Barcelona players played a draw with Napoli in the first leg of the 1/16 finals of the Europa League.
The meeting, held on Thursday in Barcelona at the Camp Nou stadium, ended with the score 1:1. Piotr Zielinski opened the scoring in the 29th minute, and Ferran Torres' goal from the penalty spot (59) saved the hosts from defeat.
The second leg will take place on February 24 in Naples at the Diego Maradona Stadium.
Barcelona debt exceeds €1 billion Football The Catalan club played its first match in the second-ranking European Cup since 2004 (a goalless draw with Celtic on March 25, 2004). Barcelona have never won this competition (including the UEFA Cup), but have reached the semi-finals four times (1976, 1978, 1996, 2001).
Barcelona started the current European Cup season in the Champions League, but took only third place in the group with Bayern, Dynamo Kiev and Benfica. Napoli finished second in the group stage of the Europa League in the quartet with Spartak Moscow, Legia and Leicester.
In the other match of the round, Borussia Dortmund suffered a home defeat from the Scottish Rangers with a score of 2:4. The winners scored James Tavernier (38), Alfredo Morelos (41) and John Lundstrem (49), and Dan-Axel Zagadu (54) cut another own goal. The hosts were scored by Jude Bellingham (51) and Rafael Guerreiro (82).
Sheriff Tiraspol, in turn, beat Portuguese Braga 2-0 at home thanks to goals from Sebastien Till from the penalty spot (43) and Adam Traore (83). The return matches of the confrontations will be held on February 24 in Glasgow and Braga, respectively.
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