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A negative first half between Barcelona against Galatasaray in the European League

Barcelona tied once morest Galatasaray, the professional Egyptian international Mustafa Mohammed Negatively during the activities of the first half of the match currently being held at the “Camp Nou” stadium, in the first leg of the 16th round of the European League for the current season 2021-2022.

Mustafa Mohamed participates in the official formation of the match and performed well, as he was able to convert a ball with a strong header, but he was offside.

Mustafa Mohamed tried to show a danger to Barcelona’s goal, which dominated the entire first half, as the Galatasaray team relied on counter-attacks.

The vicinity of the “Camp Nou” stadium witnessed clashes between the police and Galatasaray fans before the start of the current match. Galatasaray fans threw shamrocks and fireworks at the Catalan police, who were keen to secure the perimeter of the stadium before the start of the match.

Barcelona qualified for the round of sixteen of the European League following winning a broad victory at the expense of Napoli 4-2 in the match that was held between them at the “Diego Armando Maradona” stadium, in the second leg of the 32nd round of the current season 2021-2022, following it occurred in Positive draw with a goal each in the first leg of the Camp Nou stadium.

Barcelona coach Xavi hopes to get a great result before facing Turkey for the return match, especially in the technical and physical condition of his players in the last period.

Meanwhile, Galatasaray qualified to the top of Group E at the expense of Italy’s Lazio, as it waited for the results of the knockout round matches.

The Barcelona line-up was as follows:

Goalkeeper: Ter Chegen.

Defenders: Eric Garcia, Arajo, Dest, Jordi Alba

Midfield: Pedri, Nico, Dejung.

Forwards: Ferran Torres, Memphis Depay, Adama Traore.

The formation of Galatasaray was as follows:

Goalkeeper: Inaki Pina.

Defence: Sacha Boye, Nelson, Markau, Van Anholt.

Midfield: Taylan, Berkan, Figioli, Ryan Babel.

Forwards: Mehmet Karim Akturkoglu, Mustafa Mehmet.

Galatasaray coach Dominic Torrent hopes to achieve a surprise once morest Barcelona, despite the difficulty of the confrontation, especially in light of the great brilliance of the Catalan team locally and continentally during the past matches and its ability to enter the competition in the Spanish League during the past rounds, and it reached third place in the table.

The return match between the two teams is scheduled to be held on March 17 at the “Turk Telecom Arena” in Istanbul, Turkey.

Barcelona has faced Galatasaray on 8 previous occasions throughout history, in which the Turkish team achieved only one victory, and Barcelona won five matches, while two matches ended in a draw..

At the Camp Nou stadium, the stronghold of Barcelona, the two teams met 4 times, in which Barca won 3 and lost one match, while Galatasaray won a match at its home, lost two matches and drew one time.

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