This is the first time in the history of the two teams to meet in the official competition, and it is also the first time that Macy came to the Sao Paulo stadium to play.
Xinhua News Agency, Rome, February 25 (Li Mengqing) on the 25th, in the first round of the 1/8th final of the Champions League, Naples drew with Barcelona at the home court of Sao Paulo 1:1, naples striker Mertens tied the club’s goal record in this match.
This is the first time in the history of the two teams to meet in the official competition, and it is also the first time that Macy came to the Sao Paulo stadium to play. After the opening, Barcelona had an advantage in controlling the ball, while Naples tried to make a breakthrough in speed. In the 30th minute, the home team broke the deadlock with a historic goal of YILI. After Zelinski broke the ball, he broke through the penalty area and sent it out. Meltens vigorously shot the goalkeeper and scored. This was his 121th goal in Naples, it took only 310 games to catch up with the club record created by the Slovak Hamsik with 520 games.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Barcelona midfield player buskitz raised his foot too high and kicked meltens yellow. Meltens was injured and replaced by milick. In the 57th minute, Barcelona played a wonderful cooperation. Through successive successful reverse offside, greezman finally took Semedo in the penalty area and scored the ball and equalized the score. Since then, the attacks on both sides have become more and more brilliant, but they have not been able to score again. Barcelona was hit again and again at the end of the game. He fouled bydar and had a conflict with the other players. He was sent off with two yellow cards, while the defender Pique was injured in the make-up stage. In the end, the two teams drew 1 to 1.
The head coach of Naples Gattuso said after the game: “Barcelona was likely to hit us hard, but they almost shot right a few times, but we turned each other’s first mistake into a goal, I am a little disappointed that we failed to create more offensive opportunities and win more possession percentage. There can be no small mistake against a team like Barcelona.”
Barcelona coach Setien complained: “The team failed to break the defense line of Naples with sharpness and patience tonight.”