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00:00The playoff round begins with a classic encounter in one of the true cathedrals of football
00:06Barcelona versus Napoli, in the cap now
00:09It's the first time since 2004 that the Catalan giants haven't been involved in the Champions League knockout phase
00:16and they've been handed a tough assignment against the Neapolitans
00:21who are in the thick of a title race at the top of Serie A
00:25The last time they lifted the trophy, Diego Maradona was their inspiration
00:29He enchanted the city of Naples following his transfer from Barcelona
00:34and these two clubs are united in his memory once more tonight
00:38before the second leg in Italy next week in the stadium, which now bears his name
00:46And it's an early evening kick-off in Barcelona, but a very healthy crowd here to watch this game
00:53and it promises to be a fascinating 90 minutes
01:00And Napoli are not lacking support inside the stadium either
01:08A number of these Barcelona players were very, very young the last time they played outside the Champions League
01:15but that is the reality for Xavi's team
01:19and they will face a Napoli side who are currently enjoying a tremendous run in Italy's Serie A
01:29Many of the fans here tonight are understanding of the bigger picture currently for Barcelona and Xavi
01:41and they know that progress in the UEFA Europa League is very important to the club for a number of reasons
01:50Both coaches have picked very strong teams
02:01A host of big names on both sides, Lorenzo Insigne, the captain of Napoli
02:09Gerard Pique will take the armband for Barcelona
02:20This should really be an occasion to savour
02:28Barcelona have a very good record against Italian clubs, particularly here
02:36Napoli have won only one of their previous eight two-legged ties
02:42against Spanish clubs and that was back in 1992
02:51Barcelona, a club which has been on its knees for so much of the season, now rediscovering its swagger
03:06Barcelona against Napoli is a big game in whatever the competition
03:18The Europa League has a marquee match-up in the play-off round
03:24Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang making his full debut for Barcelona tonight
03:34Barcelona, a club which has been on its knees for so much of the season, now rediscovering its swagger
03:42Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang making his full debut for Barcelona tonight
03:50Barcelona, a club which has been on its knees for so much of the season, now rediscovering its swagger
03:58Barcelona, a club which has been on its knees for so much of the season, now rediscovering its swagger
04:06Barcelona, a club which has been on its knees for so much of the season, now rediscovering its swagger
04:15Barcelona, a club which has been on its knees for so much of the season, now rediscovering its swagger
04:45Barcelona, a club which has been on its knees for so much of the season, now rediscovering its swagger
04:51Barcelona, a club which has been on its knees for so much of the season, now rediscovering its swagger
05:15Four changes for Napoli from the 1-1 draw with Inter in Serie A
05:20Alex Meret was their regular goalkeeper playing during the group stage
05:24Juan Jesus returns at left-back
05:26Andre Franca and Guizzo will add his quality to midfield
05:29and Elif Elmas, who scored the clinching goal against Leicester in the group stage on matchday 6
05:35will be in the trio behind Victor Osime
05:38and a warm greeting between Xavi
05:42and Luciano Spalletti
05:46and there were concerns about the fitness of Victor Osime
05:50right up until kick-off but he's able to start for Napoli
05:57and Abameyang looking to shine on the European stage once again
06:46Two clubs who were graced by the late, great Diego Maradona
