Barcelona leads Napoli 2-1 in an exciting first half in the Champions League.. Video

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Team progress Barcelona vs Napoli With a score of 2-1 during the first half of the match currently being held between them, at the “Louis Companis Olympic Stadium”, in the second leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League for the current season 2023-24.

Barcelona vs Napoli

The first half goals were scored by Fermin Lopez and Joao Felix in the 15th and 17th minutes for Barcelona, ​​while Napoli’s only goal came from the feet of Amir Rahmani in the 30th minute.

The first leg between Barcelona and Naples ended in a 1-1 draw in the match that was held last week at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in the first leg of the same round.

Barcelona enters today’s match in search of the three points and achieving victory to ensure qualification to the quarter-finals of the Champions League in an attempt to compensate for the local failure this season in favor of Real Madrid, who is at the top of the Spanish League table.

Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez is counting on his attacking line to penetrate Napoli’s defences, headed by Polish international Robert Lewandowski and Yamin Lamal.

Barcelona won locally at the expense of Real Mallorca amid a high technical and emotional state, while Napoli suffered and tied 1-1 against Torino a few days before the European summit.

Xavi is experiencing a state of instability due to Barcelona’s overall decline in results this season, which has caused the club’s management to begin searching for a new technical director at the end of the season to correct the situation.

Barcelona received a great morale boost after confirming the readiness of its Brazilian star Rafinha after sustaining an ankle injury in the Real Mallorca match, but reports confirmed that the player is ready to participate.

Champions League

Historically, the two Barcelona teams met against Napoli in 5 matches before today’s confrontation, in which Barca was able to achieve victory in two matches and a draw in 3, and the two clubs’ meetings did not witness the Catalan club losing to its Italian competitor.

Barcelona scored 10 goals compared to 6 for Napoli, which confirms the difference in confrontations between the two clubs in favor of Barca, while Lorenzo Insigne tops the list of scorers in the matches of both teams with two goals, followed by Lewandowski, Suarez and Aubameyang with one goal.

Barcelona is superior in marketing value with 863.5 million euros, compared to 535 million for Napoli, and Victor Osimhen tops the list of most expensive players with 110 million, while Spanish star Javi tops the list of most expensive players in Barca with 90 million euros.

Barcelona has previously won five Champions League titles, the last of which was the 2015 edition when it defeated Juventus and won the title, and since then it has been unable to win it again.

While the Napoli team did not win the Champions League title in any year, they were satisfied with one copy of the European League title in the 1988-89 season, and if they win the current championship, it will be the first in their career.

Barcelona’s formation was as follows:

Goalkeeper: Ter Stegen.

Defensive line: Koundé, Ronaldo Araujo, Cobarci, Joao Cancelo.

Midfield: Lopez, Christensen, Gundogan.

Offensive line: Yamal, Lewandowski, Rafinha.

While the formation of the Napoli team was as follows:

Goalkeeper: Meret.

Defense line: Di Lorenzo, Rahmani, Juan Jesus, Mario Rui.

Midfield: Zambo Anguissa, Lobotka, Traoré.

Offensive line: Politano, Osimhen, Kvartskhelia.

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