Ansgar Knauff scored for Eintracht Frankfurt (48th minute). Ferran Torres (66) scored for Barcelona. In the 78th minute, Eintracht defender Tuta was sent off for two yellow cards.
In other matches of the game day, the Portuguese “Braga” beat the Scottish “Rangers” with a score of 1: 0 at home, the English “West Ham” tied at home with the French “Lyon” (1: 1).
Barcelona play in the second most important European Cup for the first time since the 2003/04 season. Then the tournament was called the UEFA Cup, the Spanish club failed to overcome the ⅛ final stage, losing to the Scottish Celtic (0:1, 0:0). The Catalans made it to the current tournament by finishing third in Group E of the Champions League. In the playoff round of the Europa League, Barcelona defeated the Italian Napoli (1:1, 4:2) in a two-legged confrontation for reaching the ⅛ finals of the Europa League. Barcelona have never won the Europa League or UEFA Cup in their history.
Eintracht won the UEFA Cup in 1980, when the team defeated the German Borussia Mönchengladbach in a two-legged confrontation thanks to the Alex Reed goal rule (2:3, 1:0).
The Europa League final will take place in Seville, Spain on May 18, 2022. The meeting will take place at the stadium “Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan”.
