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February 20, 2022, 03:22:40 PM
Barcelona are still a promising team for the next round even though they drew with Napoli by 1-1 in Camp Nou. Because they were really unlucky in the first leg. Barcelona dominated the game most of the time and they were so close to scoring the goal to get ahead. But especially Torres couldn't benefit from those golden opportunities which resulted in a score like this. Napoli must be very contented with this one after playing not very effective. But they shouldn't be so comfortable already now. Because Barcelona still have the potential in themselves to eliminate them.

It was a tense game indeed.... Barcelona had the ball at their feet the whole time and were much more offensive than their opponent but he had a hard time getting past Napoli's defense.
The Spaniard was the one who tied the game from a penalty kick, it's true, but he could have left the Camp Nou as a great hero if they hadn't lost three goals. In the first throw, he was unbalanced, ok! but in the other two opportunities, he was facing the goal, in a good position and, even so, he sent it out .... it was ridiculous !!!

I don't know, which is to be expected. It was obvious to me before the match that the teams were about equal and it was likely to be either a minimum win for one side or a draw. The result on the scoreboard is a draw... And the kind of mistakes you write about few people forgive, I think he had a serious talk with the coach, because maybe thanks to his moments he could have ended the match peacefully, not worrying about the return game
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February 20, 2022, 01:14:50 PM
With the help of young and new players, Barcelona is now a strong team. And behind it all is Xavi's mastermind. He is a great coach. In a very short time he has stabilized a broken team. The Barcelona forward is strong enough now. However, midfield and defense are somewhat irregular. Hopefully Xavi will solve this problem from a great distance. If they can strengthen the defense, Barcelona will be able to beat Napoli in the second leg.
Xavi really stabilized Barcelona's game in a short time and raised it to a higher level.
The real results of his work will be seen only next season and that is why this match with Napoli came too early for them.
Barcelona still have chances against Napoli but realistically Napoli is closer to moving on to the next stage of the competition.
Barcelona have started this season very badly, and doubt and unrest have crept in among the players, and because of that the players are not yet showing everything they can and know.

^ I think in the second leg Napoli has a better chance of winning against Barcelona and advancing to the next stage. As Barcelona is playing in away conditions in the second leg I think they might not be able to do very good in that match.

I think Barcelona really lost their chance to take a lead in the home match against Napoli. And it would be really surprising to see Barcelona win the second leg against Napoli. I think Barcelona should concentrate on winning this match but if they can't they should concentrate on achieving the 4th spot in La Liga.

That's because Napoli's game was better planned and their defensive tactics were very clever too. Look at Barca, they are missing something and have a lot of job to do, otherwise Napoli will use chances to score more and more goals. anyway, I think Napoli will beat Barca because they are in a better shape, despite the stats of 1leg.
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February 20, 2022, 12:17:15 PM
^ I think in the second leg Napoli has a better chance of winning against Barcelona and advancing to the next stage. As Barcelona is playing in away conditions in the second leg I think they might not be able to do very good in that match.

I think Barcelona really lost their chance to take a lead in the home match against Napoli. And it would be really surprising to see Barcelona win the second leg against Napoli. I think Barcelona should concentrate on winning this match but if they can't they should concentrate on achieving the 4th spot in La Liga.
There is no guarantee even if they play at home.
Napoli will certainly use the same method of waiting for Barcelona's wave of attacks and trying to take advantage of counter attacks.
I think it's good but it will be very monotonous and will be the same as in the first leg. They will keep a lot of players in defense and try to maximize the quick counter-attack.
On the other hand, currently Barcelona are getting more and more solid, I think with the current performance the possibility of Napoli is very small
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February 20, 2022, 11:03:14 AM
With the help of young and new players, Barcelona is now a strong team. And behind it all is Xavi's mastermind. He is a great coach. In a very short time he has stabilized a broken team. The Barcelona forward is strong enough now. However, midfield and defense are somewhat irregular. Hopefully Xavi will solve this problem from a great distance. If they can strengthen the defense, Barcelona will be able to beat Napoli in the second leg.
Xavi really stabilized Barcelona's game in a short time and raised it to a higher level.
The real results of his work will be seen only next season and that is why this match with Napoli came too early for them.
Barcelona still have chances against Napoli but realistically Napoli is closer to moving on to the next stage of the competition.
Barcelona have started this season very badly, and doubt and unrest have crept in among the players, and because of that the players are not yet showing everything they can and know.

