The referee of Barcelona-Naples was in a dream and a nightmare culés

The past month of February, the FC Barcelona initiated against the Naples in the stadium of Saint Paolo the eliminatory of the Champions League. Like this the things, in the party of gone of the eighth of final, the culés saw how Dries Mertens advanced to the group of Gennaro Gattuso in the first time, but fortunately Antoine Griezmann appeared to transform in the tie (1-1) one of the few occasions culés in the party.

After a stop of three months by the coronavirus and to having finished the domestic competitions in a compressed calendar, touches to restart the maximum continental competition, something that sucederá this week. This Saturday, in a Camp Nou without public, will contest the duel of turn of eighth of final between the FC Barcelona and the Naples with the note to the final of eight of Lisbon at stake.

The meeting between Catalans and Italians already has date since this Thursday the UEFA announced Cuneyt Çakir like the referee designated for the meeting of the Camp Nou. To his 42 years, the Turkish has a dilated path that endorses him, as well as a big experience in parties of European elite and a big prestige like one of the best referees of the continent.

Cuneyt Çakir Has arbitrated to the FC Barcelona in until ten occasions and two of them were, for the well and for the bad, historical nights for the barcelonismo. One of them arrived the past season, when it consummated the hecatombe of Anfield with the 4-0 that the Liverpool lumbered with him to the team of Ernesto Valverde and that supposed the elimination in spite of the victory culé by 3-0 in the gone of the Camp Nou.

Nevertheless, Cuneyt Çakir also was the referee of another historical night much more pleasant for the barcelonismo: the final of the Champions League that the FC Barcelona played against the Juventus of Turín in 2015. In that occasion, the Barcelona team imposed by 3-1 to the 'bianconero' thanks to the goals of Ivan Rakitic, Luis Suárez and Neymar to finish raising the 'orejona'.

To face or cross in Champions League

In the present season, the FC Barcelona has fracasado in the Supercopa of Spain, the Glass of Rey and LaLiga Santander, by what the Champions League is the nail burning to the that holds the team of Quique Setién not to close the course in white. The party against the Naples​ only has to be the first stone of a competition in which the culés have to leave the soul.