Since then, Barcelona had surrendered the La Liga title to Real Madrid and Napoli stuttered to a seventh-placed finish in Serie A. Barcelona started without much zip and rhythm in an eerily empty Nou Camp and Napoli produced the early front-foot football. Messi is deemed to have handled the ball as he controlled De Jong's pass and the goal is ruled out! Meet the remaining eight UEFA Champions League teams' all-time leading scorers. Manolas slips as one delivery comes in and tries to appeal for a penalty, but nothing is given. Insigne curls a delightful cross in from deep that causes chaos in the Barcelona box. NO GOAL! Auto-refreshing reddit comments link. Barcelona are unbeaten in 36 consecutive home Champions League matches (W32 D4) - in Champions League/European Cup history, only Bayern Munich's 43-game run between 1969 and 1991 is longer. Napoli held Barcelona to a 1-1 draw in Italy on Tuesday night that leaves their Champions League Round of 16 tie finely poised.. FC Barcelona are set to host Napoli in the second leg of their Round of 16 clash. Without him, Barcelona wouldn't have won this match. What a half! A loose pass allows Napoli to break quickly and Suarez is sent away down the right, but he's forced wide. However, VAR - after three minutes of deliberation - decided that the ball brushed off Messi's arm before he stroked home and ruled out the goal. Napoli 1-1 Barcelona: Champions League last 16 - as it happened. Rui's delivery is whipped into the middle towards Koulibaly and he throws himself at the ball, heading off Pique and behind for a corner. It's been all Napoli since the restart. Thank you for joining our coverage, we hope you enjoyed the game. A night to forget for the 29-year-old. The set-piece is aimed at the towering central defender again, but he's penalised for a foul on Semedo. In this season games Champions League the most goals scored players: Dries Mertens 6 goals, Arkadiusz Milik 3 goals, Lorenzo Insigne 1 goals. The referee, having watched the incident again, decides that Kouliably does foul Messi as he clears the ball through the player and points to the spot! They will hope to avoid the same fate as Zinedine Zidane's men, who were knocked out by Manchester City last night. There's four Napoli players between him and the goal, but he jinks his way through Insigne, Koulibaly and Rui and ends up on the turf, but a deflection takes the ball back into his path and he goes again, curling the ball into the bottom-left corner around Manolas despite being off-balance again! Barcelona's front three have hardly seen the ball in the second half. Barcelona set up a mouth-watering Champions League quarter-final clash with Bayern Munich after beating Napoli 3-1 to progress 4-2 on aggregate. The score remained 2-0 but only for a few minutes with Messi once again playing a huge role in Barca's third goal. NO GOAL! Who else? Barcelona are starting to up the tempo of their passing and are methodically stretching the Napoli defence with sharper movement off the ball. A deflection sees the ball run loose, but Ter Stegen is off his line quickly to pick up the pieces. WIDE! Napoli substitutes: Elseid Hysaj, Nikola Maksimovic, Hirving Lozano, Eljif Elmas, Alex Meret, Stanislav Lobotka, Matteo Politano, Allan, Orestis Karnezis, Arkadiusz Milik, Fernando Llorente, Sebastiano Luperto. Free bets will credited by 7pm on Monday. The midfielder drives a low effort towards goal, but he drags it wide of the near post! Barcelona 3-1 Napoli (Agg 4-2): Lionel Messi spearheads charge to quarter-finals, Barcelona celebrate Lionel Messi's goal against Napoli, Benn KOs Vargas in one round - and calls for Khan, Liverpool and Chelsea's top-four hopes assessed, Kane to ask for Spurs exit if they miss out on CL, Relieved Klopp: Villa win feels like big three points, Hits & Misses: Liverpool labour, but win will be vital. That's a disappointing delivery. • Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso faced Barcelona six times in the UEFA Champions League as a player with AC Milan (W2 D2 L2). Koulibaly wriggles out of a tight spot well with quick feet and sweeps the ball wide before surging forward from the back. He rarely looked comfortable in possession throughout, summed up by an inexplicable 50-yard pass that went so wide of its target it went out for the corner that led to the opening Barcelona goal. Napoli required a two-goal salvo and gave the steep