Barcelona began their Europa League quarterfinal journey with a hard-fought 1-1 draw away to Eintracht Frankfurt in the first leg in an electric atmosphere at the Deutsche Bank Park. Barça played very poorly for most of the match and found themselves behind early in the second half, but reacted well and found a vital equalizer through Ferran Torres to avoid defeat and make their jobs slightly easier in the second leg, which takes place next week at Camp Nou.
FIRST HALF
The first 45 minutes from Barça were quite simply horrendous. The Blaugrana played some of their worst football under Xavi, constantly losing possession with bad passes in midfield and allowing Frankfurt huge chances on the counter-attack, and they should have been down 1-0 before the 10th minute but Djibril Sow missed a giant opportunity from 10 yards out.