BARCELONA, Spain :Barcelona reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in four years after a thrilling 3-1 home win over Napoli in their last-16 second leg gave them a deserved 4-2 aggregate victory on Tuesday.
Soccer Football - Champions League - Round of 16 - Second Leg - FC Barcelona v Napoli - Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, Barcelona, Spain - March 12, 2024 FC Barcelona players pose for a team group photo before the match REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Soccer Football - Champions League - Round of 16 - Second Leg - FC Barcelona v Napoli - Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, Barcelona, Spain - March 12, 2024 FC Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski scores their third goal REUTERS/Nacho Doce Napoli had never beaten Barca in their previous five meetings and it turned out to be a repeat of the 2020 Champions League meeting with a 3-1 home win for the Spanish side after a 1-1 draw in Naples.
The opening goal came when Cancelo played in Raphinha down the left wing and he cut into the area and pulled a ball back which Lewandowski let run to the unmarked Fermin who calmly slotted his shot into the bottom left corner. Napoli finally found a way through on the half hour when Matteo Politano went past Cancelo in the area before playing the ball back to Rrahmani whose run from the back was rewarded with a sidefooted shot past goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
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