challenge a good go in a second-half showing that would have pleased manager Gennaro Gattuso. Mertens thumps a low effort at goal from just inside the box on the left but it's blocked! Griezmann trudges off as he's replaced by Monchu for the final few minutes. When Barcelona and Napoli played to a 1-1 draw at Stadio San Paolo so many months ago, Turner Sports was the exclusive English language provider of Champions League action in the U.S. The first half was full of action, with Lenglet heading in the opener before Messi produced a sublime solo goal. Napoli XI (4-3-3): David Ospina; Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Kostas Manolas, Kalidou Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Fabian Ruiz, Diego Demme, Piotr Zielinski; Jose Callejon, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne. It had been almost half a year since these two played out an edgy 1-1 draw in the first leg in Naples, which left this clash delicately poised. The subsequent free-kick is woeful, however, and flies over everyone and behind for a goal-kick. And despite losing his footing, he managed to regain his composure to curl a majestic finish into the far corner. Insigne also goes off for Milik - a more traditional striker - as Gattuso looks to go more direct in the closing stages. Barcelona Mertens was clipped by Rakitic inside the box and Insigne found the bottom corner from the spot. PENALTY APPEAL! They have no choice but to throw men forward in search of goals, but it may give the six-time Ballon d'Or winner more space to work with. Barcelona looked to keep their Champions League dreams alive at the Camp Nou against a young and talented Napoli side in their round of 16 second leg. Napoli were left to rue that opportunity as Barcelona grabbed the all-important opener on 10 minutes. Barcelona play some neat stuff down the left and Alba finds Rakitic on the edge of the box. Luis Suarez, Antoine Griezmann and Lionel Messi played in a fluid front three. Insigne crosses from a deeper position on the left and the substitute arrives in the box to meet it with his head, but it's at an awkward angle and he can only steer his effort over the bar! We've come to a stage in Messi's Barcelona career where he is truly indispensable to this side. However, there's a VAR check taking place. Luis Suarez knocked home the penalty (45+1) before Lorenzo Insigne capped off an intense first 45 minutes by scoring from the spot himself (45+5). Napoli's squad list Barcelona host Napoli on Saturday evening hoping to book their place in the Champions League quarter-finals. Barcelona are set to host Gennaro Gattuso's Napoli in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 tie in Spain.. Lenglet headed in the opener from a corner before Messi added a superb second. Hearn: Does Khan want Brit battle with Benn? GOAL!!! Quique Setién makes his Champions League debut at Barça's new coach, with a tough trip to Napoli at the round of 16 stage. There goes the half-time whistle! PENALTY! It's 2-0 to Barcelona now! Match Thread: Napoli vs Barcelona | UEFA Champions League. • Napoli's January signing … Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has said the club would laugh off any offer below £60m and, instead, value him at around £90m. Antoine Griezmann’s second-half equaliser gave Barcelona a slender away-goal-based advantage over Napoli after leg one. One more goal for the visitors and things would get very interesting. Until next time, goodbye! His dallying on the ball allowed Messi to nip in and his clumsy challenge through the back of him allowed Barcelona to extend their lead from the spot. 08 August 2020, 7:45 am; James Freemantle; Barcelona will be desperate to succeed in the Champions League this year after a disappointing LaLiga campaign but they must negotiate a tricky opponent in the shape of Napoli. Rui is found out on the left flank by Demme, but blasts a very ambitious effort well off target from some distance out. Napoli appear to be trying to exploit the space Barcelona are leaving in behind as their defenders look long towards the forwards, but Insigne is also offside from Kouliably's attempt to play him through. Lionel Messi then came to the party with a sumptuous effort (23) and had one chalked off harshly by VAR for handball. GOAL!! It's 3-1 now, and Napoli aren't quite out of the running yet! It's 3-1 to Barcelona at the break! GOAL!!! However, the