Eintracht Frankfurt blew a big surprise, following stunning its host Barcelona 3-2, thanks to two goals from wing Philip Kostic, to qualify for the semi-finals of the European Football League “European League”. Kostic, the Serbian national team player, took a penalty kick in the fourth minute, and added another goal in the 67th minute with a low shot, following Rafael Buri scored the second goal for the German team in the 36th minute, to outperform the aggregate score 4-3 with his impressive victory at Camp Nou.
Sergio Busquets reduced the difference for the Catalans in added time, and scored once more from a penalty kick by Memphis Depay following Ivan Ndica was sent off from Frankfurt, but time did not help him.
Frankfurt, who reached the semi-finals in 2019 and have not lost at home in the Europa League this season, will meet West Ham, who beat Lyon 4-1 on aggregate.
The match witnessed a scandal caused by Barcelona fans, and club president Joan Laporta said that he felt ashamed and ashamed following the attendance of 30,000 Eintracht Frankfurt fans, at the Camp Nou, despite the allocation of only five thousand tickets for the Alex Reed team.
While Barcelona was expecting huge support at the Camp Nou, ESPN reported that regarding 30,000 Eintracht fans attended the match among the 79,468 spectators at the stadium, following Barcelona fans sold their tickets.
“What happened makes me feel ashamed and ashamed,” Laporta said. There were many fans of the other team, not many of our own. I am very sorry for what happened.
Coach Xavi Hernandez described the situation as a “miscalculation”, and said that this did not help his team, which suffered its first defeat in its last 16 matches in all competitions.
