Object lesson in the living room.

Not only coach Oliver Glasner, but also his players used the free Sunday evening to watch the artists from Catalonia.

FC Barcelona vs. FC Sevilla.

Point game everyday life in the Spanish La Liga.

Ralph Weitbrecht

sports editor.

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With an outcome that was indicated weeks ago.

Barça has been back on track for a long time, has been rushing from victory to victory for the past 13 competitive games, including the 1-0 win against Sevilla, which took them second in the table - and they don't know it: the feeling of being beaten.

This is exactly the goal of Eintracht.

For the "game of the century" on Thursday, the quarter-final first leg in the Europa League against FC Barcelona, ​​all antennas are extended at the Frankfurters.

Sporty, atmospheric, administrative: The game in the arena, which was sold out with 48,500 spectators (kick-off 9 p.m., in the FAZ live ticker for the Europa League and on RTL) not only electrified Eintracht and its president Peter Fischer, who said the “biggest game since the state championship final against Real Madrid 1960".

For Axel Hellmann it is the duel "David against Goliath", as the Frankfurt board spokesman put it.

After the disappointing zero number against Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth, Glasner's team has to step up a lot if they want to trip the big favorite.

The claim is the same as usual: "We want to win and make it to the semi-finals," says the Austrian football coach.

After giving his team a day off on Monday, preparations for Barcelona begin this Tuesday.

The work is not only done behind closed doors on the training ground, but also in the cinema of the professional camp, where the analysts will show moving pictures of Barça.

There will be plenty of pros in action, including winter signings Ferran Torres, Adama Traoré and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Three men for the offensive, who on the Frankfurt side want to get in the way of the three-man defense chain Martin Hinteregger, Tuta and Evan Ndicka.

Barcelona in Frankfurt: a very special kind of challenge.