Leo Messi's Barcellona arrives and San Paolo is rekindled, almost as if in the Argentine 'flea' Napoli fans could somehow see Diego Maradona again. It is no coincidence that on their arrival in Naples the Spanish fans reserved a triumphant welcome, with choirs and applause. Rino Gattuso, at his debut on the bench in the Champions League, is aware of the importance and at the same time of the difficulty of the game, regardless of the numerous absence of owners that Barca will face. '' Barcelona - observes Gattuso - is a team of Martians and we must play the game of life if we want to bring home an important result. The Barca players have won everything there was to win and even the problems at the corporate level only tickle them. They are all great champions on the field and in the head. It would be a serious mistake if my team thought of some games that have made a mistake in the Champions League in recent years. We must face them all together by making strength. The Barca has something more than we do, we know it. But we prepare well and we will play it even in the awareness that they have something more than us. But in football you never know ... '' The Napoli coach highly appreciates Quique Setién, the coach of the Blaugrana. '' I love it as a coach. I sent to spy on him - he reveals - already when he trained Las Palmas to understand his methods. He is a coach who has a great vision for football. He always wants to dribble but if he loses the ball he immediately attacks his opponents. Since he arrived Barca has recaptured the ball in an average of six seconds, compared to 11-12 when Valverde was on the bench ''. Gattuso faces his first game in the Champions League as a coach with some tension but also with serenity.
Napoli-Barcelona lineups likely, Champions League round of 16 first leg
Naples (4-3-3): 25 Ospina, 22 Di Lorenzo, 44 Manolas, 19 Maksimovic, 6 Mario Rui, 8 Ruiz, 4 Demme, 20 Zielinski, 7 Callejon, 14 Mertens, 24 Insigne. (1 Meret, 23 Hysaj, 13 5 Allan, 68 Lobotka, 12 Elmas, 21 Politano, 11 Lozano, 99 Milik). All .: Gattuso.
Barcelona (4-3-3): 1 Ter Stegen, 2 Semedo, 3 Piqué, 15 Lenglet, 24 Junior Firpo, 21 De Jong, Busquets, 8 Arthur, 10 Messi, 17 Griezmann, 31 Ansu Fati. (13 Neto, 23 Umtiti, 33 Araujo, 4 Rakitic, 22 Vidal, 28 Puig, 30 Collado). All .: Setién. Referee: Brych (Germany). (HANDLE). Snai odds: 3.25; 3.50; 2.20.