06:52in action in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League
06:57Napoli wearing all white, defending the goal away to our right in the first half
07:06and here is Pique
07:08making his debut in this competition after 128 games
07:14in the Champions League
07:20so many of these Barcelona players have been perennials
07:24in Europe's top competition
07:31this is now very important for their season
07:35Nico Gonzalez
07:37quickly challenged by Juan Jesus
07:40but Gonzalez is able to find Traore one of the sidings during January
07:47Koulibaly came across and no free kick has been given
07:53and if Traore is given the opportunity to
07:57use the room down the right then Napoli could have problems but
08:02Koulibaly doing enough on this occasion
08:04these two clubs have met before
08:07in the round of 16 in the Champions League
08:10two years ago
08:12Barcelona came through 4-2 on aggregate
08:16the departed Messi and Suarez were
08:19on the score sheet
08:21in the second leg here
08:26Senior scored the goal for Napoli and of course
08:30Fabian Ruiz
08:32is caught by Traore, a player who has
08:37been courted by Barcelona for some time
08:42Xavi, 17 years as a player here
08:46he won four
08:48UEFA Champions League titles
08:51now looking to revive a great club
08:54and the early signs have been promising
08:57they were ninth when
08:59Ronald Koeman departed
09:01and now they are within the top four but it's
09:04a very tight race to
09:06earn Champions League football next season
09:08and of course this competition
09:10does provide a potential route
09:12towards the top table
09:15at the end of the season
09:18and of course this competition
09:20does provide a potential route
09:22at the end of the season
09:27Napoli currently third in Serie A
09:30only two points behind Milan
09:34and they had such a wonderful start to the season
09:36ten wins
09:38and two draws before
09:41four defeats in seven
09:45they prized a point from a 1-1 draw with Inter
09:48at the weekend, Osserman
09:50with his first opportunity to attack
09:52pulled back to Insigne
09:55the challenge comes in from
09:57Mingheza
10:01and now Elmas who was
10:03a very important scorer for them
10:05in the group stage
10:07and that's a goal kick
10:11Luciano Spalletti
10:15a success with Roma
10:17and also
10:19with Zenit in Russia
10:22and he had two years out of the game before
10:25taking on the challenge of Napoli
10:45Dion
10:50Ferran Torres made the run in behind
10:52now he's been found by Abameyang but
10:55Napoli quickly win it back
10:58Ron Guisa has lost out to
11:00Abameyang
11:04he did have support inside the area
11:06from Ferran Torres but
11:08the Italians should be able to clear
11:10but Abameyang working hard
11:12to close down Di Lorenzo
11:15Di Lorenzo losing out to Abameyang once again
11:17here is Ferran Torres
11:19Pedri
11:23and it's the teenager with the first real
11:25shot in anger
11:27but it was the hard work of
11:29Pierre-Emerick Abameyang to
11:31twice ruffle Di Lorenzo
11:34and then Ferran Torres
11:36picking out Pedri
11:39a clean strike but it was always rising
11:47once again
11:49Barca pressing
11:51very high
11:53and forcing mistakes
11:55Juan Jesus this time
11:57held down by Insigne
12:00back to Meret
12:04Fabian Ruiz but it's
12:06won back by Mingheza
12:08now Traore
12:13and the home crowd right behind their team
12:15right from the start
12:17Eric Garcia spreading it wide
12:19Pedri takes over once again
12:22it was challenged by Elmas but the
12:24cross in looking for Abameyang
12:26is helped away
12:28Pique
12:32Mingheza who
12:34has not been a regular starter
12:36under Xavi
12:38in La Liga
12:40but he does give the option of
12:42possibly moving to a
12:44back three this evening
12:51guarded back by Eric Garcia
13:00would give
13:02Jordi Alba the opportunity to
13:04push further forward
13:06he was doing that there
