Barcelona vs Frankfurt: the Barça team clashes against the 'Eagles' squad this Thursday, April 7 for the first leg of the 2022 Europa League quarterfinals at the Deutsche Bank Park stadium in Hesse, Germany.
Barcelona arrives at the match with Eintracht Frankfurt in full results after chaining 13 matches without losing consecutively in the Spanish LaLiga and Europa League competitions, accumulating ten wins and three draws.
In addition, Barcelona alone in LaLiga has 14 games without losing, which allowed it to reach second place in the standings of the Spanish tournament and be twelve points behind the leader Real Madrid, with one game pending.
The club culé began its journey in the Europa League after finishing third in the group stage of the Champions League. On the way to the Europa League quarterfinals, the Barça team beat Italy's Napoli in the preliminary phase to direct elimination and in the round of 16 against Turkey's Galatasaray. On both occasions, he tied the first home match and won a away win in the rematch.
Meanwhile, Eintracht Frankfurt won the match with Barcelona after six games without losing in the Bundesliga and Europa League tournaments.
Frankfurt has been unable to win in its last two matches in the German tournament and has not scored goals either. The 'Eagles' are ranked ninth in the Bundesliga standings.
In addition, the German team, unlike Barcelona, has run the Europa League since the group stage qualifying and won first place in its series. He then beat Real Betis in the round of 16 with an overall score in favor of 3-2.
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández will not be able to count on Dani Alves, who was not registered in the Europa League, nor will he be able to count on the injured Sergiño Dest. The Barça coach will have to rebuild his defense with the option of Ronald Araújo as a winger, Oscar Mingueza and Eric García alongside Gerard Pique.
But, the problems in finding the starting eleven also lie in considering the casualties of Ansu Fati, Memphis Depay, Sergi Roberto, Luuk de Jong, Moussa Wague and Samuel Umtiti. However, Xavi will appeal for Frenkie de Jong, Sergio Busquets and Pedri in the midfield.
Eintracht Frankfurt strategist Oliver Glasner would have everything in order to have his best team against Barcelona with his main referents in conditions: Sebastian Rode, Kristijan Jakic and Djibril Sow.
“It is a very good team, it showed it against Betis, it has a difficult system to counter, with lanes, a half point, two points... it will not be easy, and even more knowing that for them it will be a historic match. We have to match that motivation, otherwise they will overtake us,” said Xavi Hernández ahead of Barcelona vs Frankfurt for the Europa League.
“It will be a great Europa League match against a top opponent. We are having an excellent season in the competition, we are undefeated and we hope that the road will continue until the semifinals. In European terms, it is the most important game of my career. We don't want to be defending in the last 30 meters for 90 minutes. We want to show our strengths. We have to be sensible, but we have also shown that we can create opportunities,” said Oliver Glasner, Frankfurt's coach.
Barcelona and Eintracht Frankfurt will meet for the first time in the history of international club competitions in Europe.
BARCELONA VS FRANKFURT LINEUPS
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Mingueza, Pique, Araújo, Jordi Alba; Frenkie de Jong, Busquets, Pedri; Gavi, Aubameyang and Ferrán Torres.
Frankfurt: Trapp; Tuta, Hinteregger, Ndicka; Knauff, Sow, Rode, Kostic; Kamada, Santos Borre and Lindström.
BARCELONA VS FRANKFURT EUROPA LEAGUE SCHEDULE
- Costa Rica / 1:00 p.m.
- Guatemala / 1:00 p.m.
- Nicaragua / 1:00 p.m.
- Honduras / 1:00 p.m.
- El Salvador / 1:00 p.m.
- Mexico/1:00 p.m.
- Panama/2:00 p.m.
- Peru/2:00 p.m.
- Colombia / 2:00 p.m.
- Ecuador / 2:00 p.m.
- United States (Miami)/3:00 p.m.
- Venezuela/3:00 p.m.
- Bolivia / 3:00 p.m.
- Paraguay / 4:00 p.m.
- Uruguay / 4:00 p.m.
- Chile / 4:00 p.m.
- Argentina / 4:00 p.m.
- Brasil / 4:00 p.m.
- Spain/8:00 p.m.
TV CHANNELS TO WATCH BARCELONA VS FRANKFURT
- Argentina/ESPN and Star+.
- Bolivia/ESPN, ESPN 2 and Star+.
- Brazil/GUIGO, ESPN, Claro and Star+.
- Chile / Star+.
- Colombia/ESPN 2 and Star+.
- Costa Rica/ESPN and Star+.
- Dominican Republic/ESPN and Star+.
- Ecuador/ESPN 2 and Star+.
- El Salvador/ESPN and Star+.
- Guatemala/ESPN and Star+.
- Honduras/ESPN and Star+.
- Mexico/ESPN and Star+.
- Nicaragua/ESPN and Star+.
- Panama/ESPN and Star+.
- Paraguay/ESPN, ESPN 2 and Star+.
- Peru/ESPN, ESPN 2 and Star+.
- Spain/Movistar+ and Movistar Champions League 1.
- United States/TUDN, Unimás, Paramount+ and Univision.
- Uruguay/ESPN, ESPN 2 and Star+.
- Venezuela /ESPN 2 and Star+.
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