On the evening of March 18, Beijing time, the results of the 2021-22 Europa League 1/4 final draw came out, the biggest champion Barca drew the Bundesliga powerhouse Frankfurt, not counting the upper signing is not the next signing, since you are aiming for the championship, you are not afraid of any opponent, not to mention, for Barca, the real opponents are in the Champions League, from the Champions League to the Europa League, only they are themselves, looking at the Europa League, who is a united general?
Leipzig vs Atalanta, West Ham united vs Lyon, are the strong dialogue in the Europa League quarter-finals.
Upper half
Leipzig vs Atlanta
Like Barca, both fell into the Europa League after the Champions League group stage.
In the Champions League group stage, Leipzig and Manchester City, Greater Paris two giants in the same group, can not qualify is normal, but can away to Manchester City 3 goals, into the big Paris 2 goals, and the home draw with Greater Paris, win Manchester City, so out, too tragic.
Like Leipzig, Atalanta is also a "recruit egg" in the Champions League, but in the previous two seasons, it was Atalanta that supported Serie A in the Champions League. This season, in the case of successive releases of the main players in the squad but no corresponding reinforcement, Atalanta's combat strength has been greatly inferior, and the Europa League quarter-final encountered Leipzig, which may be more sinister.
Braga vs Glasgow Rangers
Braga was fourth in the Portuguese Premier League last season, entering the Europa League as a Portuguese Cup winner, finishing second in the Europa League group stage this season, eliminating Sharif in the play-off penalty shootout and Eliminating Ligue 1 powerhouse Monaco in the quarter-finals.
Glasgow Rangers were last season's Soviet Premier League champions, played in the Champions League qualifiers, advanced to the main stage of the Europa League play-offs, and finally ranked second in the group, eliminated Bundesliga giants Dortmund in the knockout play-offs, and eliminated Red Star Belgrade in the quarter-finals.
"Weak dialogue", whoever advances is possible.
Lower half
Frankfurt vs Barcelona
In the group stage, Frankfurt won 3 wins and 3 draws unbeaten, and the first group advanced, and the 1/8 final eliminated the second-rate la Liga team Real Betis.
When Koeman left class, Barça's Champions League group was not yet out, and after Xavi took over, Barça was out, and the responsibility was not Xavi. At that time, Barcelona was already full of difficulties, and it would take time for Xavi to pull it out of the mud. What is valuable is that Barca's legendary midfield did not take too long, and Barca's record soon began to rebound strongly, especially after the introduction of Ferran Torres, Traore and Aubameyang in the winter window, La Liga ranked in the top four of the table and sat firmly, the Europa League knockout play-off eliminated The Serie A championship-level Napoli, and the 1/8 final eliminated the traditional giants of the Turkish Super League Galatasaray.
The team has never won the Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup), which is a bit of a chicken rib for Barca, who are accustomed to the Champions League competition, but now, they need the championship trophy more, so Xavi and Barca players have clearly expressed their desire to win the Europa League.
Frankfurt's strength should not be underestimated, but looking at the entire Bundesliga, Barca's only jealous team is the Bayern family.
West Ham United vs Lyon
Barca want to win the Europa League, and the two will say "you are full of people and you don't know hungry people are hungry". Barca qualified for next season's Champions League in the top four of La Liga, which is basically a nail in the coffin, while West Ham United and Lyon are basically hopeless.
The Premier League entered the second half, West Ham United was once still in fourth place, but soon surpassed by Manchester United and Arsenal, and now fell to sixth in the Premier League table, with the same points as tottenham Hotspur in the seventh round of multiple matches, and the possibility of competing for four is unlikely.
Lyon was still fourth in Ligue 1 last season, and this season has accumulated 39 points in 27 games, ranking 10th in the Ligue 1 standings, and 10 points behind Rennes in the 4th round of the junior round, and there is no hope of qualifying for European competition by league rankings.
In the quarter-finals, West Ham United eliminated the "Europa League gods" Sevilla, and Lyon eliminated Porto, the third in the Champions League group. The two can be described as equal, but no matter who advances, the opponent in the semi-finals may be the biggest favorite to win the championship, Barca, Mo said that if he wins the championship, the hope of entering the final is slim.