It should have been a shock, it will instead be a clash between two sick teams.
Naples hosts FC Barcelona in the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, this Wednesday at 9 p.m., for the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League.
And the duel seems less promising than it could have been at the start of the season.
Currently 9th in Serie A with nine points behind Europe, the Neapolitans will want to do well on the European C1 scene.
For this, they will certainly be able to count on the return of their scorer Victor Osimhen, CAN finalist with Nigeria.
Victory will be imperative for the Italians, who have two small victories in their last five matches.
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For its part, Barça, carried by its 16-year-old nugget Lamine Yamal, is third in La Liga, eight points behind the leader, Real Madrid.
Xavi's men, who will leave Barça at the end of the season, will want to win this evening to hope to once again reach the threshold of the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
A stage of the competition no longer reached since 2020 and the 8-2 slap received against Bayern Munich.
The Naples-FC Barcelona match will kick off on Wednesday February 21 at 9 p.m. on Canal + and RMC Sport 1.