^ I think in the second leg Napoli has a better chance of winning against Barcelona and advancing to the next stage. As Barcelona is playing in away conditions in the second leg I think they might not be able to do very good in that match.

I think Barcelona really lost their chance to take a lead in the home match against Napoli. And it would be really surprising to see Barcelona win the second leg against Napoli. I think Barcelona should concentrate on winning this match but if they can't they should concentrate on achieving the 4th spot in La Liga.
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February 20, 2022, 10:10:35 AM
Barcelona are still a promising team for the next round even though they drew with Napoli by 1-1 in Camp Nou. Because they were really unlucky in the first leg. Barcelona dominated the game most of the time and they were so close to scoring the goal to get ahead. But especially Torres couldn't benefit from those golden opportunities which resulted in a score like this. Napoli must be very contented with this one after playing not very effective. But they shouldn't be so comfortable already now. Because Barcelona still have the potential in themselves to eliminate them.

It was a tense game indeed.... Barcelona had the ball at their feet the whole time and were much more offensive than their opponent but he had a hard time getting past Napoli's defense.
The Spaniard was the one who tied the game from a penalty kick, it's true, but he could have left the Camp Nou as a great hero if they hadn't lost three goals. In the first throw, he was unbalanced, ok! but in the other two opportunities, he was facing the goal, in a good position and, even so, he sent it out .... it was ridiculous !!!
Have different atmosphere between Camp Nou or San Paolo stadium and I think Barcelona still memorize when against with Serie A team on UEFA competition, ever get come back by AS Roma on last round of Champion League I think will be something to motivate Napoli to give same result for Barcelona on 2nd leg, I think looks not easy because Barcelona have focus on two competition right now between La Liga where they are still out from Champion league qualify position standing and they need how to win on 2nd leg UEFA Europe League.

I think it is not difficult for Barcelona to get good results when playing at home to Napoli. As we saw in the first game, Barcelona dominated the game, but in my opinion it was just unlucky. I'm sure Barcelona will definitely win this match because Napoli also have to play attacking to get points, with Napoli playing open it's easy for Barcelona to dismantle Napoli's defense.
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February 20, 2022, 08:09:37 AM
Barcelona are still a promising team for the next round even though they drew with Napoli by 1-1 in Camp Nou. Because they were really unlucky in the first leg. Barcelona dominated the game most of the time and they were so close to scoring the goal to get ahead. But especially Torres couldn't benefit from those golden opportunities which resulted in a score like this. Napoli must be very contented with this one after playing not very effective. But they shouldn't be so comfortable already now. Because Barcelona still have the potential in themselves to eliminate them.

It was a tense game indeed.... Barcelona had the ball at their feet the whole time and were much more offensive than their opponent but he had a hard time getting past Napoli's defense.
The Spaniard was the one who tied the game from a penalty kick, it's true, but he could have left the Camp Nou as a great hero if they hadn't lost three goals. In the first throw, he was unbalanced, ok! but in the other two opportunities, he was facing the goal, in a good position and, even so, he sent it out .... it was ridiculous !!!
Have different atmosphere between Camp Nou or San Paolo stadium and I think Barcelona still memorize when against with Serie A team on UEFA competition, ever get come back by AS Roma on last round of Champion League I think will be something to motivate Napoli to give same result for Barcelona on 2nd leg, I think looks not easy because Barcelona have focus on two competition right now between La Liga where they are still out from Champion league qualify position standing and they need how to win on 2nd leg UEFA Europe League.
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February 20, 2022, 07:57:28 AM
Barcelona are still a promising team for the next round even though they drew with Napoli by 1-1 in Camp Nou. Because they were really unlucky in the first leg. Barcelona dominated the game most of the time and they were so close to scoring the goal to get ahead. But especially Torres couldn't benefit from those golden opportunities which resulted in a score like this. Napoli must be very contented with this one after playing not very effective. But they shouldn't be so comfortable already now. Because Barcelona still have the potential in themselves to eliminate them.

