CL Round of 16: Barca - Napoli 3-1

[JohnN]

Romeu should not play another cl game. seriously.
we need to work on offensive patterns. our players improvise all the time.

 

[kattanib]

It was a well deserved win .. we were lucky not to be unlucky, which helped us convert our efforts in the first half into those first 2 goals

 

[FCBfan22]

Time to sleep, good night

Would go to sleep, but the image of Romeu coming on during a CL match will keep me awake for a bit.

 

[BJJ]

Last time we made a CL qf we got hammered. Hopefully history doesn't repeat itself.

 

[kattanib]

Would go to sleep, but the image of Romeu coming on during a CL match will keep me awake for a bit.

I would honestly want to see Cubarsi in CDM

 

[Horatio]

As optimistic as I can be, quarter finals is where we will truly be tested. We need a small miracle but Cubarsi and yamal could be silver lining.

 

[malvolio]

Not black magic imo. Fermin just needed to be taken off sooner. We dominated majority of game.

Game of moments. If they get the 2-2 we are shitting bricks. But yeah, Napoli are shite.

 

[FCBfan22]

As optimistic as I can be, quarter finals is where we will truly be tested. We need a small miracle but Cubarsi and yamal could be silver lining.

And Frenkie back. That's a must.

 

[Loki]

QF !!!!!!!!! LETS FUCKIN GO WOOHOOOOOOO! (I'm sorry, the rum is speaking here)

That said, I never want to see Romeu again! Get some 14 year old from juvenil b if necessary, I don't care. Don't ever give this bum an important match. He nearly ruined it for us again.

 

[behindbrowneyes]

Barca been the better team and rightfully succeeded. Napoli with enough chances to score the equalizer though.

 

[Joan]

Agree. I feel like they had a lot of ball dominance at certain times and pressure but didnt create clear chances with it.

Roberto saved the night. I was worried about him considering he hasn't played since January but he's always been good with the ball and intelligent. Raphinha had a great match too. Makes one wonder why Xavi didn't play Pedri in midfield and Raphinha on the wing in the first leg. That's when we lost control too.

But happy to be in the QF.

 

[Porque]

Agree. I feel like they had a lot of ball dominance at certain times and pressure but didnt create clear chances with it.

They had a good spell in between our second and the midfield change. Which is normal as they were one of the best sides in Europe last year, and trying to get back in the match.

Saying that though, across the two legs Leipzig were better than Madrid. So I'm not going to scrutinize too much beating Napoli and being better for around 60-65% of the whole tie.

 

[kattanib]

I think we need to adjust our mindset .. we are not a tier 1 team anymore and thus today was an exceptionally great game and this is the best we can hope for. We are the team that everyone would hope to play against next round, along with Porto and PSV if they qualify

 

[JohnN]

so, who is your preferred opponent?

 

[jamrock]

If we had a fully fix squad, we could dream of a great night and a few lucky breaks to get us into the SF.

But QF is probably it for us.