The draw for the final price of the European League (European League) football competition, Friday, in Nyon, resulted in strong confrontations, most notably Italian Atalanta against Bayer Leverkusen of Germany, Porto against Lyon of France, and Seville of Spain against West Ham, while the Spanish giant meets Barcelona. With the Turkish Galatasaray.
As for Russia’s Spartak Moscow, who was forced by the Confederation to play its home matches on a neutral ground on Friday following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it faced Germany’s Leipzig.
Critics recommend Barcelona to win the title, especially after its strong offensive performances recently, after strengthening its ranks during the winter transfer period with the inclusion of Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Spanish internationals Ferran Torres and Adama Traore.
After failing to continue in the Champions League by coming third in a group qualified by Bayern Munich and Benfica, the Catalan team faced in the qualifying playoffs for this role, a strong competitor, the Italian Napoli, who snatched a tie in the first leg at Camp Nou, before joining him. A harsh 4-2 loss at the “Diego Armando Maradona” stadium in the southern Italian city on Thursday.
His coach Xavi commented on his team’s result against Napoli, saying, “We are on the right track. We are developing in terms of playing. We must take advantage of our great possession of the ball in order to score.”
“I am very happy, the players deserved this win. We want to win but we have to be careful,” he added.
Barcelona will be a candidate to overtake its opponent, who faces several technical problems this season, as evidenced by his thirteenth place, after he has been playing the first roles locally, knowing that he was crowned champion of the European Union Cup (formerly called the championship before becoming the current Europa League) at the expense of Arsenal in the year 2000.
Barcelona wants to return as quickly as possible to participate in the Champions League, knowing that the winner of the European League qualifies directly to the group stage in the most important continental competition.
It is noteworthy that Seville will host the final match of this competition on May 18 at the Ramon Sanchez Bisjuan Stadium. The first legs will be played on March 10 and the return leg on March 17.