Fabian tries to work the ball through to Mertens in the left inside channel, but Pique gets across on the slide to clear it away from danger. Barca flood forward in numbers in their first attack of the game, but the home side hold firm at the back. Zielinski wins possession from Firpo and he raids forward before teeing up Mertens to score. Barcelona are beginning to find their passing rhythm to threaten the Napoli goal. However, since soccer restarted, City and Real have seen differences in their form. 1-1!! Vidal tries to nod it towards Griezmann, but the flick evades the Frenchman. The visitors are enjoying an early spell of possession in the Napoli half, with the home side content to sit in their shape. 22/10/2020 UEFA Europa League Game week 1 KO 18:55 Venue Stadio San Paolo (Napoli) 0 - 1 57' D. de Wit (assist by J. Svensson ) Certain Data by Stats Perform. But, the surprising thing about Ancelotti’s sacking is that it came less than THREE HOURS after he guided them to the knockout stages of the Champions League. Europa League scores: Napoli, Real Sociedad, Young Boys advance on Matchday 6; Tottenham win group ... December 10, 2020. It's an awkward one under Ospina's bar, but the keeper holds his nerve to make the claim. Griezmann brings down Insigne on the charge and goes into the book. Considered by many as the greatest manager of all time, the Spanish coach has as good a chance as any this season to finally bring the European success that was expected of him. Arthur replaces Rakitic in the Barcelona midfield. However, a trip to face the Stadio San Paolo is not straight forward as Napoli proved by beating the holders earlier in the campaign. Goal! Barcelona have been firing well wide of the mark since soccer resumed, whereas Napoli have only lost once since the restart (including winning the Coppa Italia on penalties against Juventus). The home side take the lead through an incisive break and super finish from Mertens. Possession Statistic – Has it become overrated in the modern game? Vidal makes a headbutt notion. They're off the pace for the top four in Serie A, but they have beaten Cagliari and Brescia to provide momentum to take on Barca and spring an upset on the Spanish outfit. In the miniseries so far I’ve looked at Atalanta and Atletico, Barcelona and Bayern Munich and Chelsea and Juventus. Champions League - 8 August 2020 Follow the Champions League live Football match between FC Barcelona and Napoli with Eurosport. Inter and Napoli both want to be there to capitalise whenever Milan slip up. Sign up today. Rewind 12 years to August 2008 and that’s when things all started to change for the blue side of Manchester. GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!! Barcelona reclaimed their place at the top of LaLiga at the weekend courtesy of a 5-0 thrashing of Eibar. Same competition, different manager, Gattuso’s Napoli were drawn in the Round of 16 against FC Barcelona – The Diego Maradona derby. Stadio Diego Armando Maradona - Napoli. Messi tries to work his way through the Napoli defence down the right inside channel, but he just loses the ball out for a goal-kick. Squad / Appearances; Transfers; Manager history; Players from A-Z; Historical squads; Napoli’s Piotr Zielinski was pleased after the side progressed to the last-32 stage of UEFA Europa League 2020-21 following a 1-1 draw against Real Sociedad in their group stage fixture. Have your say on the game in the comments. Antoine Griezmann’s equaliser cancelled out a fine opener from Napoli’s Dries Mertens to give Barcelona a 1-1 draw and the upper hand in their Champions League last-16 … If you aren’t familiar with Gattuso, he’s the type of man who could start a fight in a phone box. Mertens is released into space down the left flank and he goes for a cross into the box that just evades Callejon, although the forward was offside anyway. 2019/20, Round of 16, 1st leg. Messi twists and turns in the final third, but he cannot find the space. Barca pass the ball from left to right to look to open up the Napoli defence, but there's no space for them to exploit in and around the box. Napoli and Real Sociedad both advanced from a tightly contested Europa League group after a 1-1 draw on Thursday, with Willian Jose netting a … It's a dangerous tactic to employ against Messi and company. Vidal receives two yellow cards in the space of a second. Messi tries to work a cross into box from the right flank, but it deflects off Mario Rui and safely into the hands of Ospina. Demme makes way for Allan in the middle of the park. Space opens up for Messi on the charge and he has support in the final third. Semedo makes a good run down the right flank and he sends a low cross into the middle for Griezmann to score. Did they all go extinct? He made the best save of the year against napoli in the last minutes and liverpool went through the group stage. The classy Italian boss has won the Champions League three times and has managed some of the world’s biggest clubs (Real Madrid, Chelsea, PSG and Bayern Munich to name but a few). Get a report of the Barcelona vs. Napoli 2019-20 UEFA Champions League, Round of 16 football match. ... 