This season's Europa League, there is no Europa League god team (Sevilla), nor europa League god coach (Emery), but because of the "chaotic entry" of Barca, the top powerhouse in the former Champions League, it has attracted much attention.
Due to the decline of the Koeman period, only 2 goals in the Champions League group stage, the third out of the group, after falling into the Europa League, Xavi and his soldiers shouted the slogan of winning the title, although the championship trophy is insufficient and has no real value for Barca, after all, Xavi's team does not need to rely on the Europa League to win the Champions League like Mourinho when he first coached Manchester United.
But it is not easy to win the title, although this is a "second-tier battlefield" for Barca.
The winners of Leipzig vs Atalanta will be Barca's champions, both of which, like Barca, fell into the Europa League for the third place in the Champions League group stage. Leipzig have drawn over Paris in the Champions League group stage and beaten Manchester City. Atalanta's back-to-back battles against Manchester United, led by Ronaldo, have not fallen behind.
Barcelona vs Frankfurt
Nature of the competition: Europa League quarter-final second leg
Competition time: April 15, 3:00 (Beijing time)
To replace Barca coached by Koeman at the beginning of the season, against this Eintracht Frankfurt, there is no certainty of victory. Last season's Bundesliga, Frankfurt was located in the Champions League for a long time in the second half of the bundesy, beating Bayern and Borussia Dortmund in succession, only to drop the chain in the final stage, and finally quibble fifth in the Bundesliga table with a one-point difference, missing the Champions League.
Before the start of the season, Eintracht Frankfurt sold top scorer Andre Silva to Leipzig, and the offensive firepower was naturally greatly weakened. After 29 bundesliga rounds, Frankfurt is 9th in the Bundesliga table with 39 points, and it is already difficult to compete for European qualification.
In the Europa League, Frankfurt's record is not bad, with 3 wins, 3 draws and 12 points in the group stage to advance to the first place in the group, and the 1/8 final elimination of Real Betis to advance.
In the first leg of the quarter-finals, Barca, who played away, was at a disadvantage. There were 7 shots on goal and 3 shots on target, and Eintracht Frankfurt had 5 shots on target in 16 shots. Eintracht Frankfurt scored a goal by Knauf and Ferran Torres equalised for Barca. Barca had only one possession (66.4%: 33.6%).
However, in the Europa League, Barca seem to have become accustomed to the second leg winning to solve the battle, as did the previous 1/16 final elimination of Napoli and the 1/8 final of Galatasaray.
Barça are unbeaten in their last 10 matches in all competitions with 8 wins and 2 draws, both of which are in the Europa League, and La Liga have won seven consecutive games.
Frankfurt have won 3, 4 draws and 3 defeats in their last 10 matches in all competitions, and have not won in 6 consecutive games (4 draws and 2 losses).
In this game, the author is optimistic about Barca winning and advancing, and it is a big win.