The Barcelona passes the round and is already in the round of 16 Europe League, competition in which they are one of the favorites. The great game of Xavi Hernandez before him Naples It wouldn’t be so important if it weren’t for the fact that the Catalans haven’t stepped foot in this round of this tournament since… 2004!
That year the Barcelona directed it Frank Rijkard and he was not going through his best moment. On League the team was in free fall and in Europe everything was going to be even worse. In the round of 16 of the cup UEFA (ancient Europa League), the culés faced the Celtic… and fell 1-0 on aggregate in the tie.
As a curiosity, Xavi Hernández started as a player… now he will have the opportunity to recover 18 years later. Next to him, footballers of the stature of Ronaldinho, Puyol or Motta. In the League, that season they raised their heads and finished in 2nd place.
Aubameyang makes blood in Naples
As a curiosity, Aubameyang completed the perfect circle against Napoli. The Gabonese played in the lower categories of the AC Milan and scored his first European goal against Naples. It was with the jersey of Dortmund 3-1 in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League 2013/14.
This Thursday he saw the door again against the Naples, a team that has never been bad: He faced him with the Arsenal in the quarterfinals of the Europe League in 2018-19.