13:09good challenge though from
13:11Di Lorenzo who has been a busy
13:13man so far
13:19Di Lorenzo played every single
13:21minute of the group stage
13:23when Napoli eventually came through
13:25in second place
13:27behind Spartak Moscow
13:32they won a group decider against
13:34Leicester City 3-2
13:38in Naples on matchday 6
13:41of course Barcelona
13:43dropped out of the Champions League
13:45finishing behind
13:47Bayern and Benfica
13:53three of their previous five
13:55home ties in Europe
13:57have been lost by
13:59three clear goals
14:04they were really undone by
14:06two heavy defeats against
14:08Bayern and Benfica
14:10right at the start of the
14:12group stage and although
14:14they picked up a couple of wins against
14:16Dynamo Kiev
14:18they were always playing catch up
14:20and never quite did enough
14:22Koulibaly
14:26back to Alex Meret
14:29who has made more appearances in the
14:31Europa League than he has
14:33in Serie A so far this season
14:35Davidov Spina is the number
14:37one goalkeeper on the bench this evening
14:40Anguissa
14:47Jesus
14:51Licinia losing out
14:53De Jong
15:04here is Pique who was
15:06sent off at the weekend in the
15:082-2 draw
15:10in the local derby against Espanyol
15:16doesn't quite drop for Pedry
15:20Zielinski
15:22was caught
15:25by Eric Garcia and
15:28there will be just a word
15:36the Polish international was
15:38clattered into there and Spalletti was
15:44quick to appeal
15:52Barcelona have lost only three times
15:55in 27 previous meetings
15:57at home against Italian clubs
15:59but they were beaten in the most
16:01recent one 3-0
16:03by Juventus in the Champions
16:05League group stage back in December of
16:072020
16:09where they've had some memorable nights
16:11along the way beating Roma by
16:13six goals to one as defending
16:15champions back in
16:172015 and also
16:19putting four past Milan in
16:212013
16:27the last time they faced Italian opposition
16:29not in the Champions League was
16:31in the European Cup
16:33semi-final against Fiorentina
16:35back in 1997
16:37when Pep Guardiola
16:39scored the winning goal
16:47Jordi Alba
16:50to Ter Stegen who has had
16:53very little to do so far
16:59he has played previously in the Europa League
17:01for Borussia Mönchengladbach
17:03back in 2013
17:07a ball forward but here is Pique
17:09given away
17:11Ruiz
17:21towards Anguissa
17:23who is on loan from
17:25Fulham
17:28had a good season in the English Premier
17:30League
17:32last year despite their relegation
17:40he provides a very solid base to midfield
17:43Koulibaly
17:50Anguissa looking to ride the challenges
17:53Hazard Senior in support
17:55Osserman was waiting for the cross
17:57he claims he was blocked off
17:59but it never arrived
18:03Menghese was the player who was in the way
18:11Ruiz
18:16Jesus
18:18Ruiz continues
18:20has a ball from Zielinski
18:23and it was guarded behind
18:25by Pique
18:30Napoli have the game's
18:32first corner
18:42Insigne will take it
18:45scored from the penalty spot
18:47against Inserio at the weekend
18:49the corner was worked short
18:53it was eventually cleared by Ferran Torres
18:59Lorenzo chasing
19:01and there was just a moment's confusion
19:03between Testegen
19:05and Jordi Alba
19:22back to the German once again
19:25Elmas
19:28Anguissa
19:37Lorenzo
19:40all the way back to Meret
19:43Koulibaly who was part of the
19:45Senegalese team which
19:49won the recent African Nations Cup
19:51Elmas
19:53Osserman was
19:55looking for the through ball to exploit
19:57the high line but
19:59it was cut out by Pique
20:02Jordi Alba
20:06De Jong
20:11the lay-off from Aubameyang was loose this time
20:13but it's
20:15recovered by Gonzalo
20:17Pedri
20:23Ferran Torres
20:26Pedri was absent for
20:29much of the group stage
20:31due to a hamstring injury
20:34only played in the opening two games but
