Barcelona travel to the Diego Armando Maradona this evening to take on Napoli in the second leg of their Europa League tie. They drew the first leg 1-1 at Camp Nou last Thursday; Piotr Zielinski fired the Italians into a first-half lead only for Ferran Torres to draw the Blaugrana level just shy of the hour mark.
Barcelona followed that draw up with an impressive 4-1 win away at Mestalla against Valencia on Sunday and will hope to continue in that vein of form when they travel to Italy. Napoli, on the other hand, only managed a 1-1 draw away at Cagliari.
Napoli are expected to set up in a 4-3-3 with Alex Meret starting in goal behind a back four of Giovanni di Lorenzo, Kalidou Koulibaly, Juan Jesus and Mario Rui. Fabian Ruiz, Diego Demme and Zielinski will play in midfield behind a front three composed of Elif Elmas, Victor Osimhen and Lorenzo Insigne.
Barcelona are expected to set up in a 4-3-3 with Marc-Andre ter Stegen starting in goal behind a back four of Sergino Dest, Gerard Pique, Ronald Araujo and Jordi Alba. Sergio Busquets will anchor midfield alongside Gavi and Pedri. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Adama Traore and Ousmane Dembele will lead the line.
#UEL Nápoles-Barça: Un título en juego
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— Mundo Deportivo (@mundodeportivo) February 24, 2022
I pray that Barcelona will win today’s europa league match against Napoli