Barcelona today receive its Italian counterpart Napoli at the Camp Nou stadium in Catalonia, the team's stronghold, in the second leg of the Champions League final, after they tied 1-1 in the first leg in Italy. This will be the second round after the resumption of the Champions League, after the meeting between Real Madrid, City, and Juventus with Lyon, yesterday, in the same round, and Bayern will also meet today with its guest Chelsea, in an outing for the winning Bavarian team in the first leg of 3-0.
After the disappointment of losing the Spanish League title "LaLiga" in favor of rival Real Madrid, the attention of Barcelona, its supporters and its administration will be on this crucial and very important match to achieve many goals, taking advantage of the high morale in the past days, in light of the succession of good news, perhaps the most prominent of which is completion The ranks of the team, and most of the main attackers, including the injured, were ready for Dembele.
The Spanish coach Quique Setien will have an expanded list of players, which includes prominent stars, Gerard Pique, goalkeeper Ter Stegen, captain Lionel Messi, as well as Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, as well as the French Griezmann and Dembele, along with a large number of other players.
It is likely that Barcelona will rely on the pressing attack, to avoid any surprises from the Italian team, which received severe blows in the previous period, after its results declined in the Italian League, whose title went in favor of Juventus.
The match marks an important turning point for the coach, Setien, who gained the management's confidence to continue his work until the end of the Champions League, and his exit today from the competition will mean the end of his short mission with Barcelona, which began last January.
The fans of the team on social media platforms, and in the referendums of Catalan newspapers, had demanded the departure of the coach, especially in light of the tense relationship between him and a number of the team's stars, in addition to losing the League title, and his tactical options that had many question marks, and made a player like Luis Suarez He comments on it publicly in a previous press statement.
The match is also considered very important for the club's management to score a good point waiting for the next rounds, especially after the relationship between it and a number of players worsened, most notably Lionel Messi, who stopped negotiations to renew his contract and demanded a new spirit in the team, and to strengthen its ranks in a way that would make it able to compete strongly. Again in all tournaments.
Barcelona desperately wants to continue in the most important European championship, especially after the terrible shock it received last season, when it swallowed the bitterness out with a cruel quarter, despite its 3-0 victory over Liverpool.
On the other hand, Napoli is still one of the important teams in Italy, and Messi warned in a previous press statement against repeating Barcelona's previous mistakes in front of him, or underestimating him, calling on his colleagues to focus heavily.
It is likely that his star, Ensini, the brilliant player, will return to the team in this match, after he missed him in the last period due to injury.
Dembele is ready to strengthen the ranks of the "Catalan" in today's meeting.
Messi warned his team-mates against repeating previous mistakes or underestimating the Italian team.