In the early morning of March 18, Beijing time, the second leg of the Europa League round of 16 was fully kicked out, a focus battle was played at the Turkish dim sum stadium, and Barca played away against the Turkish Super League powerhouse Galatasaray. With Villarreal, Atletico away rivals to reach the champions league quarter-finals, Barca, who came out of the group to play in the Europa League, were somewhat frustrated, and the first leg was a little cold at home and was forced to draw by Galatasaray, today Barca are also very eager to win away in any case.
Barca did not play very well after the opening, in the 13th minute, Galatasaray launched an attack with a long pass from the midfield, Barca's defense made some mistakes, Babel grabbed the ball from the right side of the penalty area and burst into the box with a strong low shot, goalkeeper Ter Stegen struggled to save the ball. In the 28th minute, Galatasaray's corner kick on the right side, Zichard sent the ball to the middle of the penalty area, Malcom grabbed the nodding mallet at the penalty spot, the ball was in the net, Galatasaray opened the record 1:0.
In the 36th minute, Barca besieged the front, the middle road to the left side and then back to the middle road, De Jong's arc at the top of the penalty area, The front of the left side of the Torres penalty area should be cut inside with the ball and exquisitely straight, Pedro inserted the ball, dodged and moved to get rid of the 2, 3 people packed the defense and calmly pushed, the ball went straight into the net, Barca quickly equalized 1:1.
After the equalizer, Barca's momentum soared, and then the attack was more fierce, in the first half of stoppage time, the right front of the Traore penalty area took the ball accurately over the top of the oblique hanging, Aubameyang small penalty area front grabbed a nod hammer, the ball crossed a beautiful arc straight to the goal, but the sound of BOOM was blocked by the crossbar, in the first half Barca and Galatasaray fought 1:1, the total score was still a draw.
Yi Bian again played against Barca manager to make the first substitution adjustment, Dembele came on to replace Traore. Just 3 minutes into the opening, Barca besieged the front, Alba on the left side of the penalty area should be hoisted obliquely into the box, Malcan head hammer released, Busquets at the top of the arc of the penalty area to grab the second drop point of the strong low shot, goalkeeper Penha struggled to save the ball, Pedri in front of the goal super close range shot or penha bravely saved, De Jong followed up in front of the goal and then grabbed the nodding hammer to ferry, Aubameyang blocked the ball into the net in front of the goal line, Barca 2:1 to win the score.
Three minutes later Barca attacked again on the left, Galatasaray was not far from the defensive clearance, Pedri grabbed the second drop point at the top of the arc of the penalty area and fired a powerful shot, the ball slightly above the crossbar. In the 70th minute, Barca won a well-placed free kick opportunity in front of the right side of the penalty area, and Dembele's powerful shot was blocked by the wall. In the 80th minute, Galatasaray's quick counter-attack at the back tore through the Barca defence, and Aktukoglu had a chance to get a single knife at high speed, but he missed a good opportunity by half a beat slower, and then crossed the right side and passed wide. After that, Barca did not make any more mistakes, maintaining 2:1 until the end of the final game, and finally defeated Galatasaray 2:1 away from home, eliminating the Turkish Super League team with a small victory over two legs and reaching the quarterfinals of the Europa League as desired.