20:37scored Inserio
20:39at the weekend
20:41Aubameyang
20:44scored Inserio at the weekend
20:46Aubameyang
20:49Jordi Alba's cross was deflected
20:52Romani is able to clear initially
20:55but it's fired back in towards the near post
20:57by Nico Gonzalez
20:59and beaten away by Meret
21:07there was indecision there
21:09on the edge of the
21:11Neapolitan penalty area
21:16De Jong will take the corner
21:28it's very deep and the
21:30free header in the end is wide
21:32from Ferran Torres
21:42just peeled away but there was
21:47no real intent with the header
21:52Meret clears
21:54flicked on by Almas but
21:57Meret Garcia is there
21:59Jordi Alba
22:01De Jong
22:07Nico Gonzalez is
22:09in the side tonight for Barcelona
22:11with Sergio Busquets
22:13on the bench only 20 years of age
22:15but
22:18he's one of so many fine young players
22:20who have been
22:22given their opportunity at Barcelona this season
22:27circumstances may have
22:29forced the club's hand at times
22:31but
22:35a number of fine talents have been given
22:37opportunities
22:39Ankula Bali looking for Insigne
22:41but
22:43it's claimed by Tostega
22:50Migueza
22:52by Ruiz
22:56it's the Spaniard who wins the ball and now
22:58Insigne
23:00Osman waiting in the centre
23:03it was well read by Ferran Torres
23:08Ruiz
23:12now Almas
23:14but he just runs out of room
23:29there was no hint of offside against Almas
23:31it was Osman who was coming back
23:34De Jong
23:48this could become a game of patience here
23:50for Barcelona
23:52Nico Gonzalez
23:54now Pedri
23:56Obamayang
23:59and
24:01it's a big night for him
24:07that's a very good goal scoring record
24:09in the Europa League
24:1122 goals
24:13in 43 appearances
24:15scored 8 times
24:17in Arsenal's run to the final
24:19back in 2019
24:21and he's leading the press there
24:27and Insigne
24:30and Insigne goes down under the challenge
24:32of Migueza
24:34and it will be a free kick
24:45no away goals of course
24:47in European competition now
24:49but
24:51Spalletti will know the value of
24:55scoring here
24:57with the second leg coming up
24:59in Naples next Thursday
25:02good challenge by Eric Garcia
25:04here is Pedri
25:08now Ferran Torres
25:10bobbing and weaving through the challengers
25:12Nico Gonzalez
25:14Traore in space to the right
25:17and he's found by Migueza
25:22double coverage for Traore once again
25:27Migueza
25:31comfortable for Koulibaly
25:33Monguissa
25:36and Osman is down
25:39this will be a concern for Napoli
25:41there were fitness concerns
25:43about him before kick-off
25:46he warmed up on his own
25:48for a long time pre-match
25:53just seemed to fall heavily there
25:58it was
26:00maybe an element of
26:02risk about starting him tonight
26:05but he looks to be OK
26:13Jérôme Piquet takes a
26:15chance
26:17and he's
26:19down
26:21and he's
26:23down
26:25Jérôme Piquet takes on some
26:27advice from the coach
26:29and his former teammate
26:50Osman is
26:53coming over to this
26:55near side
26:57he will have to
27:00come back on once the ball
27:02has been given back
27:04by Anguissa
27:13Napoli were beaten at this stage
27:15in the Europa League by
27:17Spanish opposition last season when Granada
27:20created an upset
27:23they've only won three of their
27:25ten away games in Spain
27:29and their only success over two legs
27:31against Spanish clubs
27:33came back in 1992
27:36and they won 5-1 at Valencia
27:38Daniel Fonseca scoring
27:40four of the goals
27:45though they did win in the group stage
27:47at Real Sociedad last season
27:52Ruiz
27:56Koulibaly
27:59Zielinski
28:01and all the way back to Meret
28:07Ruiz is lost out
28:09here is Traore but
28:11Jesus able to cover
28:14Insigne
28:17given away to Aubameyang
28:19Nico Gonzalez
28:20Zielinski looking to
28:22make up for the error
28:23here is Traore
28:25and now Mingeza is lost out