With the help of young and new players, Barcelona is now a strong team. And behind it all is Xavi's mastermind. He is a great coach. In a very short time he has stabilized a broken team. The Barcelona forward is strong enough now. However, midfield and defense are somewhat irregular. Hopefully Xavi will solve this problem from a great distance. If they can strengthen the defense, Barcelona will be able to beat Napoli in the second leg.

Xavi really stabilized Barcelona's game in a short time and raised it to a higher level.
The real results of his work will be seen only next season and that is why this match with Napoli came too early for them.
Barcelona still have chances against Napoli but realistically Napoli is closer to moving on to the next stage of the competition.
Barcelona have started this season very badly, and doubt and unrest have crept in among the players, and because of that the players are not yet showing everything they can and know.
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February 20, 2022, 07:21:55 AM
Barcelona are still a promising team for the next round even though they drew with Napoli by 1-1 in Camp Nou. Because they were really unlucky in the first leg. Barcelona dominated the game most of the time and they were so close to scoring the goal to get ahead. But especially Torres couldn't benefit from those golden opportunities which resulted in a score like this. Napoli must be very contented with this one after playing not very effective. But they shouldn't be so comfortable already now. Because Barcelona still have the potential in themselves to eliminate them.

It was a tense game indeed.... Barcelona had the ball at their feet the whole time and were much more offensive than their opponent but he had a hard time getting past Napoli's defense.
The Spaniard was the one who tied the game from a penalty kick, it's true, but he could have left the Camp Nou as a great hero if they hadn't lost three goals. In the first throw, he was unbalanced, ok! but in the other two opportunities, he was facing the goal, in a good position and, even so, he sent it out .... it was ridiculous !!!
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February 20, 2022, 05:21:17 AM
Barcelona are still a promising team for the next round even though they drew with Napoli by 1-1 in Camp Nou. Because they were really unlucky in the first leg. Barcelona dominated the game most of the time and they were so close to scoring the goal to get ahead. But especially Torres couldn't benefit from those golden opportunities which resulted in a score like this. Napoli must be very contented with this one after playing not very effective. But they shouldn't be so comfortable already now. Because Barcelona still have the potential in themselves to eliminate them.

With the help of young and new players, Barcelona is now a strong team. And behind it all is Xavi's mastermind. He is a great coach. In a very short time he has stabilized a broken team. The Barcelona forward is strong enough now. However, midfield and defense are somewhat irregular. Hopefully Xavi will solve this problem from a great distance. If they can strengthen the defense, Barcelona will be able to beat Napoli in the second leg.
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February 20, 2022, 05:14:43 AM
With all due respect to the Rangers, it will be a pity if they go further and not Borussia. Still, Borussia is a pretty big name for the Europa League and I would like to see their confrontation with Sevilla, Napoli, Atalanta, etc. I want to see high-profile rivalries and not constant "underdog vs favorite" right up to the very final games, even if the underdogs sometimes win.
The sad truth is though that Dortmund is not really playing that well this season. They managed to score quite a lot of points in the german Bundesliga but to be honest i watched most of those games and they could have easily 2 or even 3 losses more in this season already but they were pretty lucky a few times in the league. Then in the Champions League they had a very easy group in my opinion with Ajax, Sporting and Besiktas where they should have achieved a first place in my opinion but still they did not even managed to advance into the play off stage of the Champions League and now it even looks like they are being kicked out of the Europa League too. They really need a big change in their squad in my opinion. To be a waiting place for talented players before they are joining tier 1 european clubs is just not working for Dortmund.

Their whole strategy is based on attack, so such disastrous matches are inevitable. Often there is such a team whose defense they cannot break but at the same time they concede goals or another option when Dortmund's attack is not very successful and the opposing team is lucky and failures result. This is the cost of their strategy. To become more stable, they need to be as strong as Liverpool for example or give up the emphasis on attack.

