Goals and Highlights: Galatasaray 1-2 Barcelona in Europa League 2022

It's over! Barcelona comes from behind and eliminates Galatasaray to enter the quarterfinals.

Memphis' shot to the far post, but the ball goes wide.

Memphis Depay's cross was met by Memphis Depay, who sent the ball into the net, but it ended up going just wide.

Barcelona changes. Gerard Piqué and Aubameyang are replaced by Clement Lenglet and Memphis Depay.

Galatasaray arrived with danger, but after sending the cross, the ball passed in front of the goal and no one was able to push it in.

Galatasaray changes. Babel and Cicaldau are replaced by Derisoglu and Morutan.

Dembélé took the free kick, but the ball ended up crashing into the wall.

Barcelona change. Gavi is replaced by de Jong.

van Aanholt's shot, but the ball ends up going wide.

Change of Barcelona. Dest comes off injured and Ronald Araújo replaces him.

Goal, goal, goal for Barcelona! After a series of shots and two great saves by goalkeeper Peña, de Jong headed in a header and Aubameyang popped up to poke the ball home and put the visitors in front.

Actions resume at the Nef.

Change of Barcelona. Adama Traoré comes off and Dembélé takes his place.

Half-time in Istanbul. Both teams searched and the score is tied at one goal.

The game is played between both teams in the midfield, but they are unable to generate chances.

Goal, goal, goal for Barcelona! Great pass from Ferran to Pedri, the player drives, gets past three players and ties the match.

Dangerous shot by Pedri, but the ball goes wide of the goal.

Goal, goal, goal for Galatasaray! Marcao pops up inside the box and heads the ball into the back of Stegen's net.

Nelsson's header ends up pushing the ball away from Traoré.

Few emotions in the first minutes, both teams looking for the opponent's goal.

Ferran's shot at Peña's goal, but the ball ends up in the stands.

The match kicks off in Turkey.

M. ter Stegen; J. Alba, G. Piqué, E. García, S. Dest; Pedri, Sergio Busquets, F. de Jong; F. Torres, P. Aubameyang, Adama Traoré.

I. Peña; S. Boey, V. Nelsson, Marcao, P. van Aanholt; B. Kutlu, T. Antalyali, R. Babel, S. Cicaldau, K. Aktürkoglu; B. Gomis.

Both teams take to the field to warm up before kick-off.

Barcelona, with Xavi at the helm, have arrived at the stadium ready to leave everything on the pitch and seek qualification.

Galatasaray is already at the Nef, the home team will be looking for the victory that will qualify them to the next phase.

Aubameyang spoke about today's match: "Playing at the Nef Stadyumu is special because of the atmosphere it has".

Galatasaray fans did not let the Blaugrana team sleep, the fans gathered outside their hotel and threw fireworks, trying to keep them awake.

Here will be the match between these two teams that will define who will qualify to the quarterfinals of the Europa League.

 

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— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) March 17, 2022

Memphis Depay is the player that Galatasaray has to pay attention to, the player who has participated in more shots, but has not yet found the goal, which he will look for in this important match.

Galatasaray has only won one of the last nine matches against Barcelona, in that game the score ended with two goals in favor of the Spanish team and one for Galatasaray, which occurred in 1994.

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Xavi spoke ahead of the match against Galatasaray, which defines their future in the Europa League: "It is a hypothesis, if it happens, we will have to face it and continue working on what we are doing. No more."

"In our model of play, pressing is one of the bases. There can't be a striker who doesn't press, so there can't be a player who doesn't press because otherwise he pulls the team 70 meters back. One of the bases of our game is pressing."

"Pressure comes naturally to me, I like it. I'm very competitive, I'm a winner and these are situations that we like to experience. We don't have the best result from the first leg, but I see it as an opportunity. We are in the same situation as we were on the day against Napoli and we came out of it very strong. This is Europe and nobody is going to give you anything for free. The physical issue, above all, is the discomfort. We are trying to make a specific plan so that the players who play tomorrow can recover and arrive well for Sunday". 

"I take the pressure naturally, I like it. I'm very competitive, I'm a winner and these are situations that we like to live through. We don't have the best result from the first leg, but I see it as an opportunity. We are in the same situation as we were on the day against Napoli and we came out of it very strong. This is Europe and nobody is going to give you anything for free. The physical issue, above all, is the discomfort. We are trying to make a specific plan so that the players who play tomorrow recover and arrive well for Sunday." 

"We play on a difficult field, it's not our field, other dimensions, the crowd will cheer a lot, they will cheer more.... And yes, whatever happens will affect the team psychologically. We hope we can win and that it affects us in a positive way.

"For us the main objective is to be in the Champions League. Now we are in the Europa League, which if we win it would give us access to the Champions League. We are very excited, even if it is the Europa League, we are looking forward to it." 

Barcelona continues to accumulate duels without defeat, after the goalless draw against Galatasaray in the first leg, in LaLiga the team led by Xavi beat Osasuna four to zero.

Galatasaray comes into this match after beating Besiktas two goals to one, despite the fact that they are not in a good position; the Istanbul team will be looking to emerge victorious from this match.

Tonight Galatasaray of Turkey and Barcelona will seek to qualify to the quarterfinals of the Europa League; the first leg ended in a goalless draw, so in this match they will have to come out on top.

The Galatasaray vs Barcelona match will be played at the Nef Stadium, located in Istanbul, Turkey. The stadium has a capacity for 52,280 people. 

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