28:27and it's quickly forward looking
28:29for Osman he is
28:31outnumbered the angle is tight
28:32but he forces the save from
28:34Testegen
28:38and that is the value of
28:39Victor Osman
28:42one ball forward
28:44in between
28:46two of the central defenders
28:48and although
28:50the angle was depreciating
28:52he still forced the save
28:53and the corner from Testegen
29:04Insigne
29:06Zielinski
29:08are over the corner
29:10are over the corner kick
29:15Testegen will claim
29:21it's the early release Traore is
29:23down the centre and now
29:25Traore is bursting down the centre
29:27he was caught inside the area
29:29clipped towards goal by
29:31Aubameyang
29:33and offside has been given
29:35in the end
29:41Traore
29:43completely unmarked initially
29:44and it was the
29:46retreating Koulibaly who
29:48got to him first and it was a really good
29:50challenge before
29:52Aubameyang's effort was
29:54smothered by merit
29:59Traore was offside
30:01so
30:05Koulibaly can now take the free kick
30:07although he clearly
30:09did not know that at the time
30:12Monguisa
30:15Ruiz
30:28Nico Gonzalez
30:33and Eric Garcia
30:40there is a
30:42vibrant atmosphere inside
30:44the camp now this evening
30:59Dion
31:03Munguisa
31:05Traore
31:07Munguisa
31:09Traore
31:12now Nico Gonzalez
31:16very quickly he was surrounded
31:20Insigne
31:23Munguisa has won it back
31:24here is Traore
31:26now Pedri
31:28just trying to poke it through to Aubameyang
31:30Nico Gonzalez
31:33Eric Garcia
31:35in towards Aubameyang
31:38now Pedri
31:46back to Dion
31:55Pedri
31:57Traore just for a second
31:59had isolated
32:01Jesus but here is Munguisa
32:04TK
32:06Pedri
32:12Jordi Alba providing the width
32:14but now having to retreat
32:17Pedri
32:20he was looking for Aubameyang
32:30Pedri
32:32even at such a tender age
32:34showing his value to this Barcelona team
32:48Munguisa winning the header
32:50Traore
32:52Dion
32:54Munguisa
32:56Traore
33:02Eric Garcia
33:06Ferran Torres had
33:08support from Jordi Alba infield
33:10towards Aubameyang and
33:13he was quickly challenged by
33:15Romani
33:20there is a good deal of fluidity
33:22about this Barcelona attack this evening
33:24so Napoli will need to be on their toes
33:27Traore
33:30again he delivers the crossing
33:32Koulibaly was there, Insigne
33:38that's very neatly done, Ruiz
33:42Nocemen is ahead of him
33:44but it's wide towards Insigne
33:53Spalletti
33:55leaving his team in no doubt that that
33:57counter attack should have gone further
34:16Pedri
34:18Aubameyang, Romani makes the challenge
34:20but here is the opportunity and it's spurned
34:27such a good chance for Ferran Torres
34:35Aubameyang again patrolling the channels
34:37and Ferran Torres
34:40played in but failed to hit the target
34:45two players drooled towards Aubameyang
34:47but Torres just slipping
34:49at the crucial moment
34:55Zielinski
34:59now Elmas back to Zielinski
35:01good save by Tostegan
35:03but the rebound is hammered in
35:10and Piotr Zielinski
35:12gives Napoli the lead
35:16and moments after Barcelona will believe
35:18they should have scored
35:21Napoli opened them up
35:33Zielinski with
35:35the initial ball forward to find Elmas
35:37he then made the break into the penalty area
35:39untracked
35:41the first shot kept out by Tostegan
35:44but he was helpless
35:46as the second
35:48bowled to the roof of the net
35:56and in this meeting of two giants
35:59it is Napoli who lead in the cap now
36:07Zielinski's second goal
36:10in the Europa League so far this season
36:16and
36:29missed by Ankovač is
36:32just waiting before the restart
36:43VAR are looking at the goal
36:45Bastiandanke of Germany is the official and the goal is given
36:58Barcelona unhappy with something in the build-up but the officials are happy
37:08and it may be a question of offside against Osserman but then the ball was
