After the downturn and instability at the beginning of the season, after Xavi took over the team, in terms of record, Barca gradually gained momentum, and recently it is even more popular in the league, a wave of 7 consecutive wins and 15 rounds of unbeaten, at the end of last month also won 4:0 away to Real Madrid, promoted back to the second place in La Liga, which also made Barca fans really happy. Last week's Europa League Quarter-finals first leg, Barca in the first away game to concede a goal, in the second half to break the goal, and finally drew 1:1 with Frankfurt, although it did not win, but still took advantage of the opportunity, after all, the second leg is back at home, Frankfurt defender Tutta also missed the second leg after receiving a red card.
However, what Barca fans did not expect was that back at the Camp Nou today, Barca was left unnoticed by Eintracht Frankfurt at the beginning. Just 3 minutes into the opening, Garcia pulled down Lindstrom in the penalty area, referee Díaz awarded a yellow dot package, Kostic took the penalty and Frankfurt made a fantastic start 1-0. In the 9th minute, Barca counterattacked quickly, Dembele quickly took the ball on the right and swung it over the defender at a 45-degree angle, and Aubameyang followed up with a super close-range head hammer attack that was actually high. In the 18th minute, Barca had a free-kick opportunity at a 45-degree angle on the left side of the field, Alba took the penalty in the middle of the penalty area, Araujo grabbed the second drop point, volleyed at the penalty spot, and goalkeeper Trapp reacted quickly to lift the ball out of the bottom line.
In the 35th minute, Frankfurt midfielder broke the ball and counterattacked, Kostic accurately obliquely blocked, Pore inserted the ball and broke forward, he burst to the top of the arc of the penalty area, suddenly got up from a long distance before Barca's three defenders, the ball hung straight to the top right corner of the goal, goalkeeper Ter Stegen was also out of reach, Frankfurt extended the lead 2:0. Frankfurt then counterattacked continuously to create a killing chance, once Araujo returned to defend in time to defuse the danger, and once Knauf entered the right side of the penalty area with a small angle and a half-knife angry shot to hit the plane, frankfurt took a 2-0 lead in the first half.
Yi Bian re-played Barca coach Xavi took the lead in making a substitution adjustment, and De Jong replaced young player Pedri. Barca made a killing opportunity at the beginning, Dembele entered the right side of the penalty area with a delicate cross, the ball passed through the goalkeeper and the defender to the back point, but in the face of the empty goal, Aubameyang directly kicked. Defensive conceded attacks were unfavorable, and in the 55th minute, some Barça fans were so angry that they left the field early. In the 66th minute, Frankfurt threw the ball on the right side of the field, the Japanese player Kamada Daichi sent a delicate oblique plug in front of the arc of the penalty area, Kostic followed up with a stopping on the left side to adjust a powerful left-footed low shot, the ball went straight into the far corner of the goal, Frankfurt led 3:0.
In the 78th minute, Kamada shook off the defense at the top of the arc of the Penalty Area and fired a powerful shot, the ball was only slightly off the goalpost. 80 minutes ago, Barça only shot four times, which is really unimaginable, and in the final stage, Barca attacked like a dream. In the 84th minute, Busquets loved you in front of goal to block the ball into the net, but VAR ruled that his offside was invalid in the first goal. In the 91st minute of second-half stoppage time, Busquets finally seized a chance, the top of the arc of the penalty area made a strong world wave, the ball was in the net, and Barca pulled a goal back 1:3. In the 99th minute, Barca still had a long pass into the box, Ndica's header scrambled to bring down De Jong, referee Díaz awarded a yellow dot package, and Ndica was sent off 2 yellows and 1 red.
Depay's penalty was saved by Trapp, but the ball hit the crossbar and bounced over the goal line, and Barca pulled back another goal 2-3. At this time, the time was also 100 minutes, Barca did not have time to attack again, and finally lost 2:3 at home to the 9th place in the Bundesliga, and Frankfurt, who had been unbeaten in the league for three rounds, was eliminated by the total score of 3:4 and did not qualify for the Europa League Final Four. From the score point of view, Barça only lost 1 goal, perhaps it can be said to be "standing dead", but in their own home stadium, first conceded 3 goals, shooting 9:16 behind, Barça's performance is actually very bad. From the 4-0 victory over Real Madrid to the four empty games in the early season, it will take some time for Barca to regain their strength.