Barcelona drew Napoli 1-1 in the Champions League.
Napoli’s Khvitša Kvaratskhelia (left) and Barcelona’s Jules Koundé fought for the ball. PDO
Barcelona and Napoli entered this season as the reigning champions.
At the beginning of February, both knew that the only chance for success this spring would only be found through the Champions League.
In other words, the quarterfinals would mean the loss of all hope for the other.
The fear of defeat marked the start of the match at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium. Barcelona was more active in the beginning, but the further the match progressed, the more ideas of Napoli’s game were found.
The hosts had changed the head coach just before the match, but at least not yet Francesco Calzona the instructions had not reached the Sinisis.
The visiting team relied on experience in their game. 35 years old Robert Lewandowski and 33 years old İlkay Gündoğan you want the routine of Champions League winners in the group.
32 years old at the hour mark Iñigo Martínez started the attack by passing the ball To Peter. The playmaker passed the ball to Lewandowski, who fired Barça into the lead.
The story continues after the picture
Robert Lewandowski scored Barcelona’s lead. PDO
A quarter of an hour later, Martínez would have dug stones into his pocket. The Nigerian star in a basque top by Victor Osimhen in front and opened the way for equalization.
Osimhe did not need another invitation.
A surprise loss for Arsenal
In the last ten minutes, panic hit Barcelona’s game. Napoli was clearly the weaker team on the field, but despite that they were able to press the game Marc-André ter Stegen to the goal.
However, the best place in extra time fell like stealth to Gündoğan, but the German couldn’t get his shot to hit between the posts. This way, after three weeks, we will continue from the 1-1 situation.
In the second quarter-final of the evening, Porto, who performed cheerfully, kept Arsenal 0-0 at their own Dragão stadium. The match was already ending without a goal, until the brass platform of the hosts Galen completed a valuable 1–0 winning goal in the fourth minute of extra time.
The deciding parts of the quarterfinals will be played on March 12 in Barcelona and London.