24/02/2020 Live Napoli vs Barcelona preview. Goal! Napoli-Barcelona UEFA Champions League 2019/20 . Napoli are next in action against in Serie A on Saturday against Torino on home soil, while Barcelona have their biggest match of the season when they play Real Madrid in El Clasico at the Bernabeu. The 2020 UEFA Champions League Preview returns with two more of the 12 sides left competing to be crowned Europe’s finest. Barcelona finally discover their cutting edge in the final third and just like that they have the vital away goal. They've quelled the threat of the visitors and have the lead. He's not happy, but he has to go. The Catalan club were strong in the group stage, winning four and drawing two of their matches. The club, that had spent most of its history in the shadow of same city rivals Manchester United, was purchased by the Abu Dhabi United Group. NAPLES, ITALY - FEBRUARY 24: Lionel Messi of Barcellona ahead of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg match against SSC Napoli on February 24, 2020 in Naples, Italy. Semedo collects on the right flank, only to send his cross behind for a goal-kick. ... — Champions League on CBS Sports (@UCLonCBSSports) December 10, 2020. What is wrong with Arsenal and how does Mikel Arteta fix it? Umtiti is fouled in the box by Manolas from the resulting corner and the referee awards a free-kick to the visitors. GRIEZMANN EQUALISES!!!! Sociedad, Napoli squeeze through to Europa League last 32 AFP December 10, 2020 AFP No Comments Paris (AFP) – Real Sociedad snatched qualification for the last 32 of the Europa League in the final seconds on Thursday after Willian Jose’s late leveller in a 1-1 draw at Napoli and AZ Alkmaar’s shock 2-1 defeat at Rijeka allowed the Spanish side to progress. GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!! MERTENS SCORES A STUNNER!!!!!! NAPOLI SUBS: Alex Meret, Allan, Eljif Elmas, Sebastiano Luperto, Matteo Politano, Elseid Hysaj, Arkadiusz Milik. Inside UEFA ... Vote now for your TEAM OF THE YEAR 2020 . Callejon battles Firpo down the left flank and he wins the ball, only to hear the whistle for a foul against the Barcelona left-back. 6 - #Napoli have scored the most Serie A 2020/21 goals via substitutes (6, … Los Blanco emphatically topped La Liga winning 10 of their remaining 11 fixtures, and drawing one (against Leganes on the final day of the season after they’d already been confirmed as Champions). I certainly wouldn’t bet against Napoli progressing, but they’ll need huge performances from the likes of Kalidou Koulibaly, Allan, Lorenzo Insigne and Dries Mertens. Milik replaces the forward. The Barcelona man slides in hard on the Napoli left-back and goes into the book for the challenge, but the two go nose-to-nose. He somewhat ironically, perhaps poetically won the Champions League under Ancelotti’s tutelage for AC Milan in 2003. Yahoo Sports - NBC Sports Network. Lenglet is on for Pique, who hobbles off the pitch. He was the player that showed up the most in key situations but ppl still praise vvd as the one with most merits for their ucl title. Napoli 1, Barcelona 1. Napoli 1-1 Barcelona: Champions League last 16 - as it happened Antoine Griezmann’s second-half equaliser gave Barcelona a slender away-goal-based advantage over Napoli after leg … Messi collects on the edge of the box and he tries to slide an offload towards De Jong on the charge, but Manolas makes the interception. The Champions League round of 16 contenders have confirmed their winter squad changes. OFF! SSC Napoli » Appearances Champions League 2019/2020 . Callejon latches on to an offload from Fabian on the right flank and he fires a low ball looking for Zielinski, but it deflects off Firpo and into the hands of Ter Stegen. Have your say on the game in the comments. Now that means, alphabetically, it’s the turn of Manchester City and Napoli. Assisted