Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has revealed what the Catalans need to do in order to beat Napoli in the Champions League Round of 16 second leg next week.
Napoli and Barcelona played out a 1-1 draw in the first leg, thanks to goals from both sides’ prolific goalscorers Victor Osimhen Lewandowski in what was Francesco Calzona’s first game in charge of the Partenopei.
Though Napoli were able to fight back from being 1-0 down on the night, Barcelona put them under plenty of pressure during the first period.
It is that form that Barcelona will have to replicate in order to beat Napoli in the return leg in Catalonia next Tuesday, Lewandowski says.
“We played really well against Napoli, in the first 30 minutes, we played really well. We needed that second goal, but now we have the home leg to do it,” the Poland international said in a recent interview with Barcelona’s social media channels.
“If we play from the start as we did in the first half in Naples, then I think we can win and score more goals. What we want to do is be in the next round.
“Napoli are a dangerous team with really good players, but we want to win this game, and, even though there is still time before then, we want to win all our matches up until then as well.”
❝𝙄𝙛 𝙬𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙉𝙖𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨, 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙣.❞
— Robert Lewandowski
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