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44% Ball Possession NAPOLI and 56% Ball Possession BARCELONA
Napoli 2 – 4 Barcelona 
23′ Lorenzo Insigne (pen) 8′ Jordi Alba
86′ Matteo Politano 13′ Frenkie de Jong
. 45′ Gerard Piqué
. 59′ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Napoli failed the mission. Napoli lost the UEFA Europa League Playoffs game, Second Leg, against Barcelona on Thursday 24 February 2022 at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Napoli, Italy. The humiliation is without a decent adjective losing this home game and being eliminated. Barcelona advanced to the Round of 16 with an aggregate result 5-3.
🏆👉 UEFA Europa League Playoffs: Result BARCELONA 1 – 1 NAPOLI, Thursday 17 February 2022
Barcelona opened the score in the 8th minute. Jordi Alba defeated Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Adama Traoré.
🏆👉Napoli 0 – 1 Barcelona, 8th minute, ⚽️ goal by Jordi Alba for @FCBarcelona with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Adama Traoré https://t.co/KeEk2xp0au pic.twitter.com/8K1oEFYgmq
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 24, 2022
Chaos for Napoli conceding another goal. Barcelona scored in the 13th minute, Frenkie de Jong with a right-footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Ferran Torres.
🏆👉Napoli 0 – 2 Barcelona, 13th minute, ⚽️ goal by Frenkie de Jong for @FCBarcelona with a right-footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Ferran Torres. https://t.co/3yDeksbNxT pic.twitter.com/7YNd0jrKRr
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 24, 2022
Napoli shortened the distance for the 1-2 in the 23rd minute. Forward Lorenzo Insigne defeated Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen converting a penalty with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The penalty is conceded by ter Stegen after a foul on Victor Osimhen.
🏆👉Napoli 1 – 2 Barcelona, 23rd minute, ⚽️ goal by Lorenzo Insigne for @en_sscnapoli converting a penalty with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The penalty is conceded by Marc-André ter Stegen after a foul on Victor Osimhen. https://t.co/uFjNLH8pde
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 24, 2022
The first half ended with a late goal in the 45th minute by Gerard Piqué with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner following a corner conceded by Mário Rui.
🏆👉Napoli 1 – 3 Barcelona, 45th minute, ⚽️ goal by Gerard Piqué for @FCBarcelona with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner following a corner conceded by Mário Rui. https://t.co/zug4PfErPz pic.twitter.com/5WIAYkBupg
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 24, 2022
Whatever is happening to Napoli???? Barcelona increased the score with a 4th goal in the 59th minute. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, practically sealing the game, with a right-footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Adama Traoré.
🏆👉Napoli 1 – 4 Barcelona, 59th minute, ⚽️ goal by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for @FCBarcelona with a right-footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Adama Traoré. https://t.co/1gC9IhIWYb pic.twitter.com/WyzXnlwNXq
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 24, 2022
Napoli with a last minute gasp scoring for the 2-4 in the 86th minute. Matteo Politano scored with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
🏆👉Napoli 2 – 4 Barcelona, 86th minute, ⚽️ goal by Matteo Politano for @en_sscnapoli with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. https://t.co/oLrmoCKhjl pic.twitter.com/zcc29SZyuP
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 24, 2022
✅ Stats before the game. Including the preliminaries, only one Spanish team has won in Naples in European competitions in 10 previous (3D, 6L), Real Madrid’s 3-1 in the Champions League in March 2017. In major UEFA competitions, Barcelona have beaten six different Italian away teams (Fiorentina, Inter, Juventus, Lazio, Milan and Udinese), more than any other formation. Napoli, like Roma, is one of the two teams that the blaugrana have faced, but not beaten. Napoli have passed the round on all eight occasions in European competitions in which they drew the first leg away, the most recent in the round of 32 of the Europa League in 2013/14 against Swansea City (0-0 in the first leg, 3-1 on the way back). Napoli have won the last two home games in European competitions, scoring three goals in each game: the Neapolitans have not won three home European games in a row, scoring 3+ goals in each match since 2015.
