Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
Barcelona succeeded in overcoming its deficit with a goal to win two goals, with the signing of Pedri and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang against Galatasaray, in the second leg of the 16th round of the European League “European League”, and qualified for the quarter-finals of the tournament.
The host team started scoring in the 28th minute with a Marcao header, and the Turkish team players and coach imagined that they were able to make the difference, thanks to this early goal, and to encourage their fans who filled the “Turk Telecom Arena”, but soon “Barca” regained the reins of the match, and intensified its attacks And it was clear that he was the best, and that he came to win away from his home, after he failed in that at his home in the “Camp Nou”, and he drew in the first leg 0-0.
The response came by the foot of the young star Pedri, who scored an adult-style goal in the 37th minute, after he eluded more than one player in the Galatasaray defense, and Gabonese Aubameyang added the winning goal in the 49th minute, to eliminate Galata’s hopes of achieving a positive result, as the “Catalan” was lost. After this goal more than an opportunity, to add more goals.
After the match, Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez did not stop praising his team and all the players, after the deserved victory, but he warned against excessive optimism before the “El Clasico” match against Real Madrid at the “Santiago Bernabeu” next Sunday.
Xavi praised the young star of the team, Pedri, who scored a goal in which he played a solo in which he played the defense of the Turkish team.
Xavi said: It was an important day in which we succeeded in qualifying for the quarter-finals of the tournament, which we hope to reach as far as possible.
He added: I can say that we are in a good position before the “El Clasico” match, but this does not mean anything, because I have seen such a situation many times before, and how many times have we reached this good level, before facing Real Madrid, and they beat us, and that is why I see that the match will not be easy at all, and it has completely different other accounts.
Xavi expressed his happiness that his team clearly showed its distinguished personality in its victory over the Turkish team on its own land and among its huge fans.
He said: We played a great match, attacked well, were patient, and came back victorious from a very difficult stadium.
Xavi refused to make a comparison between Pedri’s goal and the goals of the legendary star Lionel Messi, and commented: I do not like this kind of comparison, we just have to thank him for this beautiful goal.
Xavi warned that there are some shortcomings at the tactical level, and said that he will seek to remedy and improve them.