UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, February 24, 2022
Barcelona WWDDW 4
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Napoli WWDDD 2
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2nd Leg - Barcelona advance 5-3 on aggregate · Diego Armando Maradona · 37,858 att.

Match Report

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Barcelona thrash Napoli on vintage night to reach Europa League round of 16

Barcelona turned in a classy display as they beat Napoli 4-2 in their Europa League playoff second leg at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium..

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
19
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
6
3
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
2
55.8
Possession
44.2
16
SHOTS
7
6
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
520
Accurate Passes
379
572
Passes
449
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
2
10
Crosses
9
0.0
Cross %
0.2
42
Long Balls
39
24
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
12
11
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
4
6
Effective Clearances
10
6
Clearances
10

Head to Head

BAR leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 20Piotr ZielinskiAM
  7. 4Diego DemmeLM
  8. 8Fabián RuizRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneAM-L
  11. 7Eljif ElmasAM-R

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 3Gerard PiquéCD-L
  3. 4Ronald AraujoCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2Sergiño DestRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 21Frenkie de JongLM
  8. 16PedriRM
  9. 25Pierre-Emerick AubameyangF
  10. 19Ferran TorresLF
  11. 11Adama TraoréRF

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Napoli 0, Barcelona 1. Jordi Alba (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adama Traoré following a fast break.
  2. 13' Goal! Napoli 0, Barcelona 2. Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ferran Torres.
  3. 23' Goal! Napoli 1, Barcelona 2. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 45' Goal! Napoli 1, Barcelona 3. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Diego Demme.
  6. 56' Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 59' Goal! Napoli 1, Barcelona 4. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Adama Traoré.
  8. 62' Fabián Ruiz (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 62' Substitution, Barcelona. Gavi replaces Sergio Busquets.
  10. 73' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  11. 74' Substitution, Napoli. Adam Ounas replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  12. 74' Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Victor Osimhen.
  13. 74' Substitution, Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Adama Traoré.
  14. 75' Substitution, Barcelona. Luuk de Jong replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
  15. 75' Substitution, Barcelona. Nico González replaces Pedri.
  16. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  17. 82' Substitution, Barcelona. Riqui Puig replaces Ferran Torres.
  18. 87' Goal! Napoli 2, Barcelona 4. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  19. 90'+3' Gavi (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.