In the early morning of February 18, Beijing time, the first leg of the Europa League knockout play-off ended a match focus battle, Barcelona home against Napoli. In the end, Barca fell behind 0-1, relying on Ferran Torres's penalty to draw 1-1 with Napoli, the team played 33 games in all competitions this season, only 13 wins, the winning rate of only 39.4%, the worst win rate since the 1943-44 season, 78 years of shame record was born.
Barca have performed poorly in the Champions League this season, finishing third in the group, missing the knockout rounds again after 21 years and being forced to participate in the Europa League knockout play-offs. In addition, Barca did not sign well in the play-offs against Serie A powerhouse Napoli.
According to big data forecasts, Barça has only an 8% chance of winning the Europa League, tied for third, and has played napoli twice, Barca 3-1 at home and 1-1 away, 32 at home against Italian teams, but also achieved 21 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses.
In the 29th minute of the first half, Elmas crossed from the right, Zelinski followed up with a shot that was blocked, and immediately completed the supplementary shot into the net, the referee verified by VAR and determined that the goal was valid, Napoli 1-0 lead.
In the 58th minute of the second half, Adama Traore's cross hit the palm of a defender and the referee watched the video replay and awarded a penalty before Ferran Torres took the lead to help Barcelona equalise 1-1.
Scoring this penalty does not mean that Felan Torres is the savior, and missed the opportunity to kill in the 92nd minute of the game, resulting in Barca finally drawing 1-1 with Napoli, unable to win at home, after the game, Felan Torres seemed very remorseful, he could not hide his tears.
In the whole game, Barca had a 67% possession rate, a total of 21 shots on goal, only 5 shots on target, napoli only 4 shots on goal, all shots on target, reflecting the huge gap between the two teams' offensive efficiency.
This draw made Barca's promotion full of dangers, after 12 European knockout rounds in the first leg of the home draw with the opponent, the final only 5 promotions, the probability is 42%, the opponent Napoli in the previous 12 European first leg away draws, and finally all advanced.
For manager Xavi, the Copa del Rey and the Western Super League are out, la liga is not a winner, the Europa League is no longer moving forward, facing the season four empty.