A combative Barça is eliminated on penalties against Mainz in the UEFA Youth League (2-2)

Published:6/02/2024 - 21:14h

Updated:6/02/2024 - 21:18h

On this occasion, FC Barcelona did not have luck on their side. Despite playing a tough match against Mainz in the UEFA Youth League and achieving a good draw, they were unable to complete the task in the penalty shootout

The Juvenile To of the FC Barcelona was deleted of the UEFA Youth League after empatar 2-2 in the statutory time, in a meeting that would finish resolving by the road of the penaltis (6-5). The annotations culés were converted by Noah Darvich (34') and Dani Rodríguez (48'), whereas Daniel Gleiber (25') and Philipp Schulz (73'). This defeat cut the aspirations of the Barça to advance to the eighth of final of this competition.

Gleiber And Darvich 'encouraged' the first-half of the duel

The ones of Óscar López began trying do his the commitment from the initial kickoff, having as main argument in offensive to an always participatory Dani Rodríguez, the one who from the left band tried to generate danger and desequilibrar to the defensive line of the Mainz. Nevertheless, the attempts of the left extreme would not be sufficient to generate an occasion that generated 'noise' in the first compasses of the duel, which went of mere score and a lot of caution by both parts.

It would not be until the minute 25 that the party went to have his first emotion, this time of the side of the germanos, those who already minutes before had generated a pair of threats very repelled by the Barcelona bottom. However, in this opportunity would not run with so much fortune and, after a very good combination of the 'Die Nullfünfer', Daniel Gleiber went to beat to the guardameta culé Diego Kochen with a finish between his legs to put the 1-0 in the electronic.

Back to this, in spite of a moment of some discomfort by part of the Barça because of the annotation fit, the combined Catalan had the occasion to put in tables the actions. To the minute 34, Noah Darvich, with a very good head butt planted far of the scope of the goalkeeper Louis Babatz, went to put the very necessary 1-1, that left quite opened the formality for the second half.

GOAL! Noah Darvich equalizes for Barcelona. 1-1pic.twitter.com/cps44tfthl
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Dani Rodríguez went to 'madrugar' to the Mainz in the second period

The second time went to begin of way more venturosa for the Barça, as recently gone out of the changing rooms, to the 48, Dani Rodríguez after a career 'endiablabada' in which it left backwards to several contrary went to asestar a very good definition, putting the 1-2 in favour of the culés and giving a very good panorama to contest the second time managing a short advantage, but that gave them the pass to eighth.

GOLAZO! Dani Rodriguez what to goal to give Barcelona the lead. 1-2 pic.twitter.com/v3bm7e7y1n
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Unfortunately, for the picture of Óscar López, to the 73' after a played quite atypical in the area, where the saga culé was not fine to clear the balloon, would finish arriving the 2-2 by means of Philipp Schulz, the one who with a finish attained vulnerar the resistance of Diego Kochen. From here, they started some 20 final minutes extremely moved in which the Mainz enjoyed of greater occasions of goal, tightening notoriously, in front of a Barcelona that knew to hold of big form until forcing the end of the party, which, when being in phase of 'playoff' and finish in tie defined by means of the launchings from the point of the penalti, a phase where the Germans went to finish imposing 6-5.