by Nélson Semedo. A man who himself lifted the UCL twice as manager of Barcelona, and once as a player for the same side, Pep Guardiola. Now that means, alphabetically, it’s the turn of Manchester City and Napoli. It's not a good sign for the Catalan club ahead of El Clasico at the weekend. Napoli’s all-time top scorer on life in Italy and surpassing Maradona. Callejon is withdrawn for Politano in the final third. #NapoliRealSociedad Ospina takes a gamble at the back offloading towards Demme under pressure from Messi, but the midfielder scoops it away from danger. Constant. Vidal collects on the right flank from Rakitic and lifts a cross into the box. In 2016 one man was brought in with the sole purpose of changing that. It’s set up to be an interesting conclusion to a fascinating fixture. Ter Stegen does well under pressure play the ball away from Mertens at the back. City can take solace knowing Madrid will be without Sergio Ramos at the back, who has been in the form of his life of late, due to suspension. It might leave them open at the back though. But the way the game hinges, it promises to be exciting and the must-watch fixture of the round, expect goals! Mertens takes one touch before curling his effort away from Ter Stegen into the top-right corner. 1-0 NAPOLI!!!! However, City turned up to the Santiago Bernabeu and played Real off the park, running out 2-1 winners on the night claiming two potentially vital away goals to take back to the Etihad. Track every club's performances in the UEFA Champions League and European Cup, including statistics, video and details of top players. 2020 has been horrible for tight ends besides the usual... You might not like it, but Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney is right about Ohio State. Content ©2018 Vendetta Sports Media All Rights Reserved. But back to the boss, the cool, collective demeanour of Ancelotti was replaced by a coach who in all honesty couldn’t be any more different. Never far away from a red card, he was a tough-tackling midfield enforcer in his playing days. Barcelona make the trip to Italy to face Napoli in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie having put together a three-match winning streak in La Liga. Honduran side Olimpia start their CONCACAF Champions League campaign on the back of a sensational run of from that has seen them win their last nine consecutive matches. Yes, they won the EFL Cup back in March, but Manchester City were blown away in the domestic league by Liverpool, albeit finishing comfortably second, and were recently knocked out of the FA Cup Semi Finals by Arsenal (managed by Pep’s former right-hand man Mikel Arteta). Napoli were impressive during the group stage, remaining unbeaten in their six matches, which included a 2-0 triumph over Liverpool on home soil. Messi collects in the Napoli half, but as soon as he tries to turn there are three players around him to close the space. Their reward for blitzing their group? JuJu Smith-Schuster Has Gone Full Blown Diva It turns out the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree. Liverpool-Napoli live incidents, goals, cards, substitutions, lineups, statistics, formations Liverpool 1-1 Napoli - Champions League 2019/2020 Live EN ES TR IT FR AR RU The home side have also enjoyed a strong recent run, registering three victories in all competitions to boost their chances in Serie A and the Coppa Italia. Fantasy Basketball season starts soon! Good evening and welcome to the first leg of the Champions League round-of-16 clash between Napoli and Barcelona at the Stadio San Paolo. City finished seven points clear at the top of Group C, after some dominant performances against Atalanta, Shakhtar Donetsk and Dinamo Zagreb. …

I certainly wouldn’t bet against Napoli progressing, but they’ll need huge performances from the likes of Kalidou Koulibaly, Allan, Lorenzo Insigne and Dries Mertens. He won the competition again with Milan in 2007. Demme gets caught late by Busquets, but the home side are awarded a foul only in their own half. Only a... What happened to the NFL tight end? Country: England ## England International ; Worldwide ... SSC Napoli » Appearances Champions League 2019/2020. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski. They went unbeaten (three wins, three draws) in Group E, which also featured Red Bull Salzburg, Genk and last year’s winners Liverpool. It has been a disciplined effort from the home side thus far. UEFA Champions League Match Report for Barcelona v Napoli on 8 August 2020, includes all goals and incidents. Meaning, all that’s left to play for for Pep’s men is the Champions League. In fact Napoli became the first side to beat Liverpool in 90 minutes this season when they ran out 2-0 winners in September. 