"Partenopeans” and "blue garnet" will compete for reaching the quarterfinals of the main European club tournament.
On Wednesday, February 21, Italian Napoliand the Spanish Barcelona will meet in the first match of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League of the 2023/24 season.
The match will take place at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium “in Naples. The starting whistle will sound at 22:00 Kyiv time.
Napoli qualified for the Champions League playoffs from second place in Group C. The reigning champion of Italy managed to beat Braga and Union, but was left behind Real Madrid.
Barcelona won their Champions League quartet. The current champion of Spain is ahead of Porto, Shakhtar and Antwerp.
In the Italian Championship, the Partenopeans are now only in ninth place. The Blaugrana are third in the Spanish La Liga, 8 points behind leader Real Madrid.
Where to watch the Napoli – Barcelona match
On territory of Ukraine, the match of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League between Napoli and Barcelona will be exclusively broadcast live by the MEGOGO media service.
Bookmakers' forecasts for the match Napoli – Barcelona
Bookmakers estimate the teams' chances in the upcoming match approximately equally. You can bet on the Neapolitans' victory with odds of 2.71. Draw – 3.50. The Catalans' win is 2.68.
But the favorite of the two-game confrontation is Barcelona. Bets on Xavi's team reaching the quarterfinals of the Champions League are accepted with odds of 1.58. For Napoli to advance to the quarter finals of the tournament – 2.45.
We would like to add that the return match between Barcelona and Napoli will take place on March 12 in Spain.
