At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 25, the second leg of the 2021-22 Europa League knockout play-off ushered in a focus battle: Napoli vs Barcelona.
In terms of the overall strength of the two companies, it is naturally the big favorite to win the Europa League, and the first leg was at Camp Nou, and the two sides fought a 1-1 draw. Who can qualify? A lot depends on the strength to play and the degree of desire for the championship.
The two have been out of the domestic cup field, the hope of the league championship is not much, and naturally there is no idea of voluntarily abandoning the Europa League.
Napoli only "ceded" Champions League qualification to Juventus in the final round of Serie A last season, and this season's Europa League group stage eventually came in second place in the group and could only play play-offs with the third place in the Champions League group.
Barcelona finished third in the Champions League group stage and fell to the Europa League.
In the league, the trend of the two is different. In the first half, Napoli led the way unbeaten for a long time, and the recent record was unstable, and the three champions have fallen behind Milan's double. Barca's league record fell to a new low in nearly two decades in the first half, and after Xavi replaced The coaching Corman, the record began to rebound, and recently atletico has pushed Atletico to sit in the fourth place in the La Liga table. Of course, Napoli theoretically still has the hope of winning the championship, after all, after 26 rounds of Serie A, it is only 2 points behind the top OF THE TABLE AC Milan, and the 28th round of Napoli will also usher in a direct dialogue with AC Milan at home, and the real opponent of the championship is the defending champion Inter Milan, who has the same score in the first round of the championship. Barca trailed Real Madrid by 15 points in the first round of the junior round, and it is unlikely that they will catch up.
Yes, Barca started 433, Aubameyang, Ferran Torres and Traore formed a forward trident, all three of them were new signings who joined Barca in the winter window, midfielders Frankie De Jong, Busquets, Pedri, four defenders Alba, Araujo, Pique, Dest, goalkeeper Ter Stegen. Harvey has no reservations.
Napoli started 4231, Osmayne played in the center, in the forward line Insigne, Zelinsky, Elmas, double back Dem, Fabian Ruiz, four defenders Mario Rui, Koulibaly, Lamani, Di Lorenzo, goalkeeper Meret. Spalletti is also the main force.
After the match began, Barca launched a counter-attack. Traore took the ball in the middle and went all the way forward, broke through the layers of blockades, and then crossed the right side, quickly inserted Alba to rush to the horse, a foot to push, the ball into! Barca lead Napoli 1-0.
In the 12th minute, Ter Stegen drove to the middle of the field, Phelan Torres, who was running in place, slammed his heels, Frankie De Jong took the ball and burst in, to the top of the arc to shoot with his feet, Meret did not react, the ball was scored! Barca extended the score to 2:0.
In the 22nd minute, Ter Stegen brought down Osmayne in the penalty area and the referee awarded a penalty, which Insigne took the lead. Napoli pulled a goal back.
In the 45th minute, Pique scored. Barca led Napoli 3-1.
In the second half, Barca continued to strengthen their attack, and in the 59th minute, Traore sent a wonderful cross from the right and Aubameyang pushed the goal. Barca extended the score to 4:1.
In the 87th minute, Barca made a mistake at the back and was hit by Politano who seized the opportunity to score the goal.
In the end, Barca beat Napoli 4-2 away and advanced 5-3 on aggregate over two legs.