Real Madrid, Bayern and Barca, which are regarded by many fans as the giants of European football, have performed in European competitions this season in the opposite way, the Galaxy battleships and the South King are still strong, and successfully reached the top eight of the Champions League, while Barcelona has not been able to qualify in the Champions League group stage after Messi left, and can only go to the Europa League, but after the team star Xavi took office, the team still let the fans see the change of rebirth, in the case of the league impact championship is basically hopeless, Going all out to win the Europa League has also become one of Barcelona's most important goals this season!
In the first leg of the quarter-finals, Barcelona drew with Galatasaray at Camp Nou, which also made the second leg of the game more suspenseful, in the second leg of the life and death battle, Barcelona away to Galatasaray although from the beginning occupied an absolute advantage in the scene, but the first to score was the home team, in the case of the team behind, De Perry in the penalty area gracefully danced past two defenders, scored a wonderful goal, The match then came under Barcelona's control, with Aubameyang scoring a counter-score for the team shortly after the start of the second half, and finally Barcelona defeated Galatasaray 2-1 away and successfully reached the quarterfinals of the Europa League!
After Xavi took charge of the team's coaching seal, this Barcelona team has regained its best passing control football, and compared with the high possession rate of the Koeman era, Barca under Xavi's rule has a stronger penetration in the midfield, and the players can also form a subtle cooperation in a small area to tear apart the opponent's defense, and what makes fans more happy is that Barca's high pressing has a peak feeling.
In this match against Galatasaray, although the home team scored first, they did not have many threatening attacks in the whole game, only completing 3 shots that hit the target, while Barcelona has always controlled the rhythm of the game, with a possession rate of 69%, completed 14 goals, in addition to 4 attacks outside the bounds of the goal frame, there was also 1 shot rejected by the goal frame.
The highly anticipated Messi successor, constant injuries make him more and more unworthy of the team's number ten shirt, but the young Pedri suddenly emerged, becoming the leader of the future team in the eyes of many fans, in this game, in the case of Barcelona behind, Pedri scored a very wonderful goal in the 37th minute, after receiving a pass from his teammate, two defenders in the box in a row, and then a low shot to help the team equalize, de Perry's spirituality, It made the fans feel as if they had seen the shadow of Messi's youth.
After Xavi coached Barcelona, the team can make significant progress in a short period of time, and also has a lot to do with the introduction of reinforcements in the winter window, Aubameyang once again repaid Xavi's trust with performance in this game, in the injury time of the first half, he completed a very threatening header hanging shot, but unfortunately bad luck hit the crossbar and popped up, and the second half just opened Barcelona continuous attack, Aubameyang received De Jong's pass, pushed the empty goal to help the team successfully advance to the europa League quarterfinals, The hope of impacting the championship was preserved!