Barca and Napoli finely poised, Rangers look to finish task in opposition to Dortmund

Barca and Napoli finely poised, Rangers look to finish task in opposition to Dortmund

Barca needed a Ferran Torres penalty to attract at domestic to Napoli in the first leg of their knockout round play-off tie after Piotr Zielinski placed the Serie A facet in front at the Camp Nou.

However, with the away desires rule having been disbursed with this season by means of UEFA, the heavyweight tie stays very plenty in the stability going to the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Barcelona are enduring a bothered season, however Xavi Hernandez's side nevertheless cross the Mediterranean in exact shape having long gone five unbeaten and not misplaced in ninety minutes seeing that Bayern Munich dumped them out of the Champions League in early December.

They gained 4-1 at Valencia in La Liga on the weekend with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring a hat-trick, whilst Napoli are 1/3 in Serie A after drawing 1-1 with Cagliari on Monday.

Scottish champions Rangers are hoping to stable a spot in the closing 16 as they welcome Dortmund to Ibrox following their lovely four-2 win in Germany.

It could cross down as one of the fine effects of their records in Europe if they might see off the Bundesliga giants, but the outcome of the tie ought to hinge on whether Erling Haaland plays any component.

The Norwegian, scorer of 23 dreams in 20 appearances for his club this season, ignored the primary leg and his group's ultimate three domestic outings due to harm but has now lower back to education and will feature in Govan.

However, USA starlet Gio Reyna, whose father Claudio performed for Rangers and is a near buddy of the Ibrox facet's manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst, is sidelined.

Barcelona are one of 4 Spanish teams aiming to enhance to the ultimate sixteen, with Real Sociedad hosting RB Leipzig and Real Betis leading 3-2 towards Zenit Saint Petersburg after the first leg in Russia.

Sevilla, the report six-time winners of the second-tier European competition and who will host this season's very last, lead three-1 as they visit Dinamo Zagreb.

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