Barcelona failed to win at home and was satisfied with a goalless draw with its guest Galatasaray in the first leg of the first round of the European Football League on Thursday, while the Scottish Rangers continued their victories in the tournament with a big 3-0 victory over Red Star Belgrade.
And at the Camp Nou, Barcelona hit 14 balls on the goal, compared to only three for its Turkish guest, who owes thanks to its 23-year-old Spanish goalkeeper Inaki Peña.
There were several dangerous chances for Galatasaray through winger Kerem Akterkoglu, who upset Barcelona with his speed and skill.
Rangers keep winning
In Glasgow, Rangers scored two goals in the first quarter of an hour by James Tavernier and Alfredo Morelos, and Leon Balogun added the third goal after the break.
After their victory over Borussia Dortmund in the play-offs, the Scottish champions will try to take advantage of their three-goal advantage in the second leg, after the VAR canceled two Red Star goals through Alexander Katai, in addition to his missed penalty kick at the end of the first half.
Atalanta came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Bayer Leverkusen in an exciting match.
Charles Arangis gave the German team the lead, but Colombian Luis Morel equalized for Ukraine's Ruslan Malinovsky a
quarter of an hour later.
Malinovsky created two goals for his colleague Muriel to lead Atalanta 3-1 before Moussa Diaby reduced the difference for Leverkusen.
Portugal's Braga beat Monaco 2-0 with goals from Abel Ruiz and Vitor Oliveira.
Seville, the defending champion and second-placed in the Spanish league, beat West Ham United 1-0 with a Munir El Haddadi goal in the second half.
And the former Barcelona striker converted a free kick pass with a direct shot into the net to bring Sevilla to the quarter-finals of the competition, which he won six times, a record.
Seville will host the final match of the tournament at the Sanchez Pizjuan stadium on May 18.