When it comes to performance decline, then at least Barcelona and Napoli are both experiencing a decline in performance at this moment . But indeed, although Barcelona and Napoli are both experiencing a decline in performance, at least Barcelona still has better quality. Also, when comparing the quality of the coach, at least Xavi is also still a better coach compared to Mazzarri and therefore,basically Barcelona still has a chance to qualify for the quarter-finals by beating Napoli in this round of 16.
Well, hopefully Lewandowski performance will also improve for the match against Napoli later because after all, atleast Lewandowski is also still a Barcelona goal machine. But ya, the point is Napoli made the wrong decision I guess because ya, Napoli chose the wrong coach to lead in an era like this and it was a mistake.
Barcelona is not in any way in comparison with Napoli even though Napoli has shown some positive results in their last game and even at that in terms of statistics, Barcelona is still very much ahead of them and for sure be in the champion leagues, Barcelona will give many clubs a hard time and a run off for any of their winnings or even draw.
I am sure Barcelona may not lift the championship trophy this season but then there is the possibility of them placing themselves in a good position that can easily propel them to possible success.
Indeed, if you look at the statistics of the last 4 meetings between the two teams, Barcelona have not once lost to Napoli, but it seems difficult for us to continue to rely on the curent statistics, especially since both teams as a whole have experienced many changes so it can be said that the statistics will probably not apply in the next match.
So far, Napoli have experienced difficult conditions in the league, but it looks like they will try to focus on the Champions League as their main focus at the moment, and As the two teams that came out as champions last season, of course we will see a high intensity match taking place in the first leg.
The first leg match will be played in February, so both teams still have plenty of time to improve their respective weaknesses when the transfer window opens in January.