37:14initially cut out and the phase of play came to an end and Napoli continued and
37:23scored
37:33Barcelona who enjoyed the lion's share of possession in the opening half hour
37:41now need to respond
37:49Zielinski
37:57Pique with the challenge and Sinha quickly closing him down Barcelona will
38:03have the throw-in
38:11Napoli making their ninth appearance in the knockout rounds of the UEFA Europa
38:17League which equals the record set by both Ajax and Olympiacos as Ramani is
38:23in trouble here and Ferran Torres goes down on the edge of the area but no free
38:29kick given, Koulibaly was having a shirt pulled, and now Di Lorenzo and it will be a free
38:35kick and the home team and the home crowd becoming rather agitated
38:44well there may have been a hand on the shoulder there for Ferran Torres but he
38:50rather went down at installments
39:06Svankovic is just telling Ramani that even at this stage managing the clock
39:17won't be tolerated long again looking for Zielinski and it was quickly cut out
39:24Nico Gonzalez, Federer, De Jong
39:33Gonzalez once again, Traore
39:40again he breezes Biontjesu, the cross though is cut out by Koulibaly
39:48Jordi Alba, Nico Gonzalez, Munguesa, Traore
40:00again Insigne coming back to help out Jesus and Napoli have the free kick
40:08and the details not quite right for Barcelona at the moment
40:19this was the earlier opportunity which they will believe should have given the
40:23lead, Ferran Torres shooting wildly over and within seconds
40:28Elmas at the other end finding Zielinski and at the second attempt he made no mistake
40:38Eric Garcia, Nico Gonzalez, Munguesa
40:49Jordi Alba, now Ferran Torres once again
40:56Napoli here very well organized, Pedri
41:03but the pace of Traore does give Barcelona an x-factor down the right
41:13Jordi Alba, Pedri, De Jong
41:20Nico Gonzalez giving the room to turn once again
41:25Pedri
41:29De Jong
41:33Jordi Alba wide towards Ferran Torres once again
41:42Barcelona here with a string of passes which ultimately came to nothing but
41:49Koulibaly's clearances cut out by Pique, Traore, Munguesa
42:02De Jong
42:06Eric Garcia
42:16and in the end it was a high ball in aimed towards Nico Gonzalez
42:20Meret was able to clear but Napoli have made heavy weather of bringing the ball out themselves
42:26here is Traore
42:29Nico Gonzalez and the first time shot this time from Ferran Torres is wide
42:42Nico Gonzalez is picking up pockets of space around the Napoli penalty area
42:48Meret looking for Osserman
43:04Torres, Pedri, he was quickly closed down by Romani Zielinski
43:15Munguesa
43:20he is a very difficult man to shake off the ball
43:26Osserman, same goes for him as well, although Pique does well here
43:44Palmas
43:54he is on the move once again
43:58this time Barcelona are able to prevent him from delivering the ball in
44:03but now Koulibaly
44:05Koulibaly making his 81st European appearance this evening
44:15and there is plenty of experience in this Napoli side
44:27Di Lorenzo was fouled, it's another free kick and Napoli are beginning to
44:34enjoy themselves here
44:45Spalletti knows that there is a long way to go in the tie but his team are
44:51extremely well placed
44:53Garcia
44:59Pedri, lovely pirouette
45:03Munguesa's challenge
45:05and then a heavy challenge from him on
45:08Nico Gonzalez and it's the game's first yellow card
45:17Andre Franco Munguesa
45:23steaming in and
45:27he can have very little complaints about the decision
45:34and the Cameroon international, the first player cautioned
45:39De Jong will take the free kick
45:47Eric Garcia
45:50De Jong gets it back from Ferran Torres
45:55Traore
45:58support from Munguesa
46:00De Jong
46:02again Napoli work so hard out of possession
46:07it's another free kick
46:11that's a symptom of Barcelona having to hurry things here
