In the absence of a goal, the Barça bet heavily on Ferran Torres last January -he paid 55 million, plus ten in variables to City-, despite the fact that the Valencian is not a born scorer. However, in just three months, and after a difficult start because he was coming out of four months of injury and because he needed the necessary period of adaptation, that of foii begins to justify his signing. In a complicated game, where the Eintracht surpassed in most minutes Barça by physical and by intensity, bothering the circulation of the azulgranas, Ferran He was the only one to shoot between the three goal posts. Trappthe goalkeeper who will go down in history for the memorable comeback (6-1) against PSG in 2017. In fact, he gave the first warning three minutes into the match, but the goalkeeper of the unison he put in a miraculous hand to clear a corner.
From then on, the German team, pushed by their fans, who filled the 50,000 seats available -2,000 of them were culés-, passed over the Barça until well into the second half, after managing to take the lead three minutes after the restart with a great goal from Knauff from outside the area.
But in the 62nd minute, Xavi gave entrance to De Jong by Gavi already Dembele by Adam and both ended up being protagonists in the play with which Ferran Torres got the tie to leave alive the hopes of being in the semifinals of the Europa League.
The Valencian, in minute 66, culminated a great triangulation at the first touch with Frenkie de Jongwho had barely been on the pitch for four minutes, just like Dembelewho was the one who started the play by giving the ball to the Dutchman.
In the second shot on goal Barça throughout the game, which also meant his second private shot, Ferran put the equalizer to maintain the spectacular streak of Barça, which chains 14 games without losing in all competitions.
Already adds seven goals with Barça
With his goal against Eintracht, Ferran Torres He already has two goals in the Europa League. The Valencian debuted in Europe scoring against Naples in the stadium Diego Armando Maradonawhere he Barça managed to seal his pass to the round of 16 after thrashing the Italians (2-4), after the tie (1-1) in the first leg at the Camp Nou.
Despite performing better as a winger, Ferran He appeared in the area when the team needed him most to act as a ‘killer’ and leave the swords high for the return. In total, the Valencian already has seven goals in just three months at Barça, records that are not insignificant for not being a born goalscorer.
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