He Barcelona played a good game in general terms against the Naples, but it went out early to end up tying at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium (1-1). Xavi’s team began to slow down and allowed themselves to be tied in the only shot on goal by the Partenopians in the entire match, the work of Victor Osimhen, in another demonstration that this Barça is, after all, one Love and I can not.
The Barça team is not good in either area and this draw confirms it, as they played remarkably well in the first half and well at the beginning of the second. He only scored one goal and conceded the tie in the only shot on goal for a Naples team that has also confirmed that it is very far from his best level, ninth in Serie A, 27 points behind the leader Inter de Milan.
Everything remains open for the return match in three weeks at the Lluís Companys, which will pass the sentence. That mental block that Xavi’s men have in several games was present in the Diego Armando Maradona. Napoli barely did anything in attack and got a result that leaves them alive for Barcelona. The Neapolitan team, which has a new coach in the figure of Francesco Calzona, came out on top in the final stretch, although the best chance was for Barcelona in the boots of Gündoganwith a shot that went just wide.
That ball did not go in, nor did any of the five good chances that Barça had in the first minutes of the match. With great pressure, with steals in the Neapolitan starting zone, and three clear shots between the sticks that he stopped He deserves it on high, Barça began to make its followers dream. The game was really good, with small flashes of great quality, but the goal did not come. And that, for example, in the 22nd minute there was a double chance that, if Barça had another mental chip, would have meant 0-1. In one play or another. But not even Lewandowski, in a shot with the first touch to the center of I cancel from the left, nor Gündogan’s subsequent long shot, deflected into a corner by Meret, scored a target.
After the break, with the initial 0-0, Barça no longer bit as much. It was the first big mistake. Even so, Gündogan had the first shot four minutes after the restart and Barça, in the 60th minute, finally found the net thanks to Lewandowski, who showed that he still has spark and has already scored four goals in the last five games. The Polish He took advantage of Pedri’s magic, who filtered a beautiful pass with a tunnel included that the ‘9’ controlled with his right foot, oriented, to wait his turn to score. And he did it by heeling the ball to Meret’s right post, this time beaten without being able to do anything to avoid the goal.
Pedri also tried it from afar, but Meret no longer missed the ball. And, on the other hand, a quarter of an hour later, Calzona’s Napoli saw the light thanks to Osimhen. Until then, the forward was very well marked. With a Blaugrana defensive line much better than in previous games. But the usual defensive error of this season reappeared and condemned the team. The Nigerian, the first time he received in the area, scored. It was also Napoli’s first chance; and goal. The African turned and shot with his right foot, deceiving Ter Stegen who was close to deflecting it with his foot to score and go to the bench immediately afterwards.
From there, a diluted Barça with trembling legs It went out before time and he left Diego Armando Maradona with little reward based on what was seen in the 90 minutes. It will be in March, in Barcelona, when we see the outcome of this tie.
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Datasheet
Naples, 1: Meret; Di Lawrence, Rrahmani, John Jesus, Olivera; Cajuste (Hamd Traore, m.68), Lobotka, Anxiety; Politano (Raspadori, m.77), Kvaratskhelia (Lindstrom, m.68) and Osimhen (Simeone, m.77)
FC Barcelona, 1: Ter Stegen; Kounde, Inigo Martinez, Araújo, Cancelo; De Jong, Gundogan, Christensen (Oriol Romeu, m.86); Pedri (Joao Felix, 86), Lamine Yamal (Rapinha, 80) and Lewandowski
Goals: 0-1, m.60: Lewandoski; 1-1, m.75: Osimhen
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany). He cautioned De Jong (m.16) and Chirstesen (m.78), from Barcelona
Incidences: First leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League played at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples
2024-02-21 21:50:08
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