set-piece comes to nothing. • Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso faced Barcelona six times in the UEFA Champions League as a player with AC Milan (W2 D2 L2). Lobotka is replaced by Demme in the middle of the park, with the former dropping to the bench. Juventus welcome Napoli to the Allianz Stadium in a titanic Serie A top-four six-pointer on Wednesday, with Andrea Pirlo’s future as manager hanging in the balance.. Pirlo has come under scrutiny after his side surrendered the league crown to fierce rivals Inter Milan, with Juve sitting 12 points adrift of top-placed Nerazzurri.. Napoli takes place, which promoted to the European cups. This time, the referee points straight to the spot! Suarez is withdrawn for left-back Firpo in stoppage time as Setien looks to see the game out. A fired-up Lionel Messi led Barcelona to a 3-1 win at home to Napoli on Saturday for a 4-2 aggregate victory which took the club into the Champions League quarterfinals for the 13th consecutive season where it faces Bayern Munich. The Champions League has finally returned. Opt in and bet £25 or more before 23:59 on Sunday to earn a free £5. vs Napoli. Lozano is involved almost immediately! VAR ruled out what would have been the Argentine's second, but awarded him a penalty that Suarez took and dispatched, before Insigne tucked away a spot-kick at the other end just minutes later. The Italian converts his penalty, striking low into the bottom-left corner! Barcelona substitutes: Konrad De la Fuente, Ronald Araujo, Oscar Mingueza, Jandro Orellana, Inaki Pena, Ansu Fati, Neto, Ludovit Reis, Junior Firpo, Monchu, Riqui Puig. • Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso faced Barcelona six times in the UEFA Champions League as a player with AC Milan (W2 D2 L2). The visitors are camped in their own half at the moment, their previous momentum seemingly lost. Messi has now scored against 35 different opponents in the Champions League, two more than any other player (Cristiano Ronaldo, 33). POST! POST! Napoli were now just spectators in the Messi show as he thumped home from close range following a superb Frenkie De Jong cross. He drops it back for Rakitic, who lifts a pass over the top for Messi down the left, but he can't generate any power on the stretch and Ospina gathers. The replays clearly showed the foul by Koulibaly and Suarez, with Messi receiving treatment, smashed home the penalty. It finishes 3-1 to Barcelona, who progress to the quarter-finals! The second half certainly hasn't had the same breathless tempo as the first. Staggeringly, Barcelona had just seven shots on goal in this encounter with Messi's influence in the final third absolutely massive. Gattuso makes a half-time change as Lobotka comes on at the base of midfield, replacing Demme. The three-goal cushion only lasted three minutes though with Napoli keeping themselves within touching distance by winning a penalty right on the stroke of half-time. They will have to be well guarded by defense Barcelona. Napoli are piling the pressure on with a succession of corners. The return pass never comes, however, and the defender is forced to jog back into position. Napoli scorers: Dries Mertens (30') Barcelona scorers: Antoine Griezmann (57') Venue: San Paolo. At the Camp Nou on Saturday, FC Barcelona took on Napoli in a Champions League last 16 second leg clash. Barcelona boss Quique Setien makes six changes following his side's final LaLiga game of the campaign - a 5-0 win over Alaves. 8:00pm, Saturday 8th August 2020. Barcelona's build-up play is immaculate and Suarez sweeps wide to Messi on the right. Griezmann is felled on the left wing and Messi takes the free-kick, but it's headed clear and Napoli try to break down their left, only for the final pass to go astray. Ruiz slips as he strikes a low effort towards the near post from outside the box, but it takes a nick off Lobotka and Barcelona have a corner. GOAL!! UEFA Champions League First Knockout Round. Messi is down on the turf holding his leg as he tried to nick the ball off Koulibaly in the Napoli box, who was attempting to play the ball and ended up kicking the Barcelona captain. Napoli: Ospina (6), Manolas (6), Koulibaly (5), Mario Rui (6), Fabian (6), Demme (6), Zielinski (6), Callejon (6), Mertens (7), Insigne (7) Barcelona boss Quique Setien has been in bullish mood ahead of the visit of Napoli in a Champions League round of 16 tie finely poised at 1-1 tonight, while Chelsea need a massive upset to overturn a 3-0 deficit to Bayern Munich. Suarez is also shown a yellow card for time-wasting as he walks off the pitch. Not the right decision. Late February 2020: Barcelonasettle for 1-1 draw to Napoli in first leg of Champions League round of 16 in Italy. Well, on this performance no elite side is going to fork out that sort of money in this current financial climate. March 2020: Barcelona lose 2 … INSIGNE SCORES!! 