass success rate has reached 87%, which makes the away players unable to touch the ball on the field for a long time, and Barcelona has also completed 15 shots in the whole game, but the goal is not good, only 4 hit the target, but they also did not give the opponent too many good offensive opportunities. Only 1 shot hit the target was completed.
One of Barcelona's most threatening attacks of the game occurred in the 75th minute of the second half, when Traore broke into the box on the right side in front of the two defenders, and then crossed the goal, Aubameyang's barb shot did not eat the right part, the ball fell to de Jong's feet, but his shot popped up on the upright, and the home team missed the opportunity to score.
Dembele, who is known as the king of the fragrant ball by many fans, has a very bad personal performance in this campaign, completely out of shape after the substitute debut, all 3 shots are deflected, and there have been many mistakes, which has made the team's attack come to an abrupt end, which also made many fans suggest that the team management carefully consider whether to renew dembele's contract.
Galatasaray was able to withdraw from the away game in this game, and another very important reason is the excellent performance of goalkeeper Penha, Barcelona in the game 4 hit the target of the shot, all were resolved by him, and after the end of this game, there are also media reports to see his excellent performance, Camp Nou has decided to let him return to the team after the end of the season, with personal performance to win the respect of the old club has become the biggest praise for him after the game. And this match was the only game of the year in Galatasaray that did not allow the opponent to score a goal, and Peña was instrumental!
Although Barcelona was not able to win the game at home, but the scene can still see their huge advantages, I believe that as long as in the second leg, the whole team can correct their mentality, go all out on the field to fight the opponent, or very hopeful to win away to break into the quarterfinals of the Europa League, can successfully win the Europa League, it is also a good ending for Barcelona!