The longest hour – until the next one – is now for her Barcelonawho is dueling with the Naples (22:00) at “Diego Armando Maradona” in the round of 16 Champions League and wants to get a head start on qualifying for the quarterfinals.
The Spaniards want to “beautify” the poor season they are passing through Europe by facing a team that is also in a bad situation and on their bench will sit for the first time the Francesco Calzonawho was also in the “partenopei” in the past, as an assistant to Maurizio Sarri and Luciano Spalletti.
Characteristic of the importance of today’s match for the “Blaugranas” is that they are returning to the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time since March 10, 2021 or rather 1,077 days later. Then, his Barcelona Lionel Messi had faced Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 in Paris, coming off a 4-1 defeat in Barcelona and wanting a minor miracle to get through to the quarter-finals. Finally, Ronald Koeman’s team he did not make it with a 1-1 draw giving the ticket to the ‘8’ to the French.
Indicative of how much Barcelona has changed since then, is the fact that just four of the 22 players of the mission are in Naples for tonight’s battle! Specifically, Ter Stegen, Inaki Peña, Frankie De Jong, Pedri were at the Parc des Princes and remain on the Spanish roster, while Sergi Roberto was also playing at the time, but was out of the squad.
Source: Sport Fm
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