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Frankfurt dump Barcelona out of Europa League
<h4><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Frankfurt have dumped Spanish giant, Barcelona out of the Europa League quarter finals on Thursday night.</span></h4>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: var(--c-contrast-800);">In what was a dramatic game, K</span><span style="color: var(--c-contrast-800);">ostic gave Frankfurt the fourth-minute lead from the penalty spot after Eric Garcia pulled Jesper Lindstroem.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Santos Borre deservedly doubled their lead with a goal-of-the-tournament contender.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">With a stunning left-footed strike into the corner midway through the second half, Kostic added a third, against the run of play.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: var(--c-contrast-800);">Frankfurt wasted additional chances, giving Barca a chance to try a late charge.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: var(--c-contrast-800);"> In the 84th minute, Sergio Busquets had a goal disallowed for offside, but as the game entered injury time, the midfielder produced a scorching strike to set up a dramatic injury time finish.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Depay also converted awarded penalty after Memphis Depay netted a penalty in the 11th minute of added time to cut the deficit to 2-3, while visiting defender Evan N&#8217;Dicka was sent off for a second yellow card.</span></p>