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Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick was stuffed with reward for Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford after his off-the-bench cameo powered the aspect to a 2-1 Champions League victory over Eintracht Frankfurt.
Rashford makes a distinction
Barcelona headed into the tie with Frankfurt as heavy favourites but it surely was the Bundesliga membership that took the lead courtesy of Ansgar Knauff‘s Twenty first-minute opener.
Frankfurt aimed to frustrate Barcelona and their tactic labored for big components of the match, till Rashford was launched on the interval instead of Fermin Lopez.
The United man wasted no time, impacting the sport virtually instantly. Rashford arrange Jules Kounde for the equaliser with a elegant supply to the again publish, which the French defender met to information into the again of the online.
Kounde added a second simply three minutes later to flip the sport on its head and put the Blaugrana within the driving seat.
Barcelona struggled to interrupt down Frankfurt’s cussed and compact defensive unit, however Rashford’s vertical menace gave them one thing completely different and helped them clinch all three factors.
Mundo Deportivo branded Rashford’s exhibiting as “influential” whereas Sport labelled him “revolutionary.”
Talking after the ultimate whistle, Flick additionally hailed the Carrington academy graduate.
Flick lauds Rashford
The German coach stated [as quoted by GOAL], “I wasn’t shocked by Eintracht’s method. I advised my gamers to overlook the previous sport [Frankfurt’s 6-0 loss in Leipzig] as a result of they’re workforce.”
“Within the first half Raphinha was in every single place and possibly that wasn’t the most effective, however his perspective is nice.”
“Within the second half, we tweaked some issues and Marcus was necessary to offer width and stretch the traces.”
Rashford has now notched six targets and 11 assists for Barcelona in 21 appearances throughout the Champions League and the Spanish high flight.
Featured picture Alex Caparros by way of Getty Photographs
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