What a disappointment! It was known that it could cost. Also that Eintracht Frankfurt was going to be a dangerous rival. I had already shown on the way What was not suspected is that it was going to be one of the saddest nights in the history of the Camp Nou. Both for the sporting result, with a late reaction when there was no time left, and for the fact of seeing the Estadi turned into the opposite field. A brace from Kostic, one of the many from a penalty, and a great goal from Borré destroyed Barcelona, who finally closed his European voyage with another mess. A goal by Sergio Busquets (great goal) in the 90th minute gave a glimmer of hope when Eintracht was already celebrating and a penalty converted by Memphis made up the score.
A bad game that should not cancel the work of this team. But yes, a bad game. a penalty at three minutes, as soon as it started, from Eric Garcia to Lindstrom in the dispute for the first ball into the area in a daring start by the German team, made everything very complicated. And when, after twenty minutes, no other penalty was awarded Knauff’s clear trip to Jordi Alba made it clear that the Portuguese referee Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias, with as many names as fouls without seeing a card, made Kamada, came wanting to make a Benquerença. He also dismissed a penalty by Borré’s hand that he could not verify in situ as the VAR did not work. He dismissed it by audio. Yes, one blew, as if to laugh, In the last minute of the discount that marked Memphis. What a fudge of arbitration!
The 0-2, a great goal with a tremendous missile Borré, left Barcelona very touched shortly before the break, when Eintracht had resisted the best moments of the Barça reaction. Xavi’s team, driven by the actions on the wing of a Dembélé sewn with blows, snags and punches by Kostic and Kamada, had gone for the draw after 0-1. An action initiated by Busquets, who gave Pedri so that he opened Dembélé, ended with a center from the Frenchman that Aubameyang finished high, somewhat forced. It was the first that the Gabonese had. Two others in the second part, one of them only in front of the goal line, sentenced the Gabonese.
winning, the german set he felt strong in his defensive 5-4-1 and only conceded one clear goal chance: a shot by Araujo that Trapp sent to a corner. Little by little, he began to mount transitions. One ended in a shot by Kostic that Ter Stegen stopped without problems; another was a card for Gavi; the third action of the Germans, aside from the penalty, was Borré’s great goal.
Without reaction
The Barcelona coach gave input to Frenkie de Jong, for a limping Pedri, and his entrance provided some insight. the first one he found to Dembélé, the Frenchman’s center reached Aubamenayng, who failed completely alone in front of the goal. The Gabonese had another one that finished off Trapp’s body. Despite that entrance by De Jong, the Barça team was not comfortable.
The halfway point of the second half had not yet been reached when Kostic sentenced the trajectory of Barça in the Europa League. A quick run down the left ended with a ‘one on one’ against Dest, Mingueza’s replacement, which Kostic won with confidence to cross the ball out of Ter Stegen’s reach.
After the 0-3, Xavi turned to Luuk de Jong and transformed the drawing into a 3-4-3, with Adama and Dembélé at the ends, Luuk up and in defence, Dest, Araujo and Alba. It didn’t work out, because Barça’s chances didn’t come. Unlike; the cons of a grown Eintracht could make a mess.
An Eintracht that could hardly believe what was happening was strolling comfortably through a Camp Nou embarrassingly full of German fans, while the Barcelona team he was not capable of changing the course of the party and was heading for a new European shipwreck.
shaken for the cons of Eintracht and by a very cruel marker, Barcelona had lowered its arms with 0-3. The German team still had more opportunities through Kamada. With fallen arms, Barça wandered without a spark of illusion and bothered by the fact that he feels like a visitor in his own home
In the end, with all the fish sold, Xavi gave entrance to Memphis, who drew the free kick that could have made it 1-3, by Sergio Busquets, which would have given Barcelona hope. Until the VAR determined that Busi was offside. Araujo did not reach a shot attempt, but Busquets did connect to goal from outside the area. Busi’s great goal, finally 1-3, served to give Eintracht and its noisy fans a long discount. Memphis put hope with the 2-3, from a penalty, but as soon as the referee marked it, he signaled the end. If Barça had pressed earlier, perhaps there would have been a reaction.
DATASHEET
FC BARCELONA: Ter Stegen (2); Mingueza (2) (Dest (1), 61 ‘), Araujo (2), Eric Garcia (1) (Luuk de Jong (2), 69’), Jordi Alba (1); Gavi (3), Sergio Busquets (1), Pedri (2); Dembélé (2), Aubameyang (1) (Adama (2), 61 ‘), Ferran (1) (Memphis (2), 80’)
EINTRACHT FRANKFURT: Trapp (3); Knauff (2) (Chandler (s.c.), 91’+9), Touré (3) (Hasebe (s.c.), 90’+7) Hinteregger (3), N’Dicka (2), Kostic (3); Lindstrom (3) (Hauge (2), 80’), Jakic (3), Rode (2) (Hrustic (2), 80’), Kamada (2); Borré (3) (Ache (s.c.), 90’)
GOALS: 0-1, Kostic, pen. (4’); 0-3, Kostic (67’); 1-3, Sergio Busquets (90’+1),; 2-3, Memphis (90’+5)
REFEREE: Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias (Portugal) (1). Tarjetas a Eric Garcia (3 ‘), Jakic (22’), Gavi (28 ‘), N’Dicka (90’ + 4), Knauff (90 + 5 ‘), N’Dicka (90’ + 5). Roja a N’Dicka (90 ‘+ 5)
spectators: 79,468 at the Camp Nou