Barcelona are looking to make it to the semi finals of the Europa League on Thursday when they face Eintracht Frankfurt at the Camp Nou. The pair played out a 1-1 draw in Germany in the first leg and the Catalans will be confident that they can secure a win in the deciding match just as they did against Napoli and Galatasaray in the previous rounds. Stay with us here on the live blog for all the pre-match build-up and then minute-by-minute updates from Barcelona vs Eintracht Frankfurt.
Barcelona vs Eintracht Frankfurt LIVE SCORE: 0-0
This is the very beginning of our Barcelona vs Eintracht Frankfurt live blog, as we bring you all the updates from this Thursday evening meeting at the Camp Nou.
18:50 BST: Eintracht Frankfurt’s starting XI
Toure and Rode come in for the suspended Tuta and the injured Sow.
Eintracht Frankfurt’s starting XI: Trapp, Knauff, Toure, Hinteregger, N’Dicka, Kostic, Jackic, Rode, Lindstrom, Kamada, Borre.
18:45 BST: Barcelona’s starting XI
Aubameyang, Ferran Torres and Dembele lead the line for Barcelona while Mingueza fills in for the injured Pique.
Barcelona’s starting XI: Ter Stegen, Mingueza, Araujo, Eric, Alba, Gavi, Busquets, Pedri, Dembele, Aubameyang, Torres
18:00 BST: Barcelona are taking things seriously
While many at Barcelona looked down on the Europa League when they were eliminated from the Champions League, Xavi has brought a spark back to the club and they are very much taking Europe’s secondary club competition seriously. Thursday is a big step towards the Blaugrana securing some silverware for the 2021/22 season.
Barcelona predicted line-up
Gerard Pique is still out with an adductor issue while Sergi Roberto, Sergino Dest and Samuel Umtiti are all out through injury, and Dani Alves is ineligible for the match.
Barcelona’s predicted line-up (4-3-3): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Ronald Araujo, Clement Lenglet, Eric Garcia, Jordi Alba; Pedri, Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong; Ousmane Dembele, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Ferran Torres.
Eintracht Frankfurt predicted line-up
Eintracht will be unable to call upon Tuta after he was sent off in the first leg, and Djibril Sow is a doubt after coming off in the weekend defeat to Freiburg with a knee ligament strain.
Eintracht Frankfurt’s predicted line-up (3-4-2-1): Kevin Trapp; Martin Hinteregger, Evan Ndicka, Makoto Hasebe; Ansgar Knauff, Sebastian Rode, Kristijan Jakic, Filip Kostic; Daichi Kamada, Jesper Lindstrom; Rafael Santos Borre.
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