Napoli left the Camp Nou with a 1-1 draw on Thursday night in the Europa League‘s Round of 32 despite Barcelona putting on an utterly dominant display in Catalonia.
The Partenopei took a first-half lead through Piotr Zielinski, with what was one of just four shots they managed to get on target, and it wasn’t until Ferran Torres’ 59th-minute penalty that the Blaugrana managed to draw level, despite having five times as many shots as Napoli and twice as much of the ball.
Napoli welcome Barcelona to the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona for the second leg next Thursday, February 24.
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