Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has fired Barcelona into a narrow but hugely important lead against Turkish opponents Galatasaray during Thursday’s Europa League second leg knockout tie.
Xavi’s men knew that only a win would be enough to send them through the competition’s next round after being held to a 0-0 draw at home in the first-leg two weeks ago.
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The pressure was on the La Liga giants after Marcao opened the game’s scoring for Galatasaray after just 28-minutes.
However, an equaliser from Pedri put the Catalan side back on level terms before former Arsenal striker Aubameyang fired his side into a 2-1 aggregate lead just after half-time.
??GOAL!! Aubameyang scores in the third rebound off the GK.
Just the second half Xavi was hoping for!
2-1pic.twitter.com/CuTL7RsAZN#Barcelona #GSVBARCA
— Kevin (@BarcelonaKev) March 17, 2022
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