Galatasaray – Barcelona. Shock of the knockout stages of the Europa League, find out everything you need to know about the return match between Galatasaray and FC Barcelona.
Major objective of this end of the season, FC Barcelona plays its qualification for the quarter-finals of the Europa League this Thursday, March 17 from 6:45 p.m. in Istanbul where the Catalans will face Galatasaray. After the goalless draw in the first leg, Xavi, coach of the Blaugranas was not satisfied with the performance of his players: “ It’s not a good result. At home, after having dominated so much… It’s true that we haven’t been as good as lately. We tried everything, but we came across a very strong opponent defensively. It surprised us because they were conceding a lot of goals lately. This is Europe, this is how it is. Even if it’s the Europa League, it’s still Europe. It is a difficult, complicated competition. There is nothing gained, nothing lost.
The kick-off of the meeting between Galatasaray and FC Barcelona in the context of the knockout stages of the Europa League is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. from the Nef Stadium in Istanbul.
Holder of the Europa League TV rights, RMC Sport will broadcast the Galatasaray – Barcelona match from the kick-off on its additional channel RMC Sport Live 5. No free-to-air broadcast of the match is planned.
If you want to follow this round of 16 second leg of the Europa League on smartphone, tablet or computer, you will need to subscribe to the MyCanal or RMC Sport application.
Galatasaray: I.Peña – Boey – Nelsson – Marcao – Van Aanholt – Antalyali – Kutlu – Kilinc – Feghouli – Akturkoglu – Mohamed.
Barcelona: Ter Stegen – Dest – Pique – Araujo – Jordi Alba – S.Busquets – F.De Jong – Pedri – Adama – Aubameyang – Ferran Torres.
After the 0-0 draw in the first leg, qualification is more uncertain than ever. According to online betting sites, the Barcelonans are the favourites. If you want to bet for a success of Xavi’s players, the odds of winning fluctuate between 1.33 (Bwin) and 1.34 (Betclic). But if you think Bafetimi Gomis’ teammates can pull off the feat and clinch a ticket to the quarter-finals, the odds of victory vary between 7.50 (Bwin) and 8.30 (Paris Sport en ligne). According to NetBet, the odds of qualifying Barcelona is 1.12 while that of the Turks is 4.50.