At the same time with Barcelona: the teams of Miranchuk and Khaikin flew out of European competition, and Eintracht created a sensation

The fiasco of Barcelona and the departure of Atalanta

The main event of the reporting game day of European competitions, of course, was the sensational home defeat of Barcelona from Eintracht Frankfurt - 2:3.

On the eve of the match, the Catalans seemed stronger, and the team's head coach Xavi said that he intended to win a trophy that was not yet in the club's collection.

Even in his worst dream, he could not imagine that his wards by the 68th minute would be inferior with a score of 0:3.

In many ways, the game was broken by Eric Garcia's foul on Jesper Lindström in the third minute in his own penalty area.

Filip Kostic converted a penalty kick and provided his partners with a powerful charge of positive emotions.

The owners did absolutely nothing.

Illustrative statistics: in the first half they struck only two shots and only one of them hit the target.

Rafael Borre's incredible shot from outside the penalty area made life even more difficult for them.

In the second half, Xavi tried to change the course of the game with the help of substitutions, but everything finally became clear after another Kostic goal.

In the most important meeting, the Serb scored a double and gave an assist.

True, in the time added by the referee, the Catalans almost made an incredible comeback, reducing the gap to a minimum.

Sergio Busquets scored from the field, and Memphis Depay scored from the penalty spot.

Another goal of Busquets with the score 0:3 was canceled by the referee due to offside.

But the blue garnet did not deserve to advance to the next round.

Eintracht sensationally knocked out the main contender for the trophy and pleased 30 thousand of their own fans who came to Spain.

Russian fans were waiting with great interest for the results of the Atalanta and Bodø-Glimt matches, the colors of which are defended by Alexei Miranchuk and Nikita Khaikin, respectively.

Unfortunately, both were defeated and completed their performance in European competitions.

The Bergamasks achieved a draw in the away match against Leipzig and approached the home match as favorites, but they failed to justify it, having conceded two unanswered goals.

The main character in the composition of the guests was Christopher Nkunku, who scored a double.

At the beginning of the meeting, he completed the counterattack with a rebound shot from the bar, and in the end he earned and converted a penalty.

But in the penalty area of ​​the German team, the referee Mateu Laos at the beginning of the second half did not dare to appoint a penalty kick.

After Ruslan Malinovsky's shot from a penalty kick, the ball hit the forearm area of ​​Dani Olmo, and the referee, after watching the replay, suggested that the opponents continue the game.

Miranchuk came on as a substitute in the 70th minute and did not remember anything dangerous.

But Spartak fans got the opportunity to rejoice for the ex-coach of the red and white Domenico Tedesco.

He made it to the semi-finals of the European Cup for the first time in his career and will join another former Muscovite helmsman Unai Emery there, who made a splash in the Champions League with Villarreal.

Also, two British teams made it to the semi-finals of the LE at once.

West Ham, after a home draw with Lyon, unexpectedly defeated the seven-time French champion on the road - 3: 0.

And the owners clearly did not deserve this.

They acted as the first number and possessed the ball 64% of the time, and by the number of shots they surpassed the opponent almost twice - 18 against 10. True, there was not enough accuracy, because only three hit the target.

Also, the barbell saved the guests once.

But the wards of David Moyes treated their moments more carefully.

Time after time, they organized dangerous counterattacks and opened up the opponent's defense.

The decisive segment of the confrontation was the end of the first half, when the Londoners scored twice.

Craig Dawson and Declan Rice hit the opposing goal five minutes apart.

And immediately after the break, Jarrod Bowen put a spectacular point.

"Rangers" in the first match completely lost to "Braga" with a minimum score, but in the return match it turned out to be stronger.

Back in the first half, James Tavernier scored a double.

Wards Carlos Carvalhal in addition remained in the minority after the removal of Vitor Tormena.

Despite this, in the 83rd minute, David Karmo played one ball and moved the confrontation into extra time.

There, luck still smiled at the owners.

The decisive goal shortly before the break was scored by Kemar Ruf, and Braga met the final whistle with nine men, as Youri Medeiros received a second yellow card.

Rangers reached the semi-finals of the European Cup for the first time since 2008.

Then the Scottish hegemon fought for the UEFA Cup with Zenit, but was defeated.

Since then, the club has gone through a lot: lost its professional status, began a revival from the lower divisions and regained its former status.

And 14 years later, they managed to achieve success in the international arena.

Bodø-Glimt crash and Leicester comeback

And from the League of Conferences, unfortunately, Bodø-Glimt flew out with Khaikin in the lineup.

In the first match, the Norwegian champion won a strong-willed victory over Roma at home - 2: 1, but was left without a mentor Kjetil Knutsen.

He almost got into a hand-to-hand fight with opposing goalkeeping coach Nuno Santos and was disqualified.

To support the favorites, all the fans of the team, of whom about two thousand gathered at the Stadio Olimpico, put on masks with the image of a specialist.

It did not help.

The Romans showed a great attitude and literally crushed the opponent from the first minutes.

They easily passed the highly located defensive line of the guests, catching it on unsuccessful attempts to perform an artificial offside position.

As a result, already in the fifth minute, Tammy Abraham opened the scoring and scored the eighth goal in the LK.

Then it was the turn of the club's graduate Nicolo Zaniolo.

Even before the break, he twice realized one-on-one exits with Khaikin, and after that, from outside the penalty area, he delivered a beautiful blow to the rally in the far top nine.

So the Italian scored his debut hat-trick in his career.

It is difficult for the Russian gatekeeper to make claims for the defeat.

In episodes with all the goals conceded, he could hardly help out his partners.

Yes, and they practically did not create anything in the attack, marking just one shot on target.

Nevertheless, having reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup, Bodø-Glimt has already performed a miracle and gave the Norwegian football fans a holiday.

In turn, the wards of Jose Mourinho will compete with Leicester for reaching the final.

It is curious that three other matches in the LC ended in guest victories.

In the Netherlands, an incredible comeback was issued by Leicester.

Until the 77th minute, Brendan Rodgers' wards were inferior to PSV Eindhoven in the score after Eran Zahavi's goal in the middle of the first half.

Not only that, they could well miss more and make life as difficult as possible for themselves.

Successful castling helped turn the tide of the unsuccessful confrontation at the end of the English squad.

Substitutes Patson Daka, Ademola Lukman and Ayose Perez added activity and freshness to the attack.

As a result, James Maddison restored the status quo, taking advantage of a great solo pass just by Perez.

And in the 88th minute, Ricardo finished off the ball into the net after Ducky's shot.

So Leicester showed willpower and for the first time in history made it to the semi-finals of the European Cup.

One team from the Netherlands still remained in the fight.

Feyenoord broke the resistance of Slavia thanks to the excellent performance of the striker duo Cyril Dessers - Luis Sinisterra.

The first scored a double, and the second set the final score on the scoreboard - 3:1.

In total, the forwards have 18 goals for two in the current LK draw.

And Sinisterra in the race of scorers with ten goals is second only to Artur Cabral (13), who left Basel, and has a chance to get around him.

Reminds me of myself and leased from Spartak Jorrit Hendrix.

He came on as a substitute after the break and provided an assist.

In the semi-finals, Feyenoord will face off against Marseille, who turned out to be stronger than PAOK on the road - 1: 0.

At the 34th minute, Dimitri Payet, the main sniper of the guests, managed to upset Alexandros Paschalakis.

After that, the Greek team needed to score twice to send the match into extra time, but they never managed to break through the experienced Steve Mandand.