The Europa League has reserved a strong confrontation in this competition, where Barca is placed against Napoli.

A challenge that is expected to be fought to the end, with the sports opinion that has considered as a premature final the confrontation of the Catalans with the Neapolitans.

This match will be played the next day at 18:45, at “Camp Nou”.

At the press conference, coach Xavi Hernandez spoke about the difficulty that awaits them in this match, but also made it clear to Napoli that the Europa League trophy is missing to Barcelona and this season is the right moment to collect this trophy.

“It is a title that Barca has never won and it is an opportunity for him. We want to show that we can compete in Europe and it could also be a way to be in the Champions League next season, for which we are very motivated, this is also a great competition, it is not the third division.”

“We played against a champion rival like Napoli, in fact this match was the 1/16 of the two seasons ago, so we have to go step by step, but we want to go that far.”

Referring to criticism received by players like Eric or Busquets, he recalled that “everything is criticized in Barca, but criticism must be accepted, it has helped me in my time as a footballer”.