FRANKFURT – BARCELONA. FC Barcelona travels to Germany on Thursday April 7 to face Eintracht Frankfurt in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, a goal for the Blaugranas. The Catalans want to take an option on the return match on Thursday, April 14. Time of the match, TV broadcast, predictions, all the info…
FC Barcelona’s goal of the season, the Europa League is back on Thursday April 7 with the quarter-finals first leg where the Catalans travel to Spain on the lawn of Eintracht Frankfurt. Since the departure of Ronald Koeman and the arrival of Xavi on the bench, it is no longer the same Barça. Current second in La Liga, the Barcelona team remains on 14 consecutive games without defeat, the best record in Europe on national territory. Favorites of this confrontation against the Germans, the Spanish technician prefers to warn his players: “People take it for granted that we will be in the semi-finals, and that is far from the case.”
In the pre-match press conference, Xavi returned to the qualities of the German team: “Home or away, we always try to press and play the same way. Eintracht may be unknown in Spain, but they are a great team, I would highlight their transitions, they are very dangerous when they can run. Given the draw, he’s a tough, complicated opponent.” After knocking out Napoli and Galatasaray, the Catalans will be without Memphis Depay, Ansu Fati, Sergi Roberto, Samuel Umtiti, Sergiño Dest and Luuk De Jong.
What time does Frankfurt – Barcelona start?
This poster for the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals will be played on the lawn of the Waldstadion in Frankfurt (Germany). The kick-off of the match will be given at 9:00 p.m. by Srdjan Jovanovic (Serbia).
On which channel to follow Frankfurt – Barcelona?
Holder of the Europa League TV rights, RMC Sport 2 will broadcast the match from the kick-off of this Frankfurt – Barcelona. The unencrypted broadcast of the meeting is not planned.
If you want to follow this first quarter-final of the Europa League on a smartphone, tablet or computer, you will need to subscribe to the MyCanal or RMC Sport application.
What probable compositions for Frankfurt and Barcelona?
- Frankfurt: Trapp (G) – Tuta – Hinteregger – Ndicka – Knauff – Rode (cap) – Jakic – D.Sow – Kostic – Kamada – Lindström.
- Barcelona: Ter Stegen (L) – Araujo – Pique – E.Garcia – J.Alba – S.Busquets – Gavi – Pedri – F.Torres – Aubameyang – A.Traoré.
What are the predictions for this Europa League quarter-final?
- Bwin: Frankfurt: 4.60 / Draw: 3.90 / Barcelona: 1.61
- Betclic: Frankfurt: 4.75 / Draw: 4.15 / Barcelona: 1.67
- Unibet: Frankfurt: 4.75 / Draw: 3.90 / Barcelona: 1.67
- Online Sports bets: Frankfurt: 4.85 / Draw: 4.20 / Barcelona: 1.67