Barcelona continues with its way of the cross and will face Naples in the Europa League

begins

its Via Crucis in the Europa League in the worst way. His rival in the preliminary round which gives access to the second round will be the

of

, probably the worst enemy could have at this junction. The team of

, to not being seeded, also will play the second

leg away from home. Specifically in the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, formerly known as San Paolo.

The Neapolitans, with

,

,

or the Spanish

as great references, are fourth in Serie A after having slowed down in recent weeks.

Its top scorer, Nigerian

(nine goals in 14 games), is injured after suffering multiple fractures in a cheekbone and in the eye socket, and the forecast is that he will not be discharged until February.

It is the first time that Barcelona has played the Europa League.

The last time it went through the second continental competition, in the 2003-04 season, it was still called the UEFA Cup.

Then, he was eliminated by Celtic Glasgow in the round of 16.

More fortune had

, also eliminated from the group stage of the Champions League, and who will face

. The six-time Europa League champion, with the encouragement that the final of the tournament will be played this edition at the Sánchez Pizjuán, faces a Croatian team that this season is only third in the Croatian league and weakened compared to last season .

dispute

the return in Zagreb.

The

, unseeded in the draw, will intersect with

, which is premiering new coach in the figure of

. The Italian-German, only 36 years old, coached Schalke 04 and Spartak Moscow. Spanish international

has barely been able to play six games for Leipzig this season after being squeezed last summer with the European Championship and the Olympics. In the German Red Bull franchise also plays the former Barcelona player

, with a residual participation, or the Spanish and former Manchester City

.

While

, a great cheerleader this season in the League with their third place, will run into the current leaders of the Russian league,

.

still plays there

, a former Brazilian winger from Barcelona who had a more than discreet step at the Camp Nou.

Iranian center forward

is its capital footballer.

The first leg matches will be played on February 27, and the return matches on February 24.

The eight teams that were leaders of their groups in the Europa League group (Olympique de Lyon, Monaco, Spartak Moscow, Eintracht Frankfurt, Galatasaray, Red Star, Bayer Leverkusen and West Ham) enter directly into the round of 16 of the competition.

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