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.
Full-time: Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
90+4 mins: Galatasaray keep Barcelon out! They keep a clean sheet at the Camp Nou and head into the return leg on level terms with Barcelona.
Considering their terrible form in the league that’s a massive results for the Turkish side. The tie is still alive. Barca just didn’t have it tonight. They’ll have to respond next Thursday.
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
90+2 mins: De Jong feeds the ball over to Dembele on the right wing. He slots a pass into the six-yard box but can’t pick out a teammate. Pena gets a hand to the ball and tips it out for a corner. One last chance for Barca?
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
90 mins: Four minutes of added time to play at the Camp Nou. This is going to be a big result for Galatasaray.
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
86 mins: Dembele has a shot blocked from the edge of the box. There’s no way through for the Spanish giants.
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
83 mins: This is going to end nil-nil. For all of Barcelona’s attacking prowess they’re not creating many chances. Galatasaray have defended well. They’re digging in for a draw.
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
78 mins: Disallowed goal! Gomis almost steals the game for the visitors after making a fine run in between the two Barcelona centre-backs. The ball is chipped over the top and Gomis brings it under control. He carries the ball into the penalty area and guides it underneath Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
The celebrations have barely begun though when the offside flag is raised and a VAR check confirms the decision.
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
75 mins: Chance! How has that not gone in?! Traore dribbles through defenders and gets into the box. He chips it over to Pedri who nods the ball to Aubameyang. Aubameyang chests the ball down to the arriving De Jong but he can only flick the ball to the far post where it bounces back to the goalkeeper who clings onto it!
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
72 mins: Ousmane Dembele drives inside from the left channel and fancies himself from range. He lets fly with a right-footed strike but belts the effort high and wide.
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
69 mins: Adama Traore seems to have been told to shoot when he cuts in from the right but his quality is lacking. His run inside of Van Aanholt gets him in a decent position but he smokes the chance well wide of the back post.
Barcelona 0 - 0 Galatasaray
66 mins: Dembele is fed into the left side of the box but his cross gets cleared by Nelsson. Barca recover the ball and try the same attack. Dembele’s cross is more direct this time, slotted over to the far post where Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang throws himself at the ball but it just goes over his head.
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