Barcelona vs Frankfurt LIVE. Spaniards and Germans face each other today, Thursday, April 7 at Deutsche Bank Park for the quarterfinals of the Europa League 2022, with the referee of Serbian Srdjan Jovanovic. In this note you will be able to follow the minute by minute of the international meeting.
In Spanish LaLiga, the 'Barça' cast have 8 straight matches with victories and are in second place in the standings with 57 points, 12 points less than the leader Real Madrid and with 9 dates left to finish the championship. In fact, the last result that did not end in defeat was in the draw against Granada in January of this year. Almost the opposite of how the season started, when they were in mid-table positions.
To reach these instances of the Europa League, the 'Blaugrana' squad eliminated Napoli from Italy (5 to 3), Turkey's Galatasaray (2 to 1), so now it will try to put emphasis on eliminating the German team to tempt to reach the final and win it. Moreover, taking into account that it is a title that has not yet achieved and the challenge is intact.
Now, players like Pedri, Aubameyang, Dembélé, Ferran Torres, among others, have taken the team's baton and given it that positive impact they needed to get out of the sports crisis they were in. Of all of them, the former took control of the game and led to the Gabonese striker and the Spanish winger to have a greater presence in the area through goals. Between the two players they have 15 goals, so this association could be present before 'Las Águilas'.
As for Eintracht Frankfurt, they have not had a regularity that allowed them to be at the top of the Bundesliga. Not for nothing, in their last 5 matches, they have won 2 wins, 2 draws and one defeat. Hence, they are positioned in the ninth place with 39 points, 5 behind Hoffenheim who is ranked in the Europa League for next season.
However, in continental competition, the situation is completely opposite. He finished first in his group over Olympiakos of Greece, Fenerbahce of Turkey and Antwerp of Belgium, which allowed him to reach the round of 16. At that stage, he beat Real Betis by an overall score of 3 to 2, so he will be motivated for the clash against the Spaniards.
The coach of the 'Teuton' cast, Oliver Glasner, has on his squad players such as Colombian Rafael Santos Borré, Japanese Daichi Kamada. In that sense, the Asian footballer is one of the team's goalscorers with 4 goals in 8 matches in the Europa League, while in domestic competition he has 3 goals in 26 matches. Meanwhile, the coffee maker has 9 goals and 5 assists in the 38 matches he has played this season.
ABSENCES AND DOUBTS
Barcelona will not be able to count on 7 players due to injury: Sergiño Dest, Ansu Fati, Memphis Depay, Luuk De Jong, Moussa Wague and Samuel Umtiti. In addition, the Brazilian Dani Alves is not registered, so he joins the players mentioned above. In the case of the German team, it will have all its elements of the squad, so it promises to fight in local condition and with its fans.
STATEMENT
The coach of the 'blaugranas', Xavi Hernández, had words about this commitment. “For us it's a new stadium, a new city, it's a great stadium, I think there will be a great atmosphere. It's a great pleasure to be here. The approach does not change, we try to play the same at home as it was. Press high. Try to do what we're doing in the last two months. Eintracht is a great team, physically they are very strong and I would highlight the transition. Watching the draw, we were out of luck. We are given as favorites but it will be a very difficult tie,” he said.
Finally, the Austrian coach from Frankfurt, Oliver Glasner, rescued the good level of his leaders in this competition, so they aim to win despite the magnitude of the rival. “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,” he said.
BARCELONA VS EINTRACHT FRANKFURT: POSSIBLE LINEUPS
Barcelona: Marc-André ter Stegen; Ronald Araújo, Eric Garcia, Gerard Pique, Jordi Alba; Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri; Ousmane Dembélé, Ferran Torres and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. DT: Xavi Hernandez
Eintracht Frankfurt: Kevin Trapp; Tuta, Martin Hinteregger, Evan N'Dicka; Ansgar Knauff, Kristijan Jakić, Djibril Sow, Filip Kostić, Daichi Kamada; Jesper Lindstrøm y Rafael Santos Borré. DT: Oliver Glasner
SCHEDULES TO WATCH BARCELONA VS EINTRACHT FRANKFURT IN LATIN AMERICA
- Peru: 2:00 p.m.
- Mexico: 1:00 p.m.
- Ecuador: 2:00 p.m.
- Colombia: 2:00 p.m.
- Bolivia: 3:00 p.m.
- Venezuela: 3:00 p.m.
- Paraguay: 4:00 p.m.
- Argentina: 4:00 p.m.
- Uruguay: 4:00 p.m.
- Brasil: 4:00 p.m.
- Chile: 4:00 p.m.
CHANNELS TO WATCH BARCELONA VS EINTRACHT FRANKFURT LIVE
- Peru: ESPN, Star+
- Mexico: ESPN, Star+
- Ecuador: ESPN, Star+
- Colombia: ESPN, Star+
- Bolivia: ESPN, Star+
- Venezuela: ESPN, Star+
- Argentina: ESPN, Star+
- Uruguay: ESPN, Star+
- Chile: ESPN, Star+
- Costa Rica: ESPN Norte, Star+
- Dominican Republic: ESPN Norte, Star+,
- El Salvador: ESPN North, Star+, TCS
- Guatemala: ESPN Norte, Star+
- Honduras: ESPN North, Star+
- Nicaragua: ESPN North, Star+
- Panama: ESPN North, Star+, Flow Sports
- United States: Univision NOW, TUDN USA, Paramount+