Dortmund is a pretty big name but if it shows a game like the first leg yesterday it will be very good for the rangers who qualify for the next stage.
3 minutes two goals in the first half is certainly not something good for Dortmund when playing at home.
Now their aggregate is 2 points although it is still possible to be overtaken but now they will play away and of course the rangers have the upper hand now

Two goals advantage is not such a big difference if you take into account the difference in the class of teams. If Haaland plays then I'm almost sure that Borussia Dortmund will be able to correct the result of the first leg.
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February 20, 2022, 05:03:14 AM
Barcelona are still a promising team for the next round even though they drew with Napoli by 1-1 in Camp Nou. Because they were really unlucky in the first leg. Barcelona dominated the game most of the time and they were so close to scoring the goal to get ahead. But especially Torres couldn't benefit from those golden opportunities which resulted in a score like this. Napoli must be very contented with this one after playing not very effective. But they shouldn't be so comfortable already now. Because Barcelona still have the potential in themselves to eliminate them.
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February 20, 2022, 04:55:28 AM
Napoli has become an excellent starting position for the return in Naples in 2 weeks against Barcelona. Playing 1-1 in Barcelona is just fine, and now finish the job at home. They have to watch out for underestimation, it is also not the case that you win from Barcelona with 4-0. Still have class players. Napoli have the home advantage and I think they are a bit better at home. Better mindset too. Then Barcelona would already be empty-handed, after the elimination in the CL that is a drama.
I admit Napoli played well yesterday at Camp Nou and I'm also one of those who disagree with the goal for Barcelona that came from a penalty kick after seeing VAR, but that doesn't mean Barcelona will lose hope in the second leg. For me, these two teams still have a chance to qualify because their gameplay is very balanced so yes, playing at home in the 2nd leg for Napoli for me is still not a guarantee for Napoli to qualify easily.
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February 20, 2022, 04:47:55 AM
With all due respect to the Rangers, it will be a pity if they go further and not Borussia. Still, Borussia is a pretty big name for the Europa League and I would like to see their confrontation with Sevilla, Napoli, Atalanta, etc. I want to see high-profile rivalries and not constant "underdog vs favorite" right up to the very final games, even if the underdogs sometimes win.
Dortmund is a pretty big name but if it shows a game like the first leg yesterday it will be very good for the rangers who qualify for the next stage.
3 minutes two goals in the first half is certainly not something good for Dortmund when playing at home.
Now their aggregate is 2 points although it is still possible to be overtaken but now they will play away and of course the rangers have the upper hand now

Dortmund lost 4-2. I don't think they will win the next away match by 2 goals. Because the goal of the rangers will be to draw the match and not allow the players of Dortmund to score a goal. I think the Rangers players in the second leg will be able to do it well. Because their squad is not weak. There are many talented players in their squad.
Two goal is not enough to make Dortmund pass to next stage because 1st leg Dortmund loss from Ranger 2-4 and exactly need three goal by Dortmund keep long journey with UEFA Europa League. I don't see will have chance for Dortmund success make three goal on 2nd leg because Ranger will play as home and they will most focus with defensive game play, most likely Ranger will play defensive because loss under score 1 goal still possibility for Ranger can qualify to next round.
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February 19, 2022, 04:07:54 PM
Napoli has become an excellent starting position for the return in Naples in 2 weeks against Barcelona. Playing 1-1 in Barcelona is just fine, and now finish the job at home. They have to watch out for underestimation, it is also not the case that you win from Barcelona with 4-0. Still have class players. Napoli have the home advantage and I think they are a bit better at home. Better mindset too. Then Barcelona would already be empty-handed, after the elimination in the CL that is a drama.
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February 19, 2022, 03:58:57 PM
The draw lasted until the end of the match even though this was quite good but in this match they only focused on defense and this I think is quite bad if they do the same thing in the 2nd leg later. Barcelona's performance is slowly getting better, their Tiki taka is also starting to look back at this time and this is sure to be difficult for Napoli. When the 3 new Barcelona strikers play well then I think for Leg 2 it will be very dangerous for Napoli even if it is at their home
The fact that the match will take place at Napoli at home, I would highlight first of all. On the other hand, after the cancellation of the advantage of away goals, Napoli has no other official factors of advantage over Barcelona and the confrontation will start from scratch. However, Barcelona is slowly starting to gain momentum and delight its fans with the results, and Napoli no longer looks as clear a favorite as it looked a month or two ago. Therefore, the fate of the match can be decided by nuances, such as who will be the first to open the score in the match and what strategy Barcelona will choose, strictly defensive like Real Madrid in the match with Paris Saint-Germain or attacking like Liverpool in the match with Inter.
interesting to follow indeed, I quite agree if I say that Napoli are now not the seed, their performance is quite different compared to the beginning of the season.
Personally, I still feel that Barcelona will still be a team that will advance to the next round now because with current performances, Napoli will also definitely implement the same strategy, namely by defending and doing quick counter attacks.
Xavi must now stem that if they are to secure a ticket apart from attacking they are also trying to keep Napoli's attackers moving in midfield.
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February 19, 2022, 03:14:22 PM
With all due respect to the Rangers, it will be a pity if they go further and not Borussia. Still, Borussia is a pretty big name for the Europa League and I would like to see their confrontation with Sevilla, Napoli, Atalanta, etc. I want to see high-profile rivalries and not constant "underdog vs favorite" right up to the very final games, even if the underdogs sometimes win.
Dortmund is a pretty big name but if it shows a game like the first leg yesterday it will be very good for the rangers who qualify for the next stage.
3 minutes two goals in the first half is certainly not something good for Dortmund when playing at home.
Now their aggregate is 2 points although it is still possible to be overtaken but now they will play away and of course the rangers have the upper hand now

