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Barcelona was Frankfurt and the Camp Nou an appendix to the Waldstadion on a night that will be remembered for its extreme surrealism.
Xavi Hernández's men, overwhelmed by a crowd full of German fans, were shipwrecked against an Eintracht superior in body and soul.
In strength and football.
The Barça team thought that in the basement of the Europa League they would find forgiveness for their failure in the Champions League, but they were also expelled with the feeling of having only competed in the nine added minutes.
The goals from Busquets and Memphis came when there was no remedy.
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After collapsing the access roads to the stadium and marching in a drunken procession leaving behind a long path of beer bottles and cans, more than 20,000 German fans, dressed in their white shirts, took seats on the field.
In any corner of the stands.
It was only necessary to see how the Barça players were received in their own field.
Between boos and whistles.
Not even the anthem was heard.
An unprecedented situation, and also depressing.
For the Barça partner, who wanted to do business with his season ticket or deserted on Holy Thursday.
And for the club itself, more concerned with selling the released seats and unable to attract all those families who are no longer welcome in the industry.
Baffled, the Barça players, who should not have understood anything, relived the same scenes from the first leg (1-1).
Overwhelmed by the momentum of his rivals from the very dawn, Eric García personified both the shortcomings and the fears.
Physically constrained and unable to hold on to stronger forwards as they slammed into his back and butt, Eric, even in the box, found no other solution than to drop Lindstrom to the ground.
It was not a mistake, but a consequence.
The match had just started, and Kostic had already taken Eintracht's first goal from the penalty spot.
Barcelona tried to recover despite soon repairing that the loss of the injured Piqué and the discomfort of Frenkie de Jong, who had to appear in the second half due to Pedri's injury, would suffer like never before.
Piqué's absence is usually paid for by his companions.
Neither Araujo nor Mingueza gave a right.
Although the hardships also reached the midfield, Pedri and Gavi being buried again by the same defensive aid system devised by Glasner in the first leg.
The only accessible corridors could only be the exterior ones.
Although, with Dembélé in the field, it is easy to go from astonishment to madness.
He either threw two dribbles with the spur, or tried to pass between three rivals with a straitjacket on.
Kostic celebrates the first goal against a Camp Nou full of German fans. EFE
Barcelona barely bothered Trapp in the first half.
Eintracht, on the other hand, turned the last quarter of an hour of that act into living hell for the Catalans.
Nothing like Santos Borré's hammer blow.
Ter Stegen jumped seeing himself already condemned.
And the Colombian striker, serious despite the external jubilation, drew a number 19 to honor the legendary Freddy Rincón, who died in a traffic accident.
Before reaching the break Eintracht could still score a third goal thanks to the efforts of Jakic and again Knauff.
The Barça players began the second half by seeing how their supporters deserted the Camp Nou in protest against the German invasion.
Those fans returned after ten minutes, so they only missed Aubameyang's miss on goal.
Eintracht's response was forceful.
Another excruciating transition for the defenders left Lindstrom alone against Ter Stegen, who saved the scourge.
And after the referee did not interpret a Borré handball as a penalty, Barça was convinced that the hole had already been dug.
The shovel was given by Sergiño Dest, who decided not to approach Kostic at 0-3.
Although Busquets, who even had a goal disallowed at sunset, and Memphis looked for the epic with their goals, the memory of the impossible comebacks is now distant.
Many of the Barça members who tried to resist the ordeal had already left, leaving a German and white Camp Nou to live their big party in peace.
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