Barcelona settled for a 1-1 draw with ten-guy Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday night within the first leg of the Europa League region-finals.&#a hundred and sixty;
Barcelona nearly took the lead early in the sport as Torres' 25-backyard pile driver was stored by means of Trapp and went over the bar.
Frankfurt had been within the driving seat and will have already scored two just before halftime. Barcelona had shown little apart from Torres' early danger.&#a hundred and sixty;
Minutes to halftime, Frankfurt had been awarded a penalty after Busquests added Borre down within the chance area. The centre referee pointed for the spot but Barcelona gamers had been protesting and the referee needed to pass for a quick VAR test. After a brief check, the penalty changed into overturned. &#a hundred and sixty;
The hosts picked from wherein they left and had been pressing Barcelona within the early mins of the second one half of. After a few construct-up, Barca cleared and the ball landed dearly to Knauff who volleyed a spinning ball beyond Ter-Stegen.
It turned into a good contest that saw the 2 groups head into halftime with out a aim. However, West Ham have been reduced to 10 men as Cresswell become shown a straight crimson card for a mission on Dembele.
The Hammers desired a penalty after Antonio went down, but did not get the choice. Seconds later, the ball bobbled thru into the path of Bowen, his shot then took a deflection too and it bounced over the goalkeeper and into the net.&#one hundred sixty;
The Catalans have been pushing for a leveller and the pressure paid via Ferran Torres.&#a hundred and sixty;Dembele, Torres and De Jong performed one touch football around the Frankfurt defence, allowing the former Manchester City man to slot domestic from close range.
Lyon got their equalizer via Tanguy Ndombele. The former Tottenham guy had got the equaliser. Tete’s low cross into the box is parried out by using Areola, directly into the route of Ndombele via a deflected off Fredericks. Simple end and Lyon have been again on phrases.
