Eintracht Frankfurt meets the big FC Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Europa League. The anticipation of the Spaniards is huge, as is the confidence.
Frankfurt am Main – In the round of sixteen Europa League experienced Eintracht Frankfurt another magical evening of football. Now they are feverish Hesse towards the duel with the great FC Barcelona.
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The jubilation was huge on Thursday evening in Frankfurt after Eintracht had prevailed against Betis Sevilla in the Europa League. The quarter-final draw against the glorious FC Barcelona also caused great anticipation today. © Arne Dedert/dpa
The lavish Europa League party with 25,000 euphoric fans increased Oliver Glasner’s (47) anticipation for the quarterfinals against Spain’s top club FC Barcelona almost immeasurably.
“I’m totally blown away by the emotions,” said the Eintracht Frankfurt coach about the goose bumps at the 1-1 after extra time in the round of 16 second leg against Betis Sevilla.
“I was allowed to enjoy what was going on in the stadium – and that at half capacity. I’m looking forward to the fact that we can enjoy another nice Europa League evening in the quarter-finals at full capacity. We’re longing for it,” said the 47 -year-old Austrians.
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The next day of celebration for the Hessians will be on April 7th, when Barça will be in the Frankfurt Arena in the first leg with stars such as Gerard Pique, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Pedri, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Ferran Torres as well as national goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen.
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“This is one of the biggest and most dazzling names in European club football. We are very happy about this lot,” said Glasner on Friday after the draw at UEFA headquarters in Nyon. “The team and the city deserve these attractive opponents,” he continues.
“It’s not over with Barcelona. It’s important that we don’t freeze in awe now, but accept the challenge and trust ourselves to get through the round,” said Glasner.
Sport director Markus Krösche reiterated the goal: “FC Barcelona is a demanding, maybe the best possible opponent. But we saw that Galatasaray posed problems for them. We want that too. Our goal is clearly the semi-finals.”
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