Naples (Italy) (AFP)
The Frenchman Samuel Umtiti was preferred to his compatriot Clément Lenglet in the central defense of Barcelona, who will face Naples on Wednesday at the San Paolo stadium in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
This Franco-French defense game was one of the few uncertainties about the composition of Quique Setién, which is also what was expected.
In the midfield, Rakitic accompanies Busquets and De Jong. In attack, Setién chose Vidal rather than the young Fati to accompany Messi and Griezmann.
The Naples team is no surprise, with Demme preferred to Allan as a sentry and a trio of attack Callejon-Mertens-Insigne.
The teams:
Naples (ITA): Ospina - Di Lorenzo, Maksimovic, Manolas, Mario Rui - Fabian Ruiz, Demme, Zielinski - Callejon, Mertens, Insigne
Barcelona (ESP): Ter Stegen - Semedo, Piqué, Umtiti, Junior Firpo - Busquets, De Jong, Rakitic - Griezmann, Messi, Vidal
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