Quote from: bitLeap on Today at 10:24:11 AM

Quote from: entertheabyss on Today at 05:54:18 AM

Napoli couldn't secure a winning score against Blaugrana in the first leg and its pure motivation for Barcelona to fight back in the second leg. Barcelona will hosts Napoli in the second leg of round of 16, an important game that deserves the big winning from the exact club that clinched on winning form. Nobody gets a clear view except for clubs that have fought really hard to enter significant phase in the UEFA Champions League. Xavi Hernandez will ensure everything works smoothly as plan for his side because he already missed out on the La Liga title race but the UEFA Champions League will be intact for them this season.

That's what I want to see where Barcelona gives Napoli a crushing blow. At home, at least Barcelona can control the game more freely, for Napoli I don't think they want to lose easily. In terms of strength, it can now be said to be equal, but in terms of creating opportunities for young players, Barcelona is definitely superior. What I see from Barcelona's attack line is that they only need Lewandowski and Yamal in on-fire condition because Napoli only has 1 mainstay, namely Osimhen, no one else.

However, the problem is that Barcelona's problems have not ended after two key players were left behind due to injury and perhaps their midfield was not strong enough to handle the ball. The absence of De Jong and Pedri will make quite a significant difference and looking at previous matches in the domestic league they are quite difficult to win at home. Xavi knows what he has to do and the Champions League is not the same competition as the domestic league and here if they lose then they have to be eliminated.

The round of 16 second leg at home to Barcelona will be decisive and Napoli certainly wants to send Barcelona home sooner than this phase. In fact, the performance of the two teams is not much different, only with the lack of players, Barcelona is a little better than Napoli and as you said, using young players is one of the advantages that Barcelona has. Lamine Yamal is expected to produce good results later and as the youngest player he can be a solution to the deadlock that Barcelona often encounter.