In the early morning of February 18, Beijing time, in the first leg of the Europa League play-off, Barca drew 1-1 at home to Napoli, and failed to win the Europa League for the first time in 18 years. Jelinsky took the lead, Adama Traore made a penalty, Ferran Torres equalized, scored for the first Europa League goal of his career, and missed many scoring opportunities.
Game highlights
Barca played in the Europa League for the first time since the 2003–04 season and have not kept a clean sheet in their last five home matches. The player who scored Barca's goal in the Last Europa League was Celtic Player Thompson in March 2004.
Ferran Torres is the 50th Barça player in team history to score on his European debut, scoring a penalty for the first time in his career, scoring four of his last five games, scoring two goals and two assists, scoring the first Europa League goal of his career. Barca's last Europa League goal was Cocu in March 2004.
Wonderful review
The two teams have met in the past 2 games, with Barca winning 1 and drawing 1, winning 4-2. Aubameyang started for the first time since joining, with Mingeza, Eric Garcia and Nico Gonzalez rotating.
In the 5th minute, Ferran Torres knocked back and Pedri pumped a shot just high.
On 15 minutes, Nico Gonzalez's right-sided stop in the penalty area was smoothed off and a small angled shot was blocked by the goalkeeper.
Two minutes later, Pedri crossed and Aubameyang's low flat shot was deflected wide.
In the 22nd minute, Jelinsky's backfield was blocked and Osmayne's low shot from a tight angle burst into the box from the left flank was blocked by Ter Stegen.
In the 23rd minute, Pedri picked out a pass, Adama Traore formed a single knife in the middle, Koulibaly chased back at high speed, Aubameyang's provocative shot was blocked by goalkeeper Merete, and the referee signaled offside.
On the 28th minute, Aubameyang crossed in time and Felan Torres' shot from the middle of the penalty area was deflected wide.
In the 29th minute, Elmas's right-sided stop on the penalty area flashed past Alva, the inverted triangle knocked back, Jalinski's low left-footed shot was blocked by Ter Stegen, and Jelinsky's right-footed shot was pumped into the top corner of the goal, 1-0.
On 45 minutes, Pedri crossed from the right and Ferran Torres' header deflected off the top. In the 53rd minute, Nico's low shot was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
In the 58th minute, Adama Traore's cross from the right flank hit Juan Jesus' hand, the referee returned to the video and awarded a penalty, and Ferran Torres took the penalty low into the bottom left corner of the goal, 1-1.
In the 63rd minute, De Jong split the ball and Aubameyang cut inside on the left flank and fired high from distance. Dembele came off the bench and camp Nou booed. On 71 minutes, Ferran Torres fired high with a free-kick.
On 77 minutes, Aubameyang's diagonal pass was blocked and Dembele's shot from the right side of the penalty area was blocked. In the 88th minute, Dembele neche crossed, Pedri cleverly knocked back on his heels and an undefended Felan Torres on the left side of the penalty area fired high.
In the 90th minute, Dest's cross from the right was deflected off the goal by Luc De Jong's barbed shot. A minute later, Mertens' volley from the middle of the penalty area was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
Statistics
Appearances line-up
Barcelona (4-3-3): Ter Stegen, Mingeza (81' Dester), Pique, Eric Garcia, Alva, Nico Gonzalez (65' Garvey), De Jong (65' Busquets), Pedri, Adama Traore (65' Dembele), Aubameyang (85' Luc De Jong), Ferran Torres
Napoli (4-2-3-1): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rahmani, Koulibaly, Juan Jesus; Favian Ruiz, Anguiza (85' Marku); Elmas (85' Mario Rui), Jelinsky (80' Deme), Insigne (72' Onas), Osmaine (80' Mertens)