Napoli-FC Barcelona: Line-ups for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16

The FC Barcelona wants to show from this Wednesday to the 21:00 of the night that can arrive far in this Champions League. The culés visit to the Napoli in the Stadium Diego Armando Marandona to play the gone of the eighth of final with the intention to take out a positive result that do the simplest turn. The Barcelona, in spite of the doubts and to not arriving in a big moment of form, are better of what are the napolitanos, that saw like the Monday was sacked his already ex trainer, Walter Mazzarri, to hire to Francesco Calzona.

Xavi Hernández knows that the Barça has to take advantage of the doubts that can have the partenopeos right now to go out of the Campania with a victory under the arm. Thus, the technician barcelonista has decided to take out to the that could consider his current eleven of gala. The one of Terrassa has not touched too much the alignment regarding which came using these last meetings, and only there is an important novelty, that is not another that the presence of Iñigo Martínez in the centre of the defence.

Alignments of the Napoli-FC Barcelona of eighth of Champions

• XI of the Napoli: Meret; I Gave Lorenzo, Rahmani, Oestigaard, Olivera; Lobotka, Traoré, Zambo Anguissa; Politano, Kvaratskhelia and Oshimen
• XI of the FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Koundé, Araújo, Iñigo, Cancel; Christensen, Frenkie of Jong, Gündogan, Pedri; Lamine and Lewandowski.
• Bench of the FC Barcelona: Iñaki Crag, Astralaga, Joao Félix, Oriol Romeu, Raphinha, Vitor Roque, Sergi Roberto, Fermín, Casadó, H. Fort, Guiu and Cubarsí.

The presence of Iñigo is the only thing that could surprise in the XI that Xavi has taken out to win to the Napoli. The trainer has preferred to throw of the experience and the know be of the Basque, that is more accustomed that Cubarsí to appointments of this level. The canterano, in spite of his big performance from his debut and that was being usual headline these last meetings, will expect his opportunity in the bench.

Also it is necessary to stand out that Andreas Christensen repeats like pivote and that the Barcelona, therefore, will go back to go out with four midfield players. The technician culé trusts more in this system when it has to play important parties and thus it has opted for keeping it, since these last weeks at least to level of results is working well. With this training, therefore, Lamine Yamal from the right, and Robert Lewandowski in the centre, will go back to be the big offensive references of the group blaugrana.