46:22Xavi is shuddering away at the fourth official but
46:26Xavi is shuddering away at the fourth official but
46:30at the moment his team
46:33having missed their big chance and conceded the goal
46:38almost straight away but here's a back pass which
46:41will interest Aubameyang but it's cleared away by Meret
46:49Jordi Alba
46:52Pedri losing out to Di Lorenzo
46:57Di Lorenzo now charging forward looking for Ossiman and
47:01to Stegen
47:03took up a very good starting position and from Barcelona's
47:07point of view it's a good job he did
47:14again Ossiman may just have been striding offside
47:26Barcelona have another free kick the challenge on Pedri this time
47:35Zielinski is quick to apologise
47:45De Jong
47:50here is Piquet
47:56Piquet
48:03Piquet spotting the movement further forward which
48:06comes from Ferran Torres, Jordi Alba is
48:09now providing the width
48:11back towards Ferran Torres but Ramani will
48:15shepherd the ball behind
48:27Pedri is
48:29the real heartbeat of this
48:31Barcelona team with
48:33Busquets on the bench
48:40Xavi the 17 year old is also
48:43a possibility for Barcelona
48:45later in the evening
48:48Koulibaly
48:52Insigne
48:54Insigne
48:56now Jesus looking for Ossiman who is offside
49:13Jordi Alba
49:20he's a player
49:23making his 98th European appearance this evening
49:30his first in the Europa League since
49:342012
49:37Barcelona last appeared in what was the UEFA Cup
49:40back in 2004 when they were beaten by Celtic over two legs
49:45in the round of 16 Alan Thompson scoring the
49:48only goal
49:53Ruiz
49:56Fallon Insigne
49:58by Mingheza
50:08Spalletti's team
50:11are in control here but
50:14he will want the second goal very quickly
50:23this competition representing Barcelona's
50:27last realistic prospect of silverware this season they are
50:3115 points behind Real Madrid
50:34in La Liga
50:36and their reign as Copa del Rey champions was
50:40also ended by Athletic Bilbao last month
50:46Eric Garcia
50:49Jordi Alba
50:52Ferran Torres
50:54Aubameyang
50:57he's been quiet in the game after a promising start but here he is now
51:03Fabio Ruiz again doing really well in
51:06confined areas
51:13here is De Jong
51:16Traore
51:19Mingheza
51:21and the header is wide once again from Ferran Torres
51:31Barcelona finding it very difficult to
51:34get around the back and as a result it's angle balls in like that which
51:39although Ferran Torres won it was a very difficult header to
51:43try and get on target from there
51:45we will have a minimum
51:49of two added minutes
52:03Pedre
52:05gets it back from Koulibaly and now finds
52:08Adama Traore, Aubameyang waiting in the centre
52:16a chop back from Traore just
52:18halting the momentum but now Pedre
52:21De Jong
52:24Jordi Alba
52:26it's swept away by Fabio Ruiz
52:34De Jong
52:38Pedre
52:41now Traore, three weight for the cross
52:45and it's delivered by Traore but nodded clear by Koulibaly
53:00Barcelona looking to finish the first half on the attack with
53:04Nico Gonzalez
53:09space now for Pedre
53:11Ferran Torres but it was
53:13blocked by Rahmani
53:17Pique
53:21now De Jong
53:25Traore, the crowd urging him to
53:28deliver the cross and he's gone in between the double challenge
53:31does deliver but Anguissa was there to cut it out
53:35Mingheza working hard to win it back
53:38De Jong
53:40Anguissa is there again
53:43Insigne
53:48there may just be time for the throw in but no more
53:50half time
53:53fascinating game, Napoli leading by
53:56a goal to nil
53:58Piotr Zelinski
54:00scoring at the second attempt
54:02after Ter Stegen had
54:04blocked the initial effort
54:06Victor Osserman rather hobbling off at half time which
54:09will be a concern for Napoli
54:14but Barcelona
54:16have missed their chances
54:18and Napoli have taken theirs, half time
54:20Barcelona nil, Napoli one