DBasia.news – Unbeaten at home in the Champions League since 2013 and having a longer period of break, Barcelona are predicted to silence their critics with a win over Napoli on Sunday (9/8).
At the first meeting, the two teams played 1-1. Inevitably, Barca is targeting the victory when playing at home.
Barcelona coach, Quique Setien, played in a 4-3-3 formation. Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann occupy positions in the three forwards.
Meanwhile, Napoli tried to win by relying on a 4-3-3 scheme. Jose Callejon, Dries Mertens and Lorenzo Insigne became goal machines from the start of the match.
The match took place in the first half. In fact, all the goals scored by the two teams were presented in the first 45 minutes.
Barcelona, who took the initiative to attack, took the lead when the game entered the 10th minute. Ivan Rakitic’s corner was finished by Clement Lenglet with a header. He won the aerial duel against Kalidou Koulibaly.
Barcelona doubled the lead to 2-0 in the 23rd minute. Lionel Messi’s individual action ended up being a goal. With this goal, La Pulga was involved in 12 goals in Barca’s last six home matches in the Champions League at Camp Nou.
Barcelona scored the third goal in the 45 + 1 minute. Previously, Koulibaly had violated Messi in the forbidden box.
Luis Suarez, who was the executor, did his job perfectly. Suarez made David Ospina misread the direction of the incoming ball.
Towards the end of the first half, or more precisely at the 45 + 5 minute, Napoli narrowed the gap to 3-1. Il Partenopei scored with Insigne’s penalty. Previously, Mertens was violated by Rakitic.
In the second half, Napoli made a number of substitutions such as including Matteo Politano and Arkadiusz Milik to increase attacks. Unfortunately, the expected goal was not created.
In fact, Napoli grabbed a number of golden opportunities through the action of Hirving Lozano, Milik and Mertens. The 3-1 score lasted until the long whistle.
With these results, Barcelona has the right to advance to Portugal to appear in the quarter-finals. Barca will face Bayern Munich, who previously eliminated Chelsea.