UCL: It took Barca just 121 seconds to file Napoli under resolved affairs

Barca are back!

Xavi Hernandez's side has finally made a breakthrough in the Champions League this season by rolling over Napoli 3-1 on Tuesday night to celebrate a deserved 4-2 win on aggregate and progress to the UCL quarter-final.

After a goal apiece in the first leg, the Blaugrana rushed straight from the start at the Montjuic Stadium, which paid off for them massively and shortly.

After several unsuccessful early attempts, Fermin Lopez broke the deadlock and that heavy burden laying over them with a perfect team-effort opener. Raphinha crossed it from the left, Lewandowski left it, fooling the away defence, and the ball fell to Lopez, who struck home a side-footed finish.

Only 121 seconds later, the Catalans were back in action in front of the Partenopei's goal as Lamine Yamal kickstarted a sensational counter. He then found Raphinha on the left flank, and his effort bounced off the right post straight to Joao Cancelo, who made no mistake, 2-0.

The Neapolitans did manage to peg one back through Rrahmani before the interval in a carbon copy of Fermin's opener. However, they lacked that one more, at least, that would restore the stalemate as Lindstrom and Di Lorenzo both failed to score from close range.

Barcelona were able to limit Khvicha and Osimhen, two of Napoli's greatest players, thus paving the way for the overall victory.

It was, finally, sealed with Lewandowski's late tap-in after an eye-pleasing four-piece team action. A true reminiscence of that good, old football champagne Barca. We're hoping to see much more of what came from the next UCL stage.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

1/8 finals - second leg

Tuesday

Bayern - Lazio 3-0 (2-0)

/Kane 38, 66, Muller 45+2/

Bayern win 3-1 on aggregate

Real Sociedad - Paris Saint-Germain 1-2 (0-1)

/Merino 89 - Mbappe 15, 56/

Paris Saint-Germain win 4-1 on aggregate

Wednesday

Real Madrid - RB Leipzig 1-1 (0-0)

/Vinicius 65 - Orban 68/

Real Madrid win 2-1 on aggregate

Man.City - Copenhagen 3-1 (2-1)

/Akanji 5, Alvarez 9, Haaland 45+3 - Elyounoussi 29/

Manchester City win 6-2 on aggregate

Tuesday the 12th

Barcelona - Napoli 3-1 (2-1)

/Lopez 15, Cancelo 17, Lewandowski 83 - Rrahmani 30/

Barcelona win 4-2 on aggregate

Arsenal - Porto IN PROGRESS

Wednesday the 13th

23:00: (3.05) Atl.Madrid (3.30) Inter (2.55) /first leg 0-1/

23:00: (2.15) Dortmund (3.50) PSV (3.30) / first leg 1-1/

***odds are subject to change***