today’s matches Maradona smiles from heaven
Min 90 + 3. It’s hard to believe all that Ferran Torres has lost in the end! Barcelona should have been up on the scoreboard, but the ’19’ mightn’t define the clearest ones he had.
Min 90. Yellow card for Meret for wasting time.
Min 88. The one that Ferran misses! This second was incredible, they all participated, playing in the area, but Ferran sent the ball over the horizontal.
Min 83. Another change in the Naples. Dest by Mingueza.
Min 82. The game is over, it is played in the Naples area, but without danger and that begins to drive Xavi to despair, who shouts from the line.
Min 80. Another change in Naples, the author of the goal, Zielinski, left and Diego Demme entered.
Min 78. Back and forth match, no one wants to give anything away. The changes have been seen more in the local team, but it still costs them.
Min 73. Change in Naples, Ounas for Insigne.
Min 71. Yellow card for Fabian in Naples. Free kick that favors Barca, Ferran charges and the ball goes over the crossbar.
Min 68. Dembel asks for the ball, the fans at the Camp Nou whistle him and he wants to redeem himself with them.
Min 64. Xavi moves his bench: Nico, Frenkie de Jong and Adama left and Gavi, Sergio and Dembl entered.
Min 62. The Naples players are still wondering what was the hand sanctioned by the centre-back. Envin emotional for Barcelona.
Min 58. Penalty in favor of Barcelona! Adama’s hand, Ferran charges and ties the commitment. Goooooooooal from Barca.
GOOOAAAL – FERRAN TORRES scores! (1-1, min 59) #BaraNapolipic.twitter.com/OJqaJaJgiB
? FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) February 17, 2022
Min 53. Npoles defends well, Barca finds it difficult to arrive with danger and when they do, their rival is responsible for rejecting the ball.
Min 49. Barca have the ball but it is difficult for them to open spaces and break the defensive lines of Naples.
My 47. No changes for the second half at the Camp Nou. 73,525 fans went to see Barcelona today.
Barcelona was the one that proposed the most, the one that reached the rival area the most, however a counterattack play by Naples, ended up giving the Italians the advantage to go to rest. We’ll see what chips move Xavi for the second half.
Min 45. Arrival of Barcelona that ends with a header from Ferran that goes wide of the goal that Meret defends today. 2 minutes added at the Camp Nou.
Min 43. Domina Npoles who does not despair and manages the result calmly. Barcelona has a hard time keeping the ball.
Min 38. It is played in the middle of the field. First yellow card of the match and it’s for Anguissa in Naples.
Min 32. Barcelona reacts, Naples falls back well, forcing the local to generate a foul.
Min 29. Goooooooooooooal from Naples, Zielinski takes advantage of a rebound in the area and ‘shoots’ the goal defended by Ter Stegen.
30′ | GOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL
We take the lead with the Zielooooooooo goal
#BaraNapoli 0-1#UEL#ForzaNapoliSemprepic.twitter.com/yiEai0la1x
? Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) February 17, 2022
Min 26. I slowed down the pace of the match, Barcelona tilted the field and it is the team that they are looking for the most, however, it is difficult for Xavi’s men to reach the rival area with danger.
Min 23. Save Meret once more! Despite the central defender being penalized for offside, the Naples goalkeeper avoided a counterattack play that ended with a shot from Nico.
Min 19. Indications by both technicians while checking on Victor Osimhen.
Min 15. Meret sends the ball to the corner kick. Nico finishes off his goalkeeper, but the Italian goalkeeper saves and avoids the first.
Min 12. Barca lowered its intensity and it is the moment in which the rival takes the ball. Naples attacks from the sides. Lorenzo’s center that ends up rejecting Piqu.
Min 8. Naples observes the rival. When they have the ball, they don’t even go past the middle of the pitch, Barca’s pressure is bearing fruit.
Min 5. Very high! But a great auction from Ask that warns the Npoles. Barcelona’s attack continues.
Min 4. First arrival of Naples. It was to the right, but the Catalan defensive line was attentive and managed to react to this attack by the Italian team.
Min 1. Barcelona has the ball. He begins to look for the spaces to leave his area and advance the lines.
Protocol acts at the Camp Nou. The anthem of the Europa League sounds.
A Barcelona – Naples has an unavoidable Maradonian air. A party of 10 that recalls the figure of Diego Armando Maradona, the disappeared Argentine genius who filled with glory the history of the two clubs that face each other today at the Camp Nou in Barcelona.
Xavi At a press conference prior to the match: “We are not favourites, I don’t see ourselves as favorites but I do see ourselves as candidates. This bracket is very even, Naples is a very tough rival who is also fighting for the title in their country”
12:25 p.m. | There are not many people at the Camp Nou, which continues to fill up as the minutes go by. The teams are already warming up on the pitch.
12:15 p.m. | Of the last six games played between Naples and Barcelona:
Barcelona bro: 4
No polish bro: 1
tied: 1
! #BaraNapolipic.twitter.com/aV861f2vxZ
? FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) February 17, 2022
12.00 p.m. | There will be no Colombian presence for this match between Barcelona and Naples. David Ospina being on the bench of the team led by Luciano Spalletti, the starter being Meret.
ALIGNMENT #BaraNapolipic.twitter.com/2mawF9wVJj
? FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) February 17, 2022
StartingXI: Meret, Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Koulibaly, Juan Jesus, Anguissa, Fabian, Elmas, Zielinski, Insigne, Osimhen.#UEL#BaraNapoli
#ForzaNapoliSemprepic.twitter.com/oEySB00zMq
? Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) February 17, 2022
Hello, hello, hello… Welcome to the minute by minute of the duel between the Barcelona and Naples for the first leg of the round of 16 Europa League. A duel that will surely make Maradona smile in heaven. The first two teams that welcomed him in the old continent face each other. With one he had no luck and with the other he was rock and roll pure.