2019/20, Round of 16, 2nd leg. Barcelona have progressed from each of their last 19 Champions League knockout ties after avoiding defeat in the first leg away from home, only failing to progress once, going out to Juventus in the 2002-03 quarter-final (1-1 first leg, 1-2 second leg). Subs: Lozano (5), Milik (6), Lobotka (6), Politano (6) The game has been broken up slightly by that lengthy delay for the VAR check, and a few fouls have disrupted the flow of the play since. A lazy defensive clearance from Gerard Pique dropped to Dries Mertens inside 90 seconds but his effort wasn't clearly struck from 12 yards out and looped back off the outside of the post with Marc-Andre Ter Stegen merely a spectator. No decision has been made by VAR and this lengthy delay continues as the referee has another look. Zielinski is booked for hauling Messi down as he broke away. Three of Rakitic's last five assists in the Champions League have come against Italian sides, and his cross helps Lenglet collect his second career goal in the competition. Sunday, August 23Winners of SF1 vs Winners of SF2 (Estadio da Luz). WIDE! Barcelona have eased off, while Napoli aren't throwing caution to the wind just yet. After what feels like an age, Suarez steps up to the spot and sends Ospina diving the wrong way before dispatching the penalty into the top-right corner. Gattuso has clearly instructed his team to try and cut off the supply line to the forwards, and it's working so far. It's 1-0 to Barcelona! SUAREZ SCORES FROM THE SPOT! Roberto, Lenglet, Alba, Suarez and Messi are the five to keep their places in the side as a number of first-team regulars return. Barca will play Bayern at the Estadio da Luz on Friday, August 14 in a one-legged shootout to reach the semi-finals. Lionel Messi's magic to the fore in a VAR-frenzy of a first half; Barcelona to face Bayern in Champions League quarter-finals. Here's the result, what happened and what we learned from the fixture. Napoli have plenty of men forward as they try to work an opening, but there's some tired legs out there and they're not moving the ball with any real belief or urgency. He didn't waste the opportunity, powering a header into the far corner with Napoli appealing for a foul on Kalidou Koulibaly that wasn't there. They're attacking with a controlled aggression and making Barcelona uncomfortable. Rakitic whipped his corner into a good area with plenty of pace, and all Lenglet had to do was direct the ball back across goal. Both sides are trying to pick their way through the middle with short passes, but neither are moving the ball quickly or sharply enough to carve an opening. The Catalans … Barcelona vs Napoli. Barcelona: Ter Stegen (6), Semedo (6), Pique (6), Lenglet (7), Alba (7), Rakitic (7), De Jong (6), Roberto (7), Griezmann (6), Suarez (7), Messi (8) After surrendering rather meekly to Real Madrid in the La Liga title race, the Champions League is Barcelona's only hope of a trophy this season and Clement Lenglet got them off to the perfect start by heading home a Ivan Rakitic corner (10). Feb 25, 2020 at 5:26 pm ET Barcelona has a slight advantage in its Champions League round of 16 tie with Napoli after going to the San Paolo on Tuesday and earning a … Barcelona have qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals for the 13th consecutive campaign - no other side has ever done so in more than eight seasons running. Messi has been directly involved in 12 goals in his last six home Champions League knockout matches at Camp Nou (nine goals, three assists), scoring a brace in four of those five games. Barcelona vs Napoli: resumen, resultado y goles del partido de vuelta de octavos de final de la Champions League Champions League Messi comanda la victoria culé Barcelona vs Napoli Champions League betting preview: Gattuso's visitors to ruffle some illustrious feathers. BARCELONA TAKE THE LEAD! Hirving Lozano headed over from 12 yards with his first touch off the bench before fellow substitute Krystian Milik did find the net from a similar position but his celebrations were cut short by an offside flag that spotted his was half a yard offside. Napoli improved in the second half, but couldn't find the goals they needed. The referee has now been sent to look at the pitchside monitor! The Napoli defence will still be wondering how Lenglet became free from eight yards out following a Rakitic corner. Barcelona are working the ball around well but they're also pressing high when they do lose the ball, closing Napoli's defenders down in their own third and looking to force mistakes. Lozano heads a right-wing cross firmly down at goal from a tight angle on the left, but Ter Stegen doesn't deal with it and it pings off the base of the post before Semedo clears his lines! Barcelona's 36-game unbeaten home run in the Champions League is the second longest in Champions League and European Cup history, after Bayern Munich's 43-game run between 1969 and 1991. With Arturo Vidal and Sergio Busquets suspended, Roberto and Frenkie De Jong started in midfield. VAR are reviewing the incident. Politano plays a clever reverse pass to Di Lorenzo on the overlap near the right byline, but the right-back's fizzed cross is blocked and cleared! Suarez tries to bend one into the far-right corner after being found by De Jong down the left, but he sets the shot too wide and it doesn't have enough whip to take it back on target. OVER! RB Leipzig vs Atletico Madrid (August 13), Manchester City or Lyon vs Barcelona or Bayern Munich (August 19), RB Leipzig or Atletico Madrid vs Atalanta or Paris Saint-Germain (August 18). 2020 Camp Nou - Barcelona. There goes the full-time whistle! Barcelona kept their Champions League dreams alive Saturday at the Camp Nou as they defeated Napoli in their round of 16 second leg to advance … Barcelona will host Napoli at Camp Nou on Saturday the second leg of the round of 16, more than five months after their 1 … PENALTY! The goal settled Barcelona into their stride as Messi took centre stage. Manolas thinks he's released Mertens in behind with a pass from the back, but the Belgian had gone just too early and the flag is up for offside. It's Napoli's turn to be awarded a spot-kick as Mertens is felled in the area by Rakitic! It's almost like he's wearing an Argentina shirt such is the pressure on his shoulders to be the man to make a difference. Napoli needed to score twice to keep their Champions League dream alive but despite showing plenty of endeavour and having a goal ruled out for offside by Arkadiusz Milik, the Italians could not find a way past a hard-working Barcelona side. While Barcelona has struggled in La Liga, Napoli's resurgence under new coach Gennaro Gattuso culminated in a historic Coppa Italia win over Juventus in June as … Gattuso makes his second change of the night, bringing Politano on for Callejon to freshen things up in attack. It was Koulibaly that was supposed to be marking Lenglet from that set piece, too. FT: Napoli 1-1 Barcelona. • Napoli's January signing Matteo Politano came on as … He just went a fraction too early! The defender is one of the hottest properties in Europe, with his commanding performances over the past few seasons in Naples seeing him linked with Manchester City, Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain. The combined passing accuracy between both sides in this game was 91%; since full passing data is first available for the Champions League (2003-04), this is the highest passing accuracy for any game in the competition. UEFA Champions League First Knockout Round. The shot wrong-footed Ter Stegen, but the woodwork saves Barcelona! Alba fizzes a low cross into Suarez in the box and his shot is parried away by Ospina. Lozano also enters the fray, replacing Zielinski and giving Napoli an additional attacking option. Messi has been directly involved in 12 goals (9 goals & 3 assists) in his last six Champions League knockout stage games at Camp Nou. Di Lorenzo cuts inside from the right and finds a yard of space, but his left-footed shot is tame and tired and ends up being blocked away. It breaks for De Jong, who lifts a cross to Messi at the back post and the Barcelona captain calmly chests down despite pressure from Rui, before sidefooting over the diving Ospina from close range! 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