Barca Napoli Leg 1

Lionel messi barcelona wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Barca napoli leg 1. Barcelona grabbed an away goal as they came from behind to draw against napoli in the first leg of their champions league last 16 tie in italy. Dries mertens curled in from 18 yards in the first. Barcelona 3 1 napoli article body first half goals from clément lenglet lionel messi and luis suárez set up an evening of relative comfort for barcelona. Second half ends barcelona 3 napoli 1.

With the tie evenly poised at 1 1 after february s first leg. Barcelona vs napoli live stream match report. Quique setién set barcelona up in a 4 3 3 formation against the 4 1 4 1 napoli used. Season by season guide extensive all time stats plus video highlights of every final to date.

Their setup was subtly different to napoli s because they used both their central midfielders and wide attackers lionel messi and antoine griezmann in deeper and narrower positions which encouraged nélson semedo and jordi alba to advance from full back and to provide their width. Barcelona are favourites on paper to advance after managing a 1 1 draw away to napoli back in march but nothing is straightforward for the spanish side at the moment. Official uefa champions league and european cup history.