Eintracht Frankfurt stun Barcelona to reach semi-finals despite late fightback from Catalans

Eintracht Frankfurt produced one of the best nights of football in their history to shock Barcelona 3-2 at the Camp Nou, and progress to the Europa League semi-finals 4-3 on aggregate. Barcelona got off to a nightmare start, as within two minutes, Frankfurt were awarded a penalty. Jesper Lindstrom was brought down in the box by Eric Garcia, who had his arms all over the Danish playmaker.

Ad/> Filip Kostic made no mistake from the resulting spot-kick, placing the ball into the far corner beyond Marc Andre ter Stegen to put his side ahead on aggregate. LigaDe Jong rescues Barca with injury-time winner at Levante to edge five-goal classic10/04/2022 AT 18:05 Nine minutes before half-time, Barcelona’s evening got even worse, as Frankfurt doubled their lead on the night, courtesy of a sublime long-range strike by Rafael Santos Borre. Europa League group standings Europa League fixtures / results Europa League top scorers The Colombian hit an effort from 25-yards into the top corner beyond the reach of Ter Stegen to give Frankfurt a 3-1 lead on aggregate.

The visitors then got their third midway through the second half, as Kostic grabbed his second of the game, placing a shot from the edge of the box into the bottom corner of the net. Barcelona grabbed a late consolation goal in stoppage time, as a fantastic Sergio Busquets effort from outside the box found the far corner, but it was too little, too late for La Blaugrana even despite a penalty goal from Memphis Depay with the last kick of the match. Frankfurt will go through to face West Ham in the semi-finals.