Barcelona equals Frankfurt .. Know the results of the European League matches
The positive 1-1 draw overshadowed the meeting of Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany, and its guest, Barcelona, of Spain, today, Thursday, in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the European Football Championship.
The rest of the matches that took place today, Thursday, resulted in a 1-1 draw with Leipzig, its Italian guest, Atalanta, while Portugal's Sporting Braga beat its Scottish host Rangers 1-0.
In Frankfurt, the hosts scored through Ansgar Knauf in the 48th minute, before Ferran Torres equalized for Barcelona in the 66th minute
. Frankfurt had to play with ten men starting in the 77th minute, after Brazilian Tota received a red card for receiving a second warning.
With this draw, Barcelona maintained its unbeaten record for the 14th match in a row, as the last defeat suffered by the Spanish team dates back to January 20, when it lost 2/3 against Athletic Bilbao in the round of 16 of the King's Cup.
With this result, both teams must win the return match, which will be held at the Camp Nou stadium, the stronghold of the Catalan team, next Thursday, in order to continue the championship.
Friendly fire saved the German Leipzig team from losing against its Italian guest, Atalanta, to lead it to a 1-1 draw with it, earlier today.
Atalanta scored through Luis Muriel in the 17th minute, before Andre Silva missed a penalty kick for Leipzig in the 57th minute.
Leipzig quickly managed to compensate for the missed penalty, after scoring the equalizer in the next minute through David Zappacosta, Atalanta player, who scored an own goal by his own team.
With this result, the decision to qualify for the semi-finals was postponed to the return match, which will take place next Thursday at Atalanta Stadium, where either of the two teams must win to continue their adventure in the continental competition.
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