Barcelona vs Galatasaray LIVE: Europa League result, final score and reaction tonight
Relive all the action from the Europa League tie at Camp Nou
Barcelona were held to a 0-0 home draw by Galatasaray in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday as Scottish side Rangers kept their momentum in the competition going with a 3-0 win over Red Star Belgrade.
Barca bombarded Galatasaray with 14 goal attempts against only three from the Turkish side, who were indebted to 23-year-old Spanish goalkeeper Inaki Pena for several fine saves.
Galatasaray also made good chances with winger Kerem Akturkoglu a constant threat to the Barca defence with his pace and range of skills.
Relive all the action from the Nou Camp below.
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
12 mins: Galatasaray thread the ball up the Mostafa Mohamed htree times insdie the first 10 minutes but nothing comes from those minor attacks
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
6 mins: Marcão is penalised for a foul on Ferran Torres deep in his own half. Frenkie de Jong takes the set piece and slots it down the wing for Jordi Alba who mistimes his run and gets flagged offside.
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
3 mins: The corner is played short before getting whipped into the box. Galatasaray defend it well but Barcelona recover the ball. Adama Traore drives down the right side and gets clipped by Patrick van Aanholt.
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
Kick off: Memphis Depay starts on the left for Barcelona with Ferran Torres through the middle. They work it over to Depay who drives into the Galatasaray final third where he wins an early corner.
Barcelona vs Galatasaray
Here come the teams. Galatasaray have only beaten Barcelona once in their eight meetings between the teams with that victory coming in the Champions League back in 1994.
Usually regulars in the latter stages of the Champions League, Barcelona have never had the chance to win this competition.
Barcelona vs Galatasaray
The visitors are struggling domestically. Galatasaray, runners-up in the Turkish league last year are currently 12th in the table with 35 points from their 28 games. Leaders Trabzonspor are on 67 points from the same number of matches.
Barcelona vs Galatasaray
Barcelona are third in the Spanish League, 15 points behind leaders Real Madrid, but are in a good run of form – their only defeat in their last 15 outings was an extra-time loss to Athletic in the Copa del Rey.
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Reaction to come from West Ham’s defeat to Sevilla but the focus moves across to Barcelona where the Spanish giants take on Galatasaray.
Here’s a look are the two teams:
Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen, Dest, Araujo, Garcia, Alba, Nico, de Jong, Pedri, Traore, Depay, Torres
Galatasaray XI: Pena, Boey, Nelsson, Marcao, van Aanholt, Berkan, Taylan, Babel, Feghouli, Kerem, Mohamed
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