Lewandowski put Barcelona ahead in Napoli but Osimhen scored the equalizer and the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 ended 1-1. In two weeks, the revenge at the Camp Nou.
Napoli and Barcelona opened the Champions League round of 16 series today at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, where neither of them might take advantage: the Italians and Spaniards tied 1-1 in the first leg. Robert Lewandowski put the visitors ahead and Victor Osimhen put in definitive figures.
The first half showed a very good image of Barcelona, which practically from the beginning dominated the actions and played planted in the rival field. The Spanish team generated several situations to open the scoring, but might not break the zero. In the clearest, Alex Meret, Napoli’s number 1, stretched himself in a great way with a flight to drown out Gundogan’s scream.
Barcelona had to wait until the 15th minute of the second half to give justice to the score: Pedri assisted – with a pipe included – Lewandowski, who controlled the area and defined, also between the legs of an opponent, at the near post for the 1- 0 of the visit.
It seemed that the followingnoon was beginning to go on its way for Xavi’s team, but Napoli reacted and reached the tie: following an attack on the left side, Anguissa found Osimhen inside the area, who had his back turned and was marked by Iñigo Martínez. However, the Nigerian managed to anticipate the defender and with the same touch turned to be one-on-one with Ter Stegen: he defined a cross and made it 1-1.
After the tie, the process was much more even in the final stretch of the match, but neither of them found the winning goal and the final whistle came with the result 1-1. On Tuesday, March 12, history will be resolved at the Camp Nou.
The match between Napoli and Barcelona ended
Napoli and Barcelona tied 1-1 with goals from Victor James Osimhen and Robert Lewandowski.
41′ 2T: Change in Barcelona
Sale Pedri, João Félix enters.
40′ 2Q: Change in Barcelona
Andreas Christensen leaves, Oriol Romeu enters.
39′ 2T: Corner for Napoli
The ball went into the corner! You will have to replace Napoli from the corner. The person in charge of throwing it is Giacomo Raspadori.
39′ 2T: Corner for Napoli
The ball went into the corner! You will have to replace Napoli from the corner. The person in charge of throwing it is Giacomo Raspadori.
38′ 2T: Corner for Napoli
The ball went into the corner! You will have to replace Napoli from the corner. The person in charge of throwing it is Giacomo Raspadori.
37′ 2T: Corner for Napoli
The ball went into the corner! You will have to replace Napoli from the corner. The person in charge of throwing it is Giacomo Raspadori.
34′ 2T: Change in Barcelona
Leave Lamine Yamal, enter Raphinha.
32′ 2T: Yellow card for Andreas Christensen
The referee shows a yellow card for Andreas Christensen. Barcelona has 3 players cautioned.
31′ 2Q: Change in Napoli
Matteo Politano goes up, Giacomo Raspadori comes in.
31′ 2Q: Change in Napoli
Victor Osimhen goes up, Giovanni Simeone comes in.
29′ 2T: Go to Napoli
Victor James Osimhen places Naples 1 to 1 once morest Barcelona.
Napoli vs. Barcelona: Victor Osimhen’s goal (1-1)
22′ 2Q: Change in Napoli
Sale Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, enter Jesper Lindström.
22′ 2Q: Change in Napoli
Sale Jens-Lys Cajuste, entrance Hamed Traorè.
20′ 2T: Corner for Barcelona
The ball went into the corner! You will have to replace from the Barcelona corner. The person in charge of throwing it is Ilkay Gündogan.
18′ 2T: Corner for Napoli
The ball went into the corner! You will have to replace Napoli from the corner. The person in charge of throwing it is Matteo Politano.
14′ 2T: Goal from Barcelona
Robert Lewandowski puts Barcelona 1-0 ahead of Napoli.
Napoli vs. Barcelona: el goal by Robert Lewandowski (0-1)
7′ 2T: Corner for Barcelona
The ball went into the corner! You will have to replace from the Barcelona corner. The person in charge of throwing it is Ilkay Gündogan.
The second half between Napoli and Barcelona began
Napoli and Barcelona draw 0 to 0.
The first half between Napoli and Barcelona ends
Napoli and Barcelona draw 0 to 0.
39′ 1T: Corner for Napoli
The ball went into the corner! You will have to replace Napoli from the corner. The person in charge of throwing it is Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
22′ 1T: Corner for Barcelona
The ball went into the corner! You will have to replace from the Barcelona corner. The person in charge of throwing it is Ilkay Gündogan.
18′ 1T: Corner for Napoli
The ball went into the corner! You will have to replace Napoli from the corner. The person in charge of throwing it is Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
15′ 1T: Yellow card for Frenkie de Jong
The referee shows a yellow card for Frenkie de Jong. Barcelona has a player cautioned.
4′ 1T: Corner for Barcelona
The ball went into the corner! You will have to replace from the Barcelona corner. The person in charge of throwing it is Ilkay Gündogan.
The match between Napoli and Barcelona began
They are already playing at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium for key 2 of the UEFA Champions League.
The captains of Napoli and Barcelona for the UEFA Champions League match
During today’s UEFA Champions League match, in Napoli the team captain will be Giovanni Di Lorenzo while in Barcelona it will be Marc-André Ter Stegen.
Napoli formation confirmed
Holders
- (1) Alex Meret
- (22) Giovanni Di Lorenzo
- (13) Amir Rahmani
- (5) John Jesus
- (17) Mathías Olivera
- (99) Frank Anguissa
- (68) Stanislav Lobotka
- (24) Jens-Lys Cajuste
- (21) Matteo Politano
- (9) Victor Osimhen
- (77) Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Substitutes
- (14) Nikita Contini
- (95) Pierluigi Gollini
- (3) Nathan
- (6) Mario Rui
- (30) Pasquale Mazzochi
- (55) Leo Östigard
- (8) Hamed Traorè
- (29) Jesper Lindström
- (18) John Simeon
- (81) Giacomo Raspadori
Coach: Walter Mazzarri
Barcelona formation confirmed
Holders
- (1) Marc-André Ter Stegen
- (23) Jules Koundé
- (4) Ronald Araújo
- (5) Íñigo Martínez
- (2) João Cancelo
- (21) Frenkie de Jong
- (15) Andreas Christensen
- (22) Ilkay Gündogan
- (27) Lamine Yamal
- (9) Robert Lewandowski
- (8) Pedri
Substitutes
- (13) Iñaki Peña
- (26) Ander Astralaga
- (30) Marc Casado
- (33) Pau Cubarsi
- (39) Héctor Fort
- (18) Oriol Romeu
- (20) Sergi Roberto
- (32) Fermin Lopez
- (11) Raphinha
- (14) João Félix
- (19) Vitor Roque
- (38) Marco Guiu
Coach: Xavi Hernandez
In which stadium will Napoli vs. Barcelona
Napoli vs. Barcelona will play the match at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, where Napoli will play at home.
Napoli time vs. Barcelona
Time: 5:00 p.m.