Goals and Highlights: Napoli 2-4 Barcelona in Europa League 2022

It's over! The match is over, Barcelona scores and advances to the round of 16.

Goal, goal, goal for Napoli! After Nico's mistake, Politano steals the ball and ends up shooting into the goal to shorten the lead.

Change by Nápoli. Insigne goes up and Petagna goes down.
Change by Barcelona. Enter Riqui Puig for Ferran Torres.

Barcelona changes. Nico, Dembéle and Luuk de Jong are replaced by Pedri, Aubameyang and Traoré.

Napoli changes. Fabián Ruíz and Osimhen for Ounas and Ghoulam.

Close! Osimhen received a long ball, but when he shot at goal, the ball went wide.

Goalkeeper! Aubameyang arrived alone, but the ball was too far forward and ended up in Meret's hands.

Goal, goal, goal for Barcelona! Aubameyang receives the ball inside the box to shoot and increase the visitors' lead.

Osimhen's spherical shot, but Alba ends up interceding and deflecting the ball away.

Zielinski's shot, but the ball is deflected.

The second half of the second half gets underway in Italy.

The second half of the second half gets underway in Italy.

At the end of the first half, Barcelona dominates the match.

Goal, goal, goal for Barcelona! Great collective play that ends with Piqué receiving the ball, controlling it and with an accurate shot he increases the lead.

Traoré's cannon shot ends up crashing into Rui.

Osimhen appeared inside the area looking to create danger, but Araújo intervened and prevented him from shooting.

Powerful shot by Ferran Torres, but the ball ends up in the hands of Meret.

Insigne's shot, but the ball goes too wide and misses a clear chance.

Busquets' ball to Aubameyang, the latter shoots at goal, but it goes wide.

Goal, goal, goal for Napoli! Insigne scores in an extraordinary way and ends up scoring for the home team.

Penalty for Napoli! Stegen pulls Osimhen inside the box and the referee awards a foul

Goal, goal, goal for Barcelona! Ferran Torres' through ball to Frenkie de Jong, who blasts home from outside the box to increase the lead.

Prior to the start of the match, both teams took out this banner to give a message in support of stopping the war that is starting between Ukraine and Russia.

Goal, goal, goal for Barcelona! Aubameyang makes a good run, setting up Adama Traoré, who crosses for Jordi Alba to score with his right foot and open the scoring.

Napoli and Barcelona kick off the action.

Before kickoff, Napoli and Barcelona players kneeled in support of what is happening in Ukraine.

M. ter Stegen; J. Alba, R. Araújo, G. Piqué, S. Dest; Pedri, S. Busquets, F. de Jong; F. Torres, P. Aubameyang, Adama Traoré.

A. Meret; G. Di Lorenzo, K. Koulibaly, A. Rrahmani, M. Rui; F. Ruiz, D. Demme, E. Elmas, P. Zielinski, L. Insigne; V. Osimhen.

The Napoli is already in the building, ready for the return leg of the important match against Barcelona.

Barcelona will be without Ansu Fati, Depay, Sergi Roberto, and Umtiti for this match.

Barcelona is already in Naples waiting for the match against Napoli to start, looking to qualify for the quarterfinals.

Di Lorenzo spoke ahead of the match: "It's going to be a difficult game. We know their qualities. We are prepared. 

Spalletti spoke about the upcoming matches: "We don't have to think about the run of matches. We can't rotate too much either. We have to trust in the squad".

This is what the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium looks like before the match between Napoli and Barcelona.

𝗕𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗱𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮 #NapoliBarça pic.twitter.com/U9zgVgzY4F

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) February 24, 2022

Gerard Piqué is back to play in this important match and look for the qualification of the blaugranas.

Only one Spanish team has ever beaten Napoli at home in ten meetings.

We are back for the duel between Napoli and Sevilla. We will shortly share with you the most relevant information of the match as well as the confirmed line-ups.

In a few moments we will share with you the Napoli vs Barcelona live starting lineups, as well as the latest information from the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona. Keep an eye on the action with VAVEL's minute-by-minute live online coverage. 

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Xavi spoke ahead of the return leg against Napoli: "It's an extra motivation. It's an honor to play in the Diego Armando Maradona, he's a player who moved us all, who was a reference for any footballer in the world. Even now we still watch videos of Maradona and we still get excited."

"Messi has appeared, but otherwise we would be talking about the best footballer of all time, and he was in his period. He was a player who marked an era and we still remember him. It's a responsibility, an honor, and an extra motivation to play a great game in Diego Armando Maradona's stadium."

"It's not the Champions League but it is a European competition, with prestigious rivals. We want to show that we can be competitive and we have no choice but to try to be competitive. If we are at our level we will have options, but I predict a very tough match".

"We are taking steps forward, but we have to insist more than ever. We are close if we play like we did in Valencia, against Atlético. For now the sensations are very good and the results are 50%, we need more results".

Spalletti spoke ahead of this match: "I am convinced that he will be on our side. God is with us", although he clarified: "Today we don't have a Maradona but all together we can do it. We must become memorable for our fans. We want to build a serious group that wants to express the spirit and ambitions of Napoli."

"At press conferences you have to come with your homework done if you are a journalist and you should know that in European competition Meret is the goalkeeper we use".

"Whoever fights can lose, but whoever doesn't fight has already lost. We will have to take risks and dominate. We must immediately show our intentions or we will be knocked down."

 "I see it as a very difficult match. We are going to try to be soldiers sent into battle to conquer a position."

"Barcelona is one of the strongest in the world. They miss Messi, but they have the same good players in every position. Our goal is to resemble their will."

"They are Barcelona without Messi, but they are on the road to be that team again, they have very talented players. To win we will have to be aggressive."

"There is no favorite. Both sides want to win before extra time. Whoever doesn't fight can't win. We have to go out and make decisions. The opponent is going to want to command, but we have to show that we want to carry the pace of the game."

Osimhen is a fierce player. It's not easy to follow him because he's very fast. We will have to play with a short team because he has conditions that not everyone has".

"Politano, Osimhen, Fabian have recovered.... In these matches anything can happen, but we can field a strong team. Insigne will start from the beginning, a player with personality and quality to lead the match."

"In the end it will be on our side. We can be a team worthy of Maradona, who was always ready to applaud the good game because he was used to playing it".

Marc ter Stegen; Jordi Alba, Eric Garcia, Ronald Araujo, Serginho Dest; Frenkie de Jong, Sergio Busquets, Gavi; Ferran Torres, Pierre Aubameyang, Ousmane Dembele.

David Ospina; Juan, K. Koulibaly, A. Rrahmani; M. Rui, P. Zielinski, D. Demme, G. Di Lorenzo; D. Mertens, Elif Elmas; A. Petagna.

Barcelona arrives after beating Valencia four goals to one, a score that encourages the team led by Xavi to give a good match, as they are in a good mood.

Napoli comes to this match after not taking advantage of the opportunity and ending up tying against Cagliari at one goal, a situation wasted by the team from Naples, so they will seek to win in this match.

The last match ended in a 1-1 draw between Barcelona and Napoli at the Nou Camp, so this match will define who will advance to the next round.

The Napoli vs Barcelona match will be played at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, located in Naples, Italy. The stadium has a capacity of 54,726 people.

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