Thousands of disgruntled Barcelona ultras left the Camp Nou during the Europa League quarter-final against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Xavi’s team was the overwhelming favorite to close their place in the final four, but found themselves 2-0 against their opponents in the Bundesliga during a nightmarish 45-minute start. Filip Kostic put the visitors up 0 – 0 after a penalty kick by Eric Garcia. And things went from bad to worse for Blaugrana, when 10 minutes before the halftime break, Rafael Bore scored one of the goals of the season. Collecting the ball in the Barça half, the Frankfurt striker smashed the ball into the top corner of Andre ter Stegen from 35 yards. Matteo Guenduzi goes from “adolescence” to “one of the best” and makes Michel Arteta irritate Steven Gerrard doubles in Lionel Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo debate Bore’s goal silenced much of the Camp Nou and gave the La Liga giants a mountain to climb in the second half. And Barça were forced to play the first 10 minutes after the break without their most ardent supporters, with thousands not returning to their positions behind the goal. The fans’ section, known as the Grada d’Animacion, took the first minutes of the second period through the stadium, in protest of the invasion of Frankfurt by the Catalan giants. It is estimated that 30,000 visiting fans had arrived in the city, with the vast majority managing to find tickets to enter the stadium itself. Thousands of season ticket holders had already decided not to honor their match ticket due to the Easter celebration. Eintracht Frankfurt thrilled its visiting fans with one of the great away games against Barcelona And many of them seem to have sold their seats to visiting fans with the Camp Nou being full of Frankfurt white shirts. In strange scenes, both away goals welcomed the kind of roar that is usually reserved for Barcelona goals, such as the composition of the crowd of almost capacity. The photos circulated on social media showed the fans watching the match inside the stadium, before returning to the field after 55 minutes. Upon arrival, they immediately tried to get behind them to force what quickly became a very unlikely return. On the pitch, Xavi, who has overseen 11 wins in Barça’s last 15 games, has opted to withdraw Pierre-Emerick Obameyang, while still chasing two goals to force extra time. Thousands of Barcelona fans lost the first ten minutes of the second half in protest ( Picture: [email protected] The former Arsenal manager had a positive start to his career at the club, but looked out of style at night and was replaced by Wolves loanee Andama Traore. However, any hopes for Barça’s return were completely dashed less than 25 minutes ago, when Kostic scored his third goal to irritate a third of the pitch. Now they are destined to face West Ham in the last four, which also led 3-0 away in the away match against Lyon in Ligue 1. The Hammers entered their second game with the score being a 1-1 draw, but after withstanding some early pressure, goals from Craig Dawson, Declan Rice and Jarrod Bowen put them in cruise control. read more Pep Guardiola sincere about helping Lionel Messi – “I owe him a bottle of wine” read more The Atletico Madrid – Manchester City fight as a whole: Cause of problems, tunnel fights and reaction
