At 1:45 a.m. Beijing time on March 18, the second leg of the 2021-22 Europa League quarterfinals ushered in a focus battle: barcelona, the biggest champion, played Galatasaray away.
Why is Barca the biggest favourite to win the title? We all know that Messi has won the Champions League four times in his career with Barca, how many times have you seen Messi play in the Europa League?
This season, the Barça big girl who lost Messi got on the car - the first time she failed to qualify for the Champions League group, and the third in the group fell into the Europa League. In the past Champions League, although messi was lost, the overall strength was still strong, especially in the winter window, the introduction of Ferran Torres, Aubameyang, Traore three fierce men, and Dembele to find his form, on paper, Barca in the Europa League invincible.
After eliminating Serie A-contending Napoli in the play-offs, the quarter-finals against the third-rate European league- the fallen giants Galatasaray of the Turkish Super League, but the first leg was upset at home and was forced to draw 0-0 by the opponent. Playing away in the second leg, can Barca turn the tables and advance?
Judging from the fact that Xavi has done his best in every game since falling into the Europa League, Barca have not given up on this "chicken rib" event.
Like the traditional ac milan in the Champions League, Barca's honor room also lacks a Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup) trophy.
In the campaign, Barca started 433, Aubameyang, Ferran Torres and Traore formed a forward trident, midfielders Pedri, Busquets, Frankie De Jong, four defenders Alba, Pique, Eric Garcia, Dest, goalkeeper Ter Stegen. Dembele, Depay and Luke De Jong are three strikers on the bench.
Galatasaray started 4231 and the center was 36-year-old veteran Gomi. The total value of the starting eleven is 67.5 million euros, compared with the total value of Barca's starting eleven of 350 million euros, the gap is obvious.
After the match, Galatasaray launched an offensive attack, and in the 3rd minute, Babel counter-attacked Ter Stegen in the penalty area. In the 6th minute, Gomi received a long pass from his teammate into the penalty area to shake off the Barca player's shot, which was blocked by Alba, Gomi took the ball and distributed it to Babel, Babel crossed the ball across the box, Akturkoglu took the ball and shot at the goal, which was blocked again.
In the 7th minute, Akturkoglu rebounded from the edge of the penalty area, adjusted his foot and shot from a distance, which was blocked by a Barça player and went high over the crossbar.
In the 9th minute, Ferran Torres cut inside and shot high.
In the 28th minute, Galatasaray broke the deadlock and after the corner kick was released, Marco's header was successful. Barca trailed 0:1.
In the 37th minute, Felan Torres cut straight in, Pedri took the ball and cut inside, swinging away from the defender's low shot. Barca pulled the score to a 1-1 draw.
A draw is not enough, European games have abolished the rule of away goals, to qualify, Barca must beat their opponents away.
It is worth mentioning that since 1971, barca have won only once in the Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup) with the first goal conceded. In the UEFA Cup in March 1978, Barca played 0-1, 2-1 against Aston Villa.
In the 48th minute, Barca's attack, Busquets, Pedri successive shots were blocked by the goalkeeper, De Jong took the ball and crossed again, Aubameyang followed up the goal, the ball was scored! Barca 2:1 overtake.
Since joining Barca, he has scored 7 goals in 10 games, and there is such a good Aubameyang in the center position, why should Barca spend a lot of money with Real Madrid and Manchester City to compete for Haaland?
In the end, Barca defeated Galatasaray 2-1 away from home to advance to the Europa League quarter-finals.