Rebecca Henriquez
@RebeHenriquez
Exhibition and ticket to the quarterfinals. Barcelona returns to that stage in the Champions League, after being absent for 4 years, with the walk they gave Napoli in Montjuic. The stars of the night were Fermín, Joao Cancelo and Lewandowski, who provided the icing on the cake.
Barcelona walked safely at home, with the first half in the second leg against Napoli, with two goals that gave them the partial advantage before halftime, but with the disadvantage of the discount that the Italian club put on about half an hour of the meeting.
Xavi Hernández’s Barça team had a clear objective: the quarterfinals, and with the intensity that the match required.
Fermín López, 20 years old, after trying on a few occasions in Álex Meret’s goal, after Rafinha’s assist, scored the first goal of the match diagonally, which resonated in the Barcelona stadium, after the shout of the fans.
Only 2 minutes later, when the visitors were looking to mount the counterattack, the Portuguese, Joao Cancelo, appeared at 17′, to add the score to 2-0. Araujo cleared the front for Lamine Yamal, the star of the Spanish team advanced and assisted Rafinha and after the post denied the Brazilian the goal, the Portuguese Cancelo finished off into the blues’ net.
Despite the intensity with which the team faced the first minutes, around half an hour into the game, Amir Rramani closed the gap on Barcelona and the aggregate score was 3-2 before halftime.
In the second section, Barcelona’s intensity continued in search of increasing its advantage after the match was 2-1.
At 67′, the fans’ cry for a goal was drowned out, due to the offside of Lamine Yamal, who sent the ball into the Italians’ net after a corner kick that Robert Lewandowski finished off.
The Pole was present in the Barcelona team’s account and in the 83rd minute, with the assistance of Sergi Roberto, from the front. Lewandowski pushed the ball into the net to make it 3 to 1 in the game and 4 to 2 on aggregate. The play of Xavi Hernández’s striker sealed the Spanish club’s ticket to the quarterfinals after 4 years of absence from European competition until that stage.
Xavi Hernández, the former Barcelona star, gave hope to the Barça club after 4 years of drought, and won the La Liga title, the Super Cup, a victory in the Spanish classic and a victory against Real Madrid in a final, in addition to the ticket to the quarterfinals in the most important competition in Europe.
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