Photo via twitter.com/en_sscnapoli
Lineup Napoli (4-2-3-1): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Fabian, Demme; Elmas, Zielinski, Insigne; Osimhen.
Lineup Barcelona (4-3-3): ter Stegen; Dest, Araujo, Piqué, Jordi Alba; Pedri, Busquets, De Jong; Adama Traoré, Aubameyang, Ferran Torrres.
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📺 Click the video to watch Napoli – Barcelona highlights including all goals on Thursday 24 February 2022
Russian Referee Sergei Karasev will be assisted by Assistant Referee 1: Igor Demeshko (RUS) and Assistant Referee 2: Alexey Lunev (RUS). The Fourth Official will be Kirill Levnikov (RUS). The VAR will be Pol van Boekel (NED). The AVAR will be Dennis Higler (NED). The Referee Observer will be Peter Sippel (GER) .
Photo via twitter.com/en_sscnapoli
Barça XI#NapoliBarça
💪🟦🟥 pic.twitter.com/dHFQwgtaKk— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) February 24, 2022
🏆👉Napoli vs Barcelona, Match Officials
UEFA Europa League🗓️Thursday 24 February 2022
🏟️Diego Armando Maradona
⏲️18:45🙍♂️Referee: Sergei Karasev
🚩Assistants: Igor Demeshko and Alexey Lunev
4⃣ Fourth Official: Kirill Levnikovhttps://t.co/TddOwnOuZH@Domii_Torello @socios pic.twitter.com/64Kuk9tbxU— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 23, 2022
🏆👉First half is over Napoli 1 – 3 Barcelona
⚽️Goals: 8′ Jordi Alba (B), 13′ Frenkie de Jong (B), 23′ Lorenzo Insigne (pen)(N), 45′ Gerard Piqué (B)
✍️Ball Possession: 41% @en_sscnapoli and 59% @FCBarcelona
✅ https://t.co/x5SbBouTLZ@Domii_Torello @TheCalcioGuys @socios https://t.co/0YoJFgh0lh
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 24, 2022
🏆👉Result Napoli 2 – 4 Barcelona
⚽️Goals: 8′ Jordi Alba (B), 13′ Frenkie de Jong (B), 23′ Lorenzo Insigne (pen)(N), 45′ Gerard Piqué (B), 59′ Aubameyang (B), 86′ Matteo Politano (N)
✍️Ball Possession: 44% @en_sscnapoli and 56% @FCBarcelona
✅ https://t.co/x5SbBouTLZ https://t.co/gkH6U11qCQ
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 24, 2022
Photo via twitter.com/en_sscnapoli
2021 – 2022 UEFA Europa League
Playoff Round Second Round
Napoli 1 – 4 Barcelona
Thursday 24 February 2022
Diego Armando Maradona Stadium
Napoli, Italy
18:45
Referee: Sergei Karasev (RUS)
Assistant Referee 1: Igor Demeshko (RUS)
Assistant Referee 2: Alexey Lunev (RUS)
Fourth Official: Kirill Levnikov (RUS)
VAR: Pol van Boekel (NED)
AVAR: Dennis Higler (NED)
Referee Observer: Peter Sippel (GER)
Goals: 8′ Jordi Alba (B), 13′ Frenkie de Jong (B), 23′ Lorenzo Insigne (pen)(N), 45′ Gerard Piqué (B), 59′ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (B)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
Lineup Napoli (4-2-3-1): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Fabian, Demme; Elmas, Zielinski, Insigne; Osimhen.
Subs: Politano, Ospina, Ounas, Idasiak, Ghoulam, Juan Jesus, Mertens, Petagna, Zanoli.
Coach: Luciano Spalletti.
Lineup Barcellona (4-3-3): ter Stegen; Dest, Araujo, Piqué, Jordi Alba; Pedri, Busquets, De Jong; Adama Traoré, Aubameyang, Ferran Torrres.
Subs: de Jong, García, Gavi, Riqui Puig, Braithwaite, Tenas, Neto, Mingueza, Dembélé, Nico Gonzalez.
Coach: Xavi.
