Barça has already 'struck' Napoli in the Champions League and Europa League in 2020 and 2022

The FC Barcelona already knows to his rival in the eighth of final of the UEFA Champions League. In this occasion, the square of Xavi Hernández will confront to the Napoli of Italy, that at present finds in the 'top 5' of the Series To and classified to this instance like second of the Group C.

The first crossing between culés and napolitanos is programmed for 13 February in the Stadium Diego Armando Maradona, and the second party will play on five March in the Montjuïc. It fits to stand out that this will be the fifth and sixth time in which both groups measure strengths. Up to now, the combined Barcelona has obtained good results in these clashes, having won twice and empatado in the others two occasions.

The precedents between the Barça and the Napoli

In this sense, is not necessary to go so far to observe the last meeting between both squares. It is necessary to trace back to the campaign 2021/2022, when the blaugranas did not attain to surpass the phase of groups of the Champions League and fell in the Europe League. In said competition, confronted to the 'Partenopeos' the dieciseisavos of final.

In the gone of this series, that took place on 17 February 2022 in the Spotify Camp Nou, the party finished in tie 1-1. The Napoli would be the first in marking, with a goal of Piotr Zieliński to the minute 29. Nevertheless, the Barcelona attained to equalise the marker afterwards that the referee Istvan Kovács, after reviewing the VAR, signalled a hand inside the area napolitana. Ferran Torres would be the attendant to invoice sure enough the maximum penalty to the minute 59. In this crossing, the one of Foios was one of the main offensive arguments of the combined of the City Condal, that dominated the actions, but had difficulties to concretise the opportunities of goal because of the fortín defensive staged by the Italians.

Napoli 2-4 Barça, turn of the dieciseisavos of the Europe League 2021/2022

Now, in the party of turn, the history was very different for the culés. In this clash, that took place on 24 February, the combined Barcelona showed his hierarchy and a remarkable capacity to concretise opportunities. In the first 15 minutes, capitalised the defensive errors of the Napoli and annotated two targets: one of Jordi Alba to the 9' and another of Frenkie of Jong to the 13'. These annotations decanted quickly the eliminatory in favour of the blaugranas.

The 'Partenopeos' answered with a so much after it sanctioned them a penal. The referee Sergey Karasev, after reviewing the VAR, considered that Marc-André ter Stegen committed a fault on Victor Osimhen. Lorenzo Insigne converted the penal to the minute 23, approaching to the napolitanos with a marker of 1-2. Nevertheless, at the end of the first-half, Gerard Hammered annotated the third goal for the Barça, calming the spirits of the Italian team.

In the second part, the Barcelona annotated his last goal of the party to the minute 59, this time through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, what complicated even more the meeting to the combined 'celestial'. The Italians attained to convert his second so much in the minute 87, thanks to Matteo Politano, but this only served to decorate the result. At the end, the Catalan cast obtained a conclusive victory, showing his implacabilidad in attack and cancelling the offensive game of the Naples. With this result, the culés ensured deservedly his pass to the eighth of final of the competition.

Napoli 1-1 Barça, gone of the eighth of final of the Champions 2019/2020

The others two clashes between these combined developed in the same context in which they will confront próximamente. In this sense, it is necessary to trace back to the season 2019/2020. In that series, both clubs confronted in the eighth of final of the UEFA Champions League, and in this occasion the Barcelona went out victorious after attaining a tie in the duel of gone in Naples and a conclusive victory in the party of turn in the City Condal.

In the crossing of gone, that played on 25 February 2020, the marker finished empatado 1-1. In this commitment, the 'Partenopeos' advanced in the electronic with an annotation to the minute 30, but the Barça equalised the actions to the 57' thanks to a target invoiceed by Antoine Griezmann. Although the Barcelona had a discreet performance in the first-half, found better opportunities in the second part and attained to rescue a tie in a party in which in moments seemed that it could lose.

Barça 3-1 Napoli, turn of the eighth of final of the Champions 2019/2020

Now, in the party of turn, the Catalan picture showed an impressive offensive power home and attained a conclusive victory by 3-1. In this commitment, the Barcelona jumped to the lawn of the Spotify Camp Nou with determination, looking for carry the party and define the eliminatory in the first-half. They attained to annotate three goals: Clément Lenglet to the 10', Leo Messi to the 23' and Luis Suárez to the 45+1' from the penal point. The Napoli answered with a so much of penal executed by Dries Mertens to the 45+5'. Nevertheless, after this, the marker did not have more changes, since both teams did not generate a lot of opportunities in the second half. With this victory, the Barcelona sealed his classification to the quarter-finals, where would measure to the Bayern Munich.