Dortmund lost 4-2. I don't think they will win the next away match by 2 goals. Because the goal of the rangers will be to draw the match and not allow the players of Dortmund to score a goal. I think the Rangers players in the second leg will be able to do it well. Because their squad is not weak. There are many talented players in their squad.
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February 19, 2022, 02:25:53 PM
With all due respect to the Rangers, it will be a pity if they go further and not Borussia. Still, Borussia is a pretty big name for the Europa League and I would like to see their confrontation with Sevilla, Napoli, Atalanta, etc. I want to see high-profile rivalries and not constant "underdog vs favorite" right up to the very final games, even if the underdogs sometimes win.
Dortmund is a pretty big name but if it shows a game like the first leg yesterday it will be very good for the rangers who qualify for the next stage.
3 minutes two goals in the first half is certainly not something good for Dortmund when playing at home.
Now their aggregate is 2 points although it is still possible to be overtaken but now they will play away and of course the rangers have the upper hand now
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February 19, 2022, 01:58:00 PM
Dortmund are making me nervous now. Because I was expecting a very comfortable matchup against Rangers. But they lost even their home game by an absurd score like 4-2. This was really insane. Rangers have boosted their morale a lot after this one for sure. So this means that Dortmund could have a really big difficulty in eliminating their opponent from now on. I saw Dortmund as one of the title contenders but they are not even close to it now.  Cheesy  But if they give their best in Scotland and advance to the next round, then I can start thinking more positive about them.
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February 19, 2022, 01:41:13 PM
So, did anyone watch the Sheriff match? That was another upset, so these guys are by now getting used to being the giant killers (hey Braga is no one to scoff at right?). Did they actually play well?

I didn't see the game, but Braga this season hasn't been at its best. But of course it's not just any team, they've already won the Europa League.

Now the Sheriff this season has been surpassing all expectations, and I think they end up surprising their opponents, who are not expecting so much quality. They can only be congratulated for the excellent season they are having!
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February 19, 2022, 01:39:00 PM
With all due respect to the Rangers, it will be a pity if they go further and not Borussia. Still, Borussia is a pretty big name for the Europa League and I would like to see their confrontation with Sevilla, Napoli, Atalanta, etc. I want to see high-profile rivalries and not constant "underdog vs favorite" right up to the very final games, even if the underdogs sometimes win.

The sad truth is though that Dortmund is not really playing that well this season. They managed to score quite a lot of points in the german Bundesliga but to be honest i watched most of those games and they could have easily 2 or even 3 losses more in this season already but they were pretty lucky a few times in the league. Then in the Champions League they had a very easy group in my opinion with Ajax, Sporting and Besiktas where they should have achieved a first place in my opinion but still they did not even managed to advance into the play off stage of the Champions League and now it even looks like they are being kicked out of the Europa League too. They really need a big change in their squad in my opinion. To be a waiting place for talented players before they are joining tier 1 european clubs is just not working for Dortmund.
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