In the early hours of February 25, in the Europa League knockout play-offs, Barca beat Napoli 4-2 away to advance to the round of 16 by an aggregate score of 5-3. In this game, Aubameyang once again contributed to Barca.
Aubameyang joined Barca from Arsenal as a free agent in the winter window in January, where he scored a hat-trick in last weekend's 4-1 win over Valencia and now scored for Barca in a convincing victory over Napoli.
Just 8 minutes into the game, Alba opened the scoring for Barca in a quick counter-attack to help them take the lead. Five minutes later, Frankie De Jong shot from outside the penalty area for another shot.
In the 22nd minute, Napoli saw hopes of recovering the score when Barca goalkeeper Ter Stegen brought down Osmayne in the penalty area and Insigne scored a penalty to rewrite the score to 1-2.
However, a few minutes before halftime, Pique whipped in with a left-footed shot into the net. Aubameyang then scored his fourth goal in the 58th minute to seal the victory for Barca.
Substitute Politano scored a comforting goal with four minutes left in regular time, but Barca kept the score at 4-2 until the end.
The new signings have performed well
Aubameyang scored a hat-trick in Barca's 4-1 win over Valencia, a match he scored again; Traore contributed two assists; Andean Torres was also impressive.
In an effort to support new manager Xavi, Barca completed three important signings in the winter window, and the recent performances of these players have paid off.
Unstoppable Traore
Traore joined Barca on loan from Wolves and has come here to bring immediate results to the team and become a regular starter in the new strikeline combination.
Traore's explosive speed has the potential to cause trouble for any opponent, which was particularly damaging in the match against Napoli, who could not find any solution in the face of his threats.
In this match, the Spain international provided assists to Alba and Aubameyang respectively.
Although Traore was loaned to Camp Nou, if he maintains this level of performance, then a permanent joining of Barca is just around the corner.
Harvey's reconstruction has yielded initial results
Xavi was only named Barca manager in November last year, and his only previous coaching was at Al Sade Club in Qatar.
However, in just three months, Xavi's ideals have been successfully implemented and Barca's performance has begun to improve.
After a 4-1 win over Valencia in the 25th round of La Liga, Barca have moved up to 4th in the table. Today, they beat Napoli to advance to the Round of 16 of the Europa League.
The victory was based on Xavi's philosophy of oppressive tactics, which clearly overwhelmed Napoli. To the opponent, this seems to be an unsolvable proposition.
Barca's first two goals were both made by launching a quick counter-attack from the back. While Barca and Xavi are characterised by "Tiki-taka" and rhythmic passing, they clearly have many other weapons.
Naples lost another European war
For Napoli, it was another season of losing in Europe.
Since Inter won the Champions League in 2010, no Italian team has won a trophy for the European season. Napoli's only success in the Europa League dates back to the Maradona era in 1989.
In this Europa League, Napoli barely qualified from the group stage, so far, they have participated in the Europa League four times, and have fallen in the first round of knockout rounds for the third time.