Barcelona will be looking to secure an advantage when they welcome Napoli to Camp Nou on Thursday evening for the first leg of their knockout round playoff clash in the Europa League.
Barcelona will be looking to secure an advantage when they welcome Napoli to Camp Nou on Thursday evening for the first leg of their knockout round playoff clash in the Europa League.
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Match: Barcelona vs Napoli, Europa League
Date: February 17, 2022
Time: 11:45 PM (IST)
Venue: Camp Nou
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Thursday’s contest will be Barcelona’s first-ever clash in the Europa League, having failed to progress to the knockout round of the Champions League for the first time in 17 years, finishing third in Group E behind Bayern Munich and Benfica, losing three of their six games in the process. This is not the tournament that the Catalan giants will want to be competing in, but it represents their only realistic chance of silverware this term, having been eliminated from the Copa del Rey, while they sit fourth in La Liga, 15 points behind leaders Real Madrid following Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Espanyol in the derby.
Barcelona, who lost to Paris Saint-Germain in last season’s Champions League round of 16, last played in the UEFA Cup back in 2003-04, reaching the fourth round of the competition before losing to Celtic. The La Liga outfit has also worryingly lost three of their last five European home fixtures, but they are unbeaten in their last eight UEFA Cup matches at Camp Nou, recording five wins in the process.
Ter Stegen: Dest, Pique, Garcia, Alba; F de Jong, Busquets, Pedri; Traore, Aubameyang, Gavi
Barcelona might be lacking experience in this competition, but the same cannot be said for Napoli, who are appearing in the knockout round of the Europa League for the ninth time, which is a competition record alongside Ajax and Olympiacos. The Italian outfit has been eliminated in the round of 32 on five occasions, while they reached the round of 16 in 2013-14, quarter-finals in 2018-19, and semi-finals in 2014-15; the Serie A giants were underwhelming in the competition last term, though, losing to Granada in the round of 32.
Napoli booked their spot in the knockout round of this season’s competition by finishing second in Group C, picking up 10 points from their six matches against Spartak Moscow, Leicester City, and Legia Warsaw. Luciano Spalletti’s side will enter this contest off the back of a 1-1 draw with Inter Milan in Serie A on Saturday, which has left them in the third position in the table, just two points behind leaders AC Milan, so they are very much in a title race this season.
Ospina; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Anguissa, Ruiz; Elmas, Zielinski, Insigne; Osimhen
This should be a cracking game of football, as both sides will believe that they can hurt the other in the final third of the field. Goals must be expected at Camp Nou on Thursday, and we are backing an entertaining 2-0 which would leave the tie delicately poised ahead of the return fixture in Italy.
Barcelona has shown tremendous improvement under Xavi and will need to build on their impressive form this month. The Catalans outplayed Atletico Madrid last week and cannot afford to underestimate their opponents this weekend. There is no waiting in line or having to go to a store to buy a piece https://clickmiamibeach.com/ of software. Barcelona is the better team at the moment and should be able to win this game.
Barcelona 2-0 Napoli, as predicted by us.