Barcelona vs Napoli: Champions League Matchup Analysis
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00:00 You definitely would think that and the odds do indicate that you know the two advanced
00:08 part of this line definitely does favor Barcelona.
00:11 Napoli is not having all of that good of a season domestically like the manager is not
00:16 that happy.
00:17 Victor Oshiman and Cabaradona neither of them for sure even wanted to play for the team
00:24 this year.
00:25 They didn't know if they wanted to stay.
00:26 Obviously the same thing is true with Barcelona as well not the greatest season in Barcelona's
00:33 history they play against Mallorca on the weekend.
00:37 I suppose what's interesting about Barcelona is with nothing really to play for in the
00:41 league they are eight points behind Real Madrid in the league right now.
00:46 You know the Champions League is really all there is.
00:49 There's no resting there's no focusing on the league like they're going to get a Champions
00:52 League spot in the league.
00:54 They are they're eight points up on the team in fifth place so it would be just insane
00:59 for them to end up giving on that.
01:02 But these are these are you know not really teams I would think would threaten to win
01:06 the tournament.
01:08 Napoli is pretty defensively frail.
01:10 Their best defender Kimin J left to Bayern Munich over the offseason and Barcelona is
01:16 this very interesting mix of guys who are way past their peak and very very young players.
01:22 You know they're playing I believe 34 year old Robert Lewandowski is their primary striker
01:27 with 16 year old Lamin Yamal as their their primary creator on the outside of the box.
01:32 Just to Barcelona you know they're they're so in the wilderness after the Lionel Messi
01:37 era but I would think they do it then end up advancing in this matchup.
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