2019/20, Group stage - Group E. Napoli 2-0-17/09/2019. All rights reserved. Busquets tries to lift a ball over the top for the run of Semedo, but the ball skips off the pitch and out for a goal-kick. First their Champions League hopes are on the line against Napoli, and then they visit Real Madrid in an explosive top-of-the-table La Liga megaclash on Sunday. The Portuguese sends a low cross into the middle for the unmarked Griezmann, who hammers a right-footed effort past Ospina. It might be Busquets last warning before a card is produced. The Napoli winger is not happy with the official. Gennaro Gattuso's men enter tonight's contest in good form, winning their last three matches on the bounce. Mertens has to make way after Busquets challenge. However, Manolas cuts out his pass to Griezmann, who was in acres of space in the left inside channel. It may force Napoli out of their defensive shape. Barca are trying to pull Napoli out of their shape at the back, but once again the sky blue shirts are holding firm in their shape. The Position Has Basically Died. They win a corner on the right flank as Maksimovic diverts a Messi effort behind. Vidal and Rui have a melee at the end of the game. Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney Is Right About Ohio State. Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Until next time, goodbye. Zielinski probes down the right flank and he goes for the low cross into the middle, but his delivery is repelled by Busquets. We're back underway at the Stadio San Paolo. Rui then puts Busquets under duress and he wins a free-kick for the home side. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Thanks for joining our commentary this evening. He receives quite a send from the home supporters. Stadio Diego Armando Maradona - Napoli. OVER! The Citizens scored 16 goals in six group games to more than comfortably progress to the Round of 16. Pique tries an ambitious pass forward that sails into the hands of Ospina. Europe » Champions League - 2019/2020 - Champions League Grp. Quique Setien faces an important team-talk at the interval to get his side going in the second half otherwise they're heading into the return leg with a deficit to overturn. BARCELONA SUBS: Arthur, Neto, Clement Lenglet, Riqui Puig, Ansu Fati, Ronald Araujo, Sergio Akieme. There will be five minutes of added time. Barcelona have been pedestrian in the final third and second to every 50/50 in the contest thus far. Next is the turn of Italian side Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, or Napoli for short. The first leg at the Stadio San Paolo finished 1-1 thanks to goals from Dries Mertens and Antoine Griezmann. The game is still there for both teams to win, but there needs to be an improvement in the quality in the final third. Barcelona are back in the game as Griezmann converts from close range. Hundreds and hundreds of millions of pounds, four Premier League titles, five EFL Cups and two FA Cups later and the club is still yet to achieve it’s endgame ambition of lifting the Champions League. 05/11/2020 UEFA Europa League Game week 3 KO 18:55 Venue Stadion HNK Rijeka (Rijeka) R. Murić 13' (assist by S. Kulenović ) 1 - 0 Not everything has gone to plan this year. Gattuso will be thrilled with the standard of his side's performance. Zielinski nods the ball into the path of Insigne, but he can only send his strike from 20 yards over the bar. In recent times, mention Barcelona and the word "crisis" probably isn't too far behind. Champions League 2019/2020: Ajax - Atalanta - Atletico - Barcelona - Bayern - Benfica - Chelsea - Cl.Brugge - Dinamo Zg - Dortmund - Gsaray - Inter - Juventus - Leipzig - Leverkusn - Lille - Liverpool - Lokomotiv - Lyon - Man City - Napoli - Olympiacs - PSG - RC Genk - Real - Red Star - Salzburg - Shakhtar - Slavia - Tottenham - Valencia - Zenit Heading into a second leg at the Camp Nou is a daunting prospect for most teams in most seasons, but now may well be the best time for Napoli to find themselves in that exact situation. But this season in Serie A, things didn’t go well for Ancelotti and Napoli. Napoli-Liverpool UEFA Champions League 2019/20 . They started the campaign under the stewardship of one of the best in